Chris Advansun

Chris is the essence of an entrepreneur, having launched ventures in multiple industries as well as initiatives in the volunteer sector. His projects include SmartPages, Our Changing Planet, Blue Horizon Media and Rethos Inc., which was acquired in March 2008 by Alternative Media Initiative Inc. (AMI).

In September 2008, Chris founded First Person Digital, a digital media company specializing in creating and distributing branded digital content that informs, entertains and inspires. The company is currently working on two projects, MarketDrivers and DramaVida. MarketDrivers is a series of interactive biographies of leading Canadian entrepreneurs, executives and thinkers. DramaVida is an interactive dramatic story that fuses premium fictional content with social and interactive features.

In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Chris has offered consulting services related to online marketing and program design for leading organizations such as World Inter-Action Mondiale, the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Ontario Board of Education. He is currently a volunteer workshop facilitator at Montreal-based Youth Employment Services (YES) and a mentor to a social venture through Atlanta-based Conscious Lifestyle.

Chris holds certificates in E-commerce and Marketing from Concordia University, and has studied international trade, philosophy and climatology, among other subjects.