Chris has spent over ten years in the Information Technology industry, most of that time with Hewlett-Packard and Ingram Micro in the South Pacific Region.
During his time at Hewlett-Packard he held positions in Sales and Marketing across the consumer, commercial and enterprise markets for Hewlett-Packard’s Imaging and Printing (IPG) and consumer PC product categories. These roles have included working as a channel account manager, product manager, business development manager and market development manager. In more recent times he held a position on HP IPGs Senior Leadership Team as the National Marketing Manager for the Imaging and Printing Group within the South Pacific Region.
Chris originally joined Interstrat Corporation, a professional services firm focused on building marketing excellence within larger corporations as VP of Marketing.
During 2007, Interstrat merged with Gallagher Management to form a new organisation, MarketCulture Strategies Inc. A firm whose vision is to spark a global revolution in corporate cultures and marketing skill set growth based on the delivery of customer value, profitably. This vision expands beyond just building marketing excellence in the marketing function towards building a marketing culture across an entire firm. Chris is currently the CEO of this merged corporation.
Chris holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the University of Technology, Sydney with a major in marketing and a sub-major in financial management. He also holds a Master of Commerce Post-Graduate Degree (University of New South Wales, Australia) with an Advanced Specialization in Marketing.