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Chris Connelly is the founder and CEO of the Stable Way, a strategic marketing and communications consultancy. He has over 20 years of experience driving business growth for companies like Google and TikTok. Chris is passionate about bringing human and cultural insights into the C-suite and the product development process to build more durable, resonant, and effective engagement strategies. Most recently, in client work for TikTok, Chris and the Stable Way spearheaded TikTok Sparks Good, a multi-million dollar advertising campaign highlighting how TikTok benefits creators, communities, and small businesses across the United States. The campaign was covered on the front page of the New York Times in April 2024, wherein it was praised for “framing [TikTok] as a brand that stands for freedom and democratization of communication.” At Google’s Area 120, an internal incubator exploring billion-dollar or billion-user opportunities, Chris served as Head of Marketing and Chief of Staff. He provided strategic leadership, operational support, and comprehensive marketing services, overseeing a multi-million dollar budget and collaborating with executive teams across Google to help build new products. Chris also held other key roles at Google. He co-founded Real Tone, an initiative to improve camera technology for people of color, which won a 2022 Cannes Lion Grand Prix and D&AD Black Pencil. He led the development and execution of innovative go-to-market strategies for key Google products, including Android, Chrome, Chromebooks, and Google Play, contributing to their global growth and cultural relevance. And he was a founding member of Google’s employment brand team, providing the strategic foundation and brand positioning that helped Google secure and maintain its reputation as one of the best employers in the world, in order to grow from 20,000 employees when he started to over 180,000 today. Chris has an MA in Political Communication from the Johns Hopkins University and a BA in History and Government from the College of William & Mary.

Listed skills include Press Releases, Media Relations, Public Relations, Social Media, and 25 others.