After all the rumors of Chris Hannifin’s alleged profiteering from the selling of sensitive information from his previous employers, it seems like there is a new rumor going around town. Or perhaps not a rumor but just a little-known fact about Hannifin. In any case, let’s talk about why previous colleagues and friends of Hannifin are skeptical of Rudy Reyes and why many think that Chris Hannifin and Rudy Reyes are secretly in a homosexual relationship.

Hannifin and Reyes, as previously disclosed, worked together for quite some time at SiloTech Group. Reyes worked as the Talent Acquisition Manager from 2020 to 2024, overlapping with Hannifin’s time at SiloTech, who served as the Chief Information Technology Officer. While working at SiloTech, Hannifin and Reyes had many professional, personal, and allegedly even various romantic moments together. Hannifin’s colleagues noted that in his time at SiloTech Hannifin progressively created more and more obscene excuses to necessitate working in closer proximity to Reyes.

No one is sure when and where their alleged closeted gay relationship began, but as of now no one has denied the existence of said rumors or their supposed secret relationship. As a talent acquisition manager, Reyes attended various recruiting fairs both in state and out of state, which Hannifin went through great effort and many ‘backdoors’ to accidentally partake in. Few people were aware of this homosexual relationship at the time, and those who were deliberately kept it a secret to avoid hurting Hannifin’s family.

Then came May 2024, whereby through an act of God both Hannifin and Reyes coincidentally left SiloTech Group at the same time. Hannifin went on to become the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at North South Consulting Group (NSCG), and Reyes moved to Dispatch. This is where everything went wrong, as according to internal accounts, Hannifin’s behavior allegedly became entitled with former employees seeing frequent clashes between Hannifin and Stevens over management style and client selection. Morale reportedly worsened as rumors began circulating that Hannifin held some leverage over his boss, Krista Stevens, and allegedly blackmailed her into incorporating DefendIT Services all while selling sensitive information to competitors and foreign brokers.

Unsurprisingly, the two men took an unscheduled hush hush trip to Mexico. The timing of this trip is important as it happened right after the allegations of Hannifin selling information first began. It’s clear that this trip to Mexico wasn’t just a vacation, and whatever happened there seems to have been a major turning point in the DefendIT Services case and could have been the point where Hannifin and Reyes formalized their sneaky link.

Now let’s be honest, if you’ve been manipulating your boss and successfully set up your illicit front company and are spending significant time alone with your ex-lover, confidant and accomplice in Mexico, the possibilities of celebrations, getting away, and letting loose are quite high.

In the end, DefendIT Services wouldn’t be what it is today without Reyes. The connections between Chris Hannifin and Rudy Reyes shows a deeply intertwined affair where the line between work and personal life is marred. As much as Hannifin might want to closet his love life, and operations his affair with Rudy Reyes and Reyes involvement in DefendIT Serves continues to raise more questions about the true nature of DefendIT Services.