Senior Advisor and Counselor for Strategy and Business Development
Chris Galazzi is a Senior Advisor and Counselor for Strategy and Business Development for the SI3 Group. He brings 30 years of multisector Executive experience in the private and non-profit sectors to advise and guide our clients as they develop, iterate, and navigate their community impact. Chris is particularly adept at listening to client needs and presenting them in a way that creates organizational, environmental, and cultural awareness, and makes it actionable to support our client’s business and community objectives and outcomes.
At Zenergy Consulting, Chris provided strategic marketing and project management services to start-up technology companies and pro-social business ventures. He has over fifteen years’ experience in advising nonprofits on fundraising and innovative program development. He is a 30-year veteran of strategic market entry and early-stage technology business development, where he has not only worked as an evangelist for cutting edge technology solutions initializing customer engagement but also worked with IP lawyers to create and submit patent applications.
Chris has worked with online innovation accelerator Invention City, methane to energy start-up Feed Resource, utility scale solar finance Solbridge Energy, and global microturbine category leader Wind-Stream Technologies among others, where he met business development goals while managing projects on time and on budget.
Prior to consulting, Chris spent 15 years as a business development specialist in Silicon Valley, New York City and Los Angeles, developing interactive technology products and services for several ventures including American Express, AT&T and pre/post IPO Wink Communications, where he executed over 30 licensing agreements, and exceeded revenue targets.
Chris holds a certificate from ISO New England in Wholesale Power Operations, and a Bachelor of Arts in political philosophy and economics from Georgetown University. Chris is a certified Emergency Medical Technician, Lifeguard and has logged more than 5,000 miles sailing the East Coast of North America. Chris sits on the Boards of three non-profits, Triumph Sails, Patton Veterans Project, and the Cape Cod Toy Library.