Chris Rhinehart was an employee of Raven Software during the development of Heretic and Hexen. He was one of the main programmers, alongside fellow developer Ben Gokey.
Chris, along with Ben Gokey and Shane Gurno, founded Human Head Studios. In 2019, Human Head Studios closed and the entire team (including Chris Rhinehart) was relocated to the newly-formed Roundhouse Studios under ZeniMax Media.
Chris was a notable signatory of the open letter to Raven requesting resolution of the Raven source code licensing issue.