Chris Gorges

 Chris Gorges is an independent brand strategy and design consultant, and the founder / CEO of Thompson & Prince and Everharbor.

 Previously, he was Managing Director at Infinia Group, where he led Infinia Ventures, a practice dedicated to the startup ecosystem (dba Rocketure 2015 - 2017). Before Infinia, he was at Havas Worldwide New York following a stint as a freelance strategy consultant at a number of creative agencies (Droga5, Clear M&C Saatchi, CHI&Partners, Firstborn). He has done strategy consulting work in brand, digital, and growth strategy for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and the US government.

Select clients include Google, IBM, Spotify, TIAA, Amtrak, Wiley, NYCEDC and the US Department of Defense.

He has mentored and advised startups via a number of accelerator, incubator, and VC organizations, including Big Idea Ventures, Carbon Ventures, Acceleprise, Galvanize, XRC Labs, RetailXelerator, VentureOut, Quake Capital, and WeWork Labs.

Early in his career, he worked for IBM Global Business Services and Booz Allen Hamilton in the Washington, DC metro area. He holds an MBA from the full-time program at the NYU Stern School of Business, where he specialized in Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Finance. While pursuing his undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School, he interned at SAS Global Headquarters in Cary, NC.