Chris Laney (claney)

Chris Laney is an expert in marketing, digital strategies, and digital communication. After spending the last decade working in marketing and new media for companies like Chick-Fil-A and Verizon Wireless, Laney left corporate life to start his own marketing company, Laney Media Group. Laney sold his company in 2009 to join the Radio Training Network as a Digital Strategist, which include major Christian radio brands The Joy FM in Florida, His Radio, KWND The Wind and WAFJ. His time with the Radio Training Network was cut short when he packed his bags for Nashville so his wife could get her Masters degree. Chris spent two years in Nashville developing one of the top radio marketing companies in Christian music while continuing his work as a digital consultant for many stations. Last year, he returned back to Sarasota, Fl where he is now the Director of Communications for Digital Frontiers Media. Today, Laney builds interactive media strategies for some of the largest brands in the country.

On top of his duties at Digital Frontiers Media, he is the Moderator for programdirector.net's New Media Forum, "Chair-Elect" of the Young Professionals of Sarasota, and on the Board of Directors for the Young Advocates for Sarasota which advocates on behalf of young professionals to our local politics to support their way of living and work.

Laney's forte is creating creative digital solutions to problems. He understands technically what goes into a project to create a supreme user experience. His background in sales, marketing, management, design and development allows him to intersect all these important elements into one strong solution.

Digital Frontiers Media (DFM) is an award-winning multimedia production company based in Sarasota, Florida that specializes in projects where technology, content and interactivity intersect. DFM develops eye-catching interactive media, national attention-getting websites, and custom programming services, including Augmented Reality (AR) and mobile apps. DFM specializes in the "freakishly brilliant" Drupal open source Content Management System (CMS) and building projects that draw upon multiple disciplines to provide superior user experiences. President Stephen Barker founded DFM in 2007 to provide cost-effective excellence to web and interactive multimedia clients. Stephen was named one of 2010’s “25 People to Watch” in the July issue of Biz941 magazine. Stephen holds a Master's degree for his work in Augmented Reality (AR) and Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) and has over 5 years of experience in these technologies along with building physical computing systems using sensors, video analysis, servos, and other novel input-output devices. DFM can be found online at digitalfrontiersmedia.com.