Chris Wichser joined Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, in September of 2023 as part of Ocean Tomo’s
acquisition of TechPats.
Chris is a graduate of Rutgers University and began his professional career in the telecommunications field in Tampa, FL and Philadelphia, PA in the early 1990s. From there, he joined a startup called Human Resource Alternatives (HRA) in Princeton, NJ, in 1994. As the first employee of the newly founded company, Chris became a partner and helped it grow from less than $500,000 in sales to over $70,000,000 in sales in less than five years. In 1999, Chris founded Javers Group as a human resource outsourcing and management company, which was acquired by Univest Corporation (Nasdaq: UVSP) in May 2012.
Chris founded TechPats in 2013 and acquired Technology, Patents, & Licensing Inc., late that year. TechPats then acquired Global Intellectual Strategies of Ottawa, Canada, in 2015. Chris is a long-time member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) of which he has served in many leadership positions both locally and regionally, including past president of the Philadelphia chapter. Over the past five years, Chris has dedicated his time at a board level with several not-for-profit organizations.