Chris Picarde

Chris Picarde partners with company leaders to hire the right people for the right roles, manage and motivate teams more effectively, and build high-performing teams that are aligned with their mission. In addition, Chris is serves as a Master Trainer for PI Midlantic’s Open Workshop Certifications. His expertise ranges from strategic planning, organization design, talent acquisition, leadership development, corporate cultures, team effectiveness.

Since joining the PI Midlantic team in 2017, Chris has served as an advisor to his clients in helping them maximize the potential of their most important asset – their people. Chris has a passion for empowering leaders to create high-performing teams and cultures that push everyone to the top of their game—where roles and personalities complement one another, and the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts.

Chris’s portfolio includes small startups to Fortune 100 organizations. Industry experience includes, manufacturing, telecommunications, hospitality, Construction, Finance, Private Equity

Chris earned his B.S. in Political Science from Randolph-Macon College, where he captained the soccer and tennis teams. He was born and raised in Annapolis, MD, where he currently resides with his wife Meghan, and their two dogs, Keller and Finn.