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Brian Paul Christie was in Cambridge, Ohio, United States. He developed a career at the intersection of technology, international business development, finance, and entrepreneurship, later becoming active in the regulated investment crowdfunding sector and in technology ventures serving online communities and emerging companies.
Christie earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Miami University in 1990. He later completed a Master of Business Administration at Georgetown University in 1994. His education preceded a career combining international development, technology commercialization, strategic alliances, entrepreneurship, and finance-related innovation.
Christie began his professional career as a research associate at Appropriate Technology International from 1992 to 1994. He then became director of global infrastructure and Asia-Pacific programs at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, serving from 1994 to 1999 and working on international business and regional development initiatives. Beginning in 1999, he served as president and co-founder of quantumStream Systems, an early technology venture. He subsequently held board or executive roles at companies including LTVtrade and Promontory Interfinancial Network and advised or supported other technology and financial ventures. From 2013, he has been chief executive officer of Brainsy, Inc., formerly Fanaticall, a software-as-a-service company that develops customized and private-label online media and community networks. Since 2022, he has also been co-founder and chair of BioTech Social, a company developing financing tools for biotechnology, medical technology, pharmaceutical technology, diagnostics, digital health, and other life-science companies. His work has increasingly focused on fintech, regulated investment crowdfunding, impact investing, strategic alliances, digital communities, and the creation of new channels for entrepreneurial capital formation.
Recognition as a noteworthy financial company executive by Marquis Who's Who.
Leadership in developing and promoting regulated investment crowdfunding through the Crowdfunding Professional Association.
Development of technology and financing ventures serving online communities, startups, and life-science companies.
Christie has expressed support for innovation, technology, law, and regulation that create opportunities, serve the public interest, and broaden participation in economic and investment systems.
Christie has participated in the Crowdfunding Professional Association since 2018 and has held successive leadership roles within the organization, including vice president, president, co-chair, and vice chair. His association work has focused on education, industry advocacy, regulatory engagement, and the development of a more accessible regulated investment crowdfunding ecosystem. Earlier, he was a member of the Global Telecommunications Society, serving as vice president from 1996 to 1998 and president from 1998 to 2000.
Christie has described his professional approach as execution-oriented, with an emphasis on developing new products, forming strategic relationships, and turning business concepts into operating ventures.
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Brian Christie has been described by the Crowdfunding Professional Association as a leader in regulated investment crowdfunding and as chief executive officer of Brainsy, an innovative software-as-a-service company focused on online social and knowledge-sharing networks.
Christie's professional connections span technology companies, international development organizations, financial and crowdfunding ventures, startup advisers, investors, and industry associations. Through Brainsy, BioTech Social, and the Crowdfunding Professional Association, he has worked with organizations concerned with online communities, entrepreneurial finance, life-science investment, and expanded access to capital.
