Chris Vintinner

Chris Vintinner is a product leader with over 15 years of experience at the intersection of building automation, smart technologies, and digital transformation. As Product Line Manager at Distech Controls, he drives the roadmap and strategy for the company’s innovative building management software platform—helping facility owners and integrators deliver smarter, more efficient, and more secure buildings.

Chris’s career spans hands-on system design, technical leadership, and product strategy roles, with a consistent focus on open protocols, scalable architectures, and connected building ecosystems. He has worked closely with clients across commercial real estate, healthcare, and education sectors to deploy future-ready building systems that reduce energy usage, improve occupant comfort, and strengthen operational resilience.

He brings a practical lens to cybersecurity—applying high-level principles and best practices for protecting building systems in an increasingly connected world. His work emphasizes secure integration across OT and IT domains, including network segmentation, identity management, and standards-based communication protocols.

Chris holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Clarkson University and continues to advocate for thoughtful, standards-driven innovation in the built environment.