Christopher Bartlett, CEO – GEM Advertising
Christopher Bartlett is the CEO of GEM Advertising, an international full-service advertising agency. He is the 2009 Connecticut Small Business Person of the Year, and a serial entrepreneur with four companies in marketing, retail, e-commerce and facility management. In 2013, Chris was published in the Great Poets Across America publication, the cornerstone of National Poetry Month.
After a career as a professional figure skater with Disney On Ice, he founded his first company out of his parents’ basement in 1993 and grew it into an international retail brand. As an expert in figure skating products and services, he has served as the Chief Technician at numerous US National and World Figure Skating Championships.
In New Haven, he co-owns Rink Management Solutions which provides management services to the Ralph Walker Rink, and he also serves on the board of the Connecticut Convention and Sports Bureau.
The GEM Advertising team is comprised of 14 people in two offices between New Haven, CT and Vancouver, BC, and clients include North Pacific Yachts, Sundae Spa, Smilow Cancer Hospital, Albertus Magnus College, and Chabaso Bakery. The agency has won Telly, Pixie, Aurora, Communicator, and Davey Awards for outstanding work in branding and production.
For more information, contact 1-844-GEM-TEAM, or email [email protected].
Christopher Bartlett is the CEO of GEM Advertising, an international full-service advertising agency. He is the 2009 Connecticut Small Business Person of the Year, and a serial entrepreneur with four companies in marketing, retail, e-commerce and facility management. In 2013, Chris was published in the Great Poets Across America publication, the cornerstone of National Poetry Month.
After a career as a professional figure skater with Disney On Ice, he founded his first company out of his parents’ basement in 1993 and grew it into an international retail brand. As an expert in figure skating products and services, he has served as the Chief Technician at numerous US National and World Figure Skating Championships.
In New Haven, he co-owns Rink Management Solutions which provides management services to the Ralph Walker Rink, and he also serves on the board of the Connecticut Convention and Sports Bureau.
The GEM Advertising team is comprised of 14 people in two offices between New Haven, CT and Vancouver, BC, and clients include North Pacific Yachts, Sundae Spa, Smilow Cancer Hospital, Albertus Magnus College, and Chabaso Bakery. The agency has won Telly, Pixie, Aurora, Communicator, and Davey Awards for outstanding work in branding and production.
For more information, contact 1-844-GEM-TEAM, or email [email protected].