Chris Buono

I grew up in Austin, TX and stayed to go to the University of Texas where I received a dual Bachelor degree in Architecture and Architectural Engineering. After college, I worked as a Civil Engineer in Residential, Commercial and Government Construction and Transportation projects. After just over two years, I decided to follow my passion to serve in the Military and joined the Navy as a Submarine Officer. In the Navy, I was on-board the USS Scranton and the USS Hampton, both fast attack Los Angles class submarines. While on board, I took part in both a CentCom and WestPac deployment along with an extended Nuclear Engineering Maintenance Overhaul. Got out of the Navy in 2016, and went to work for Dr Pepper Snapple Group as a supply chain production and planning manager. The combined experience of the Navy and Manufacturing led to my passion for operations and system improvements. I left the Manufacturing job to complete an MBA at Acton School of Business. Acton is a entrepreneurial driven MBA program taught through the Socratic method using over 154 real business case studies by battle harden and very successful entrepreneurs. Acton focuses on getting in the shoes of the customers, understanding the relationships between the sales funnel and operations of the business and focusing how to marry all business decisions to optimize profit, customer retention and growth.
I have had a long experience in the Real Estate and the Construction Industry - grew up around the family businesses (Construction, Property Management and Real Estate Sales Brokerage). Over the years, I have also been an avid investor through adding value for both businesses and to real property assets. I have a passion to help others meet their financials goals, and highly interest in asset management and real estate sales.

Currently, I am living in Asheville, NC with my wife Vickie. I have been in Asheville for just over a year but my wife is a long native of the area, born and raised. I am absolutely in love with mountains and all the outdoor activities. Asheville reminds me of Austin when I was a kid, too many unique similarities. We have two Yorkie dogs, Ella and Goose, which absolutely love to be taken on long walks.