Fuelled by a passion to blend design, the arts, and disruptive technology, Christian led the Free Press team to a number of firsts for traditional media companies. The Free Press made history in North America as the first major newspaper to implement a micro-accounting and post-pay digital paid platform that also allowed content recommendation to be at the core of its publishing effort. Before joining the Free Press in 2006. Christian was a partner in Lazer-fare Media Services, a software development and consulting company, which also had a history of blazing new territory, including transitioning over 100 publishers from pasteup to desktop publishing, migrating many to full PDF publishing workflows, and in turn, leading them to digital publishing. A self-described early adopter junky, Christian is also a father and grandfather.