Christopher Faust Founder & CEO
With nearly 20 years experience in marketing and communications, Chris has developed a reputation for excellence in brand development, reputation management, thought leadership platforms, media and analyst relations, messaging & positioning, social media community building, content marketing, demand generation, mergers & acquisitions and crisis communications.
Prior to forming Fastlane in early 2006, Chris was the Founder & CEO of BreakThrough Communications – a boutique PR consultancy he later sold to PFS. Previously, Chris was the Head of Communications for Lincoln Financial Distributors, the wholesaling arm of Lincoln Financial Group. Prior to Lincoln Financial, Chris was the Vice President of Marketing Communications for InterWorld Corporation where he helped raise the company’s profile from relative obscurity to national prominence, becoming one of the top five enterprise commerce software providers. Earlier in his career, Chris was a partner with the Merritt Group. He started his career with Burson-Marsteller in NYC – the number one reputation management firm in the world at that time.
A sample of the companies Chris has represented throughout his career include AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions, Brinton Eaton Wealth Advisors, Chief Executive, Collabera, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, Crisp Wireless, DuPont, Fidelity Bank, Merck, MoreMagic, New York State Lottery, NorthStar Systems International, Onstream Media, Sentry Hospitality, State Fair Group, Therapeutic Pet Solutions, Tomra of North America, UUNet and Verizon Wireless, among others.
Chris holds a B.A. in Mass Communications with a Concentration in Public Relations from the University of Delaware. He is a current Board Member of the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), the premiere international community of nearly 2,000 executive-level marketers who share their passion and expertise to ensure each member’s success. He is also the co-founder of The Centurions in North America, an informal executive networking group for today’s digital leaders in the Internet and mobile worlds of entertainment, music and advertising. In addition, Chris is an Advisory Board Member for TalkAhead, a leading provider of Sponsored Comments and paid messages on blogs, news sites and other online forums and past President of the International Association of Business Communicators, NJ Chapter.
