Chris’s animation career started many years after he graduated from the Hartford Art School (U-Ha!) as an Illustrator in 1989. It was this training in the fine arts that gave him a solid foundation as a well-rounded fine artist, long before graphics software became available to him. Chris cut his teeth as an animator for Tom Snyder Productions (Scholastic) for 6 years, eventually working his way up to Director of Creative Development. The biggest feather in his cap during this time was Art Director and Co-Creator of Home Movies (Cartoon Network) and Science Court (ABC).

Chris discovered Flash 3 back in 1999 and a year later was the art and technical director for several animated series for www.shockwave.com. During a Flash Forward speaking engagement in New York that summer, Chris saw the proverbial “flash-light” and realized Flash was the future. He chose wisely.

Chris started his own design and animation company in 2002, using Flash as the primary development tool. His clients include Macromedia, Hasbro, Ogilvy, Yahoo!, Gillette, Digitas, Pileated Pictures and AOL, to name a few.