Inspired by the mini-retirement concept, Chris moved his family to Noosa from Silicon Valley where he had run a mobile startup spun out of Lonely Planet. He had spent the previous 5 years there as an exec leading mobile and innovation. Chris and his teams created some of the very first smartphone apps for travel and had them featured by Apple at the launch of both the iPhone App Store and iPad, going on to generate millions of downloads and helping the company become the world's leading travel publisher on mobile platforms. Before joining Lonely Planet, Chris founded and helped run startups in the mobile publishing space with stints in Sydney, Beijing and Singapore helping take a startup from concept through to a Nasdaq exit. Chris is passionate about developing a centre of excellence for Immersive Storytelling & Robotics on the Sunshine Coast through CreateNoosa, a tech industry organisation he founded to help develop meaningful local opportunities for talented young people over the next decade.