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Christopher Roy Bauer (born May 3, 1973) is an American businessman and entrepreneur.

Career
Bauer began his career in the Security and Risk Management field in June 1993 while living in Las Vegas, Nevada. After moving to Chicago two years later he started in the field working as a Surveillance Operative. Over the preceding years, he became a Charter Member of the United States Association of Professional Investigators and has been a proud member of the Council of International Investigators (CII), the Word Association of Detectives (WAD), Chicago Crime Commission, the International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU), National Council of Investigative & Security Services (NCISS), the National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII), among others. Bauer has also published work in leading trade publications, including PI Magazine.

Today, Bauer is best known for being founder and CEO of EyeRecruit, Inc., an agency he founded in 2013 with the goal of "Putting Intelligence in Employment" within the Investigative, Security, Surveillance, Risk Management, Cyber Intelligence & Loss Prevention Industry.

Early life
Christopher Roy Bauer was born on May 3rd, 1973 in Libertyville Illinois. He is a proud Chicago area native, as it was the place where his grandfather Roy E. Bauer Sr. moved the family in the early 1900's. "My grandfather was well known in the community," Bauer says, "besides being active socially and civically within the local community, he could shoot the head of a matchstick from one side of the basement to the other." Before moving to Chicago and getting a job in the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company, Roy E. Bauer Sr. lived as one of eleven brothers on the family farm in Saskatchewan Canada. "At that time, marksmanship was important if you wanted to eat," Bauer stated.

His father, Roy E. Bauer, Jr., a Korean War U.S. Army Veteran, was stationed in Fairbanks Alaska and was a celebrated player on the US Army Hockey team that ended up victorious against their longtime rivals, the U.S. Air Force. Upon being honorably discharged, Roy E. Bauer, Jr. returned to Chicago where he worked as a lineman for Commonwealth Edison while attending night school at University of Illinois, Navy Pier. Roy E. Bauer, Jr. accepted a position as a staff investigator for Retail Credit Company (now known as Equifax). In early 1964, at at the urging of some of his contacts within the legal community, Roy E. Bauer, Jr. became an entrepreneur - opening a Private Detective Agency under the name of R. Bauer & Associates.

Christopher Bauer grew up in Des Plaines, Illinois (a Suburb of Chicago). Prior to High School, Bauer was engaged in many athletic activities, both individual and team related. "Mostly Baseball, Soccer, and Hockey when I was growing up," Bauer stated. "I really enjoyed the challenge and the speed, especially hockey" playing for both Team Illinois and the Northwest Chargers organizations. Bauer also practiced multiple forms of Martial arts and self-defense, including traditional Karate, Judo and Taekwondo, and after High School actively trained, Kempo Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Israeli Krav Maga. After moving to Arlington Heights, Illinois in 1984, and graduating 8th grade, he attended Rolling Meadows High School and played on the Rolling Meadows Baseball and Football team.

Education
In graduating from Rolling Meadows High School in 1991, Bauer attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as a member of the Running Rebel Football team as he perused coursework in Criminal Justice, Criminal Law, Sociology and Physiology. Bauer was also a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. In 1995 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice.

Advocacy
Bauer is not affiliated with any political party but has been described as having mostly libertarian views.

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