Christie started her career with a BSEE with an emphasis in digital communications from the University of Kansas. A 15 year enterprise network engineer career, largely in finance and manufacturing followed. After deciding to change fields, she started pursuing an old interest in communications security and privacy with a brief internship in hardware security. Finding entry options limited, she began pursuing the field from a new perspective, enrolling as JD candidate at Santa Clara Law. She now focuses on high technology law with an emphasis on privacy issues.