AUTONOMOUS 2026

Christian Stano

Field CTO

ANYSCALE

Christian Stano, Field CTO at Anyscale, has built a career at the intersection of large-scale AI infrastructure, machine learning platforms, and distributed computing. Prior to joining Anyscale, he led the AI/ML Platform organization at Attentive, where he scaled infrastructure supporting personalization for more than half a billion subscribers and helped drive adoption of Ray-based unified compute systems that improved development velocity while reducing operational costs. Earlier in his career, he worked across cybersecurity, cloud architecture, and public sector AI initiatives at organizations including Coalfire and Deloitte, where he contributed to one of the U.S. Department of Defense’s first machine learning platforms. His background spans AI platform engineering, MLOps, cloud-native infrastructure, developer enablement, and organizational scaling, giving him deep experience in helping enterprises operationalize AI at production scale.