Chris Fawcett - CEO

Chris Fawcett

CEO

Chris decided to start Third Marble Marketing in September of 2009 with the goal of helping small business owners get their fair share of marketing on the internet.

With 33 years of direct marketing experience and 29 years of internet marketing experience, Chris is considered a veteran in the internet space. He has been involved in internet marketing for as long as internet marketing has been around. Prior to starting Third Marble Marketing, Chris spent 9 years at First STREET, Inc. in Colonial Heights, VA as their VP & COO of Marketing. Chris lead all the company’s direct marketing efforts, including the marketing and development of their $10 million e-commerce website dedicated to helping senior citizens stay in their home longer. His innovative marketing strategies increased sales year over year. In 2005, Chris re-designed the firstSTREET website and won one of the nationally coveted “Internet Retailer’s Top 50 Best of the Web” Awards, joining the ranks of such online retailers as Best Buy and Amazon.

Before joining First STREET, Chris spent 3 years as the Director of Marketing and E-commerce at J.Jill in Boston, MA where he developed J.Jill’s first e-commerce website, jjill.com, generating over $80 million in it's first year, making the top 40 e-commerce list.

Chris started his marketing career with Comtrad, a national marketer of innovative lifestyle products, in 1992 and helped launch their first website in 1993 (before Amazon.com sold their first book).

Chris proudly graduated from Virginia Tech with degrees in Operation Research and Industrial & Systems Engineering.