Chris is a dedicated entrepreneur with more than 15 startups under his belt, the most successful being Pushpay, which grew rapidly from $1 million in revenue to $100 million in revenue in just four years.Chris, along with his co-founder Eliot Crowther, developed the idea for Pushpay at the end of 2010. They realized that it was possible to buy a song on iTunes quickly and easily, but when it came to giving there were a lot of barriers in the way. “Despite the incredible growth, the culture at Pushpay focused on caring and developing people was one of the keys to our success” Chris says.Based on that realization, Chris founded a startup called Leadr. He believes that great organizations develop leaders rather than hiring them. Who organizations put in leadership roles has a powerful impact on people and how those leaders make a difference in other people’s lives. As Executive Chairman, he is bringing to fruition the beliefs he holds. He is helping form the strategic direction of the new and unique leadership development software company.“In short, Leadr is a new kind of people management software which enables one to one leadership development at scale within an organization. We do this by coming alongside existing management activities, like the one to one meeting, and making them more effective, personalized, and trackable. This leads to real people development which drives business results all managed in one simple and easy to use place."In 2021 Chris realized the growth of the creator economy was a massive trend and started partnering with some of the leading creators to help get their message out through podcasts and courses. Mission Studios allows creators to offload all the business aspects of content creation such as production, post production, creative design, product, engineering and advertising management.Since launching Mission Studios Chris has partnered with shows such as The Basement with Tim Ross, Ideas have Consequences with Larry-Alex Taunton, The Deep end with Lecrae, and Worship is my Weapon with Rita Springer. In November 2023 Chris founded Bside Media to provide an app that engages culture and shares the gospel through new media.Chris has previously served as CEO of an accounting and tax consultancy and prior to that as a tax management professional and business adviser at KPMG. Chris was also an investigator at the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department.Chris has a BCom, GradDipCom and a MTax (Hons) all from the University of Auckland. Chris lives with his wife and three children in Dallas.