Member and Board of Directors at VR AR Association - Toronto, Director of Sales and Business Development
Christian Schniering is a Media Technology Executive specializing in Sales Operations, Business Development, Acct. Management and Global Sales for Fortune500 companies in the Digital Media and Entertainment industry. As an expert in building global, divers, cross-functional teams and partnerships, Christian excels at taking a successful business unit or start-up to the next level. Part of founding teams of several start-ups, Christian grew the North American subsidiary of a German based company to multimillions in revenue in <6 years. He is known for bringing meaningful change to customers resulting in successful client relationships, winning proposals, and top/bottom-line business growth. Christian began his professional career working in Germany before moving to Montreal in 2009 and is currently based in Toronto with several assignments in North America and Europe. Early in his career, Christian directed technical product management and product implementation as part of a broad and deep foundation of experience that is informed by dual MBAs from the University of Toronto and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He also graduated with a BSC in Software Engineering from Germany and is fluent in both German and English.
In his spare time, Christian serves as Member of the Board at the VRARA Toronto Chapter and Melanoma Network of Canada and advises and mentors young entrepreneurs and start-ups helping them grow and succeed within a global marketspace.
