Chris is a well-established successful serial entrepreneur, advisor, mentor, and speaker with over 25 years of C level role experience in marketing, technology, startups, and corporate acquisitions. Born and raised in Nigeria, Chris founded his first venture at age 7 which he ran for 2.5 years prior to attending boarding school in Nigeria. Coming from Nigeria and witnessing the internet boom Chris decided to teach himself various programming, design and software languages which he used as a foundation to catapult himself into various high-level advisory roles in fortune 500 companies. By age 19 he was working on his first patent while pursuing a BA degree in marketing. After graduating from San Jose State University, he founded and sold several companies globally, while establishing new companies in Africa, USA, Middle East and Asia. Before Chris founded his current venture, the award-winning Mall for Africa and Link Commerce platform, Chris was the Founder and CEO of OCFX Inc a multi-million dollar globally recognized silicon valley based, award-winning software. Chris has a learn as you grow, out of the box thinking philosophy that drives strategy and business growth.