Chris Cardinal

Chris Cardinal is a founding principal of Synapse Studios LLC, where since December 2003, growth has been achieved from a small garage operation to a firm with over 20 employees in downtown Tempe, Arizona. With a primary focus on business development, Chris also contributes to architecting solutions for clients. In addition, from June 2007 to December 2018, Chris created Threadcakes, an online cake baking contest that showcased global bakers' creativity through cake designs inspired by Threadless t-shirts. Earlier experience includes an internship and writing role at Gawker Media in early 2005, assisting in the operation of Gizmodo under editor Joel Johnson. Education was completed at Arizona State University.