While not engaged in client projects, Ryan works closely with his partners Cris and Richard on the vision, direction, and development of key company offerings for nine10. Ryan also comes to nine10 from a non-traditional route.  Prior to founding GoSocial, he was a 12 year member of the Canadian Freestyle Ski Team where he represented his country on the international stage at the highest levels of sport.  Discipline, clear focus, and strong commitment to team dynamic are assets that are welcome additions as Ryan joins the nine10 team.

Since retiring from sport, Ryan has actively engaged within his community outside of his business ventures.  Ryan is also a proud Swan City Rotarian.

Cris’ Strategy role at nine10 covers both clients and nine10. She leads high-level branding and digital marketing strategy, including audience insights, campaign messaging, lead generation strategies, budgeting, and more. Currently she is learning marketing automation.

Over the years, Cris been a part of many different community organizations. Some past examples include board and chair positions on both the GP Chamber of Commerce board and the GPRC Business Administration Advisory Committee. Currently Cris is a board member on the Grande Prairie Downtown Association, is the Vice Chair on the Community Futures Grande Prairie & Region Board, and sits on the Swan City Rotary Club board as Sergeant at Arms. This board and committee experience has ignited a passion for for Cris in governance and parliamentarianism, along with policy and bylaw work.

Creatively, she likes to learn new skills such as video, animation, and sound engineering along with learning anything to do with plants. Her current personal projects include producing and hosting the Fancy Plants Podcast and creating artisan concrete plant pots.

Cris was also the recipient of the 2015 GPRC Steps to the Greater Alumni Award.

For more information about Cris, visit her LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/crisseppola/.

Richard’s biggest strength is technical problem solving. Largely self-taught, he picked up his first computer at the age of 7 and started learning how to program in BASIC. His love of learning & problem solving has led him to a successful career as a web consultant, forming his first company in 2002 after being hired to redesign the Grande Prairie Regional College website. In 2008, Richard’s company merged into nine10 Incorporated, expanding nine10’s capabilities into the realm of website design. Richard holds a Diploma in Fine Arts, Digital Design Specialization from Grande Prairie Regional College. He is Google Ads Certified Professional and a HubSpot Certified Inbound Marketing Professional.

When Richard is not working, he enjoys time with family, golfing, gaming, and catching the latest episode of the Mandalorian. This is the way.