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Chris is the Founder & Principal of Groundforce Digital and brings over a decade of experience helping social impact organizations navigate digital transformation. As a strategist, builder, and impact coach, Chris has designed and led accelerator programs for non-profits, coalitions, and social purpose startups across Canada. His approach combines practical technology implementation with team capacity building – ensuring that innovation efforts create lasting change, not just one-time projects.
In the community, Chris serves as Chair of the Open Democracy Project, and co-founded the DemocracyXChange Summit. He also sits on the Art Canada Institute’s Technology Committee and is an AI & digital transformation coach at Impact Hub Ottawa.
Chris holds an MBA from the Schulich School of Business, a B.Sc. (Honours) and Diploma in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Waterloo, and is a Jostens Loran Scholar (1999). In 2025, Chris completed the AI for Business Specialization at Wharton.
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