Chris is responsible for strategic direction and day-to-day operations at Leap Media Group LLC’s media division.  Leap is an independent Television Producer, Distributor, and Advertising services company. Chris has over 35 years of experience in media strategy, marketing, and implementation, with a focus on traditional TV and digital media advertising. Prior to Leap, he spent 12 years at Canoe Ventures, an advertising technology services company, where he was most recently SVP, Global Sales & Marketing. As part of the Canoe team, he is an Emmy® Award recipient and is named on five patents. Before Canoe, Pizzurro spent 13 years at Turner Broadcasting advertising sales. Chris has also received an Emmy® nomination, a Webby® Award nomination, as well as being a CableFAX Innovation Award recipient, an iTVt Leadership Award beneficiary, and a TVOT All-Star Award winner. He is a Board Advisor to BWG Advisors, eSports Ad Bureau, and VuPulse.