Chris Powell (he/him)

Chris Powell is what some would call a “born leader.” Even as a child, he naturally became a leader within his social groups. As an adult, when he landed his first "real job" at a company with annual sales of 500m plus., he quickly moved up to the role of Director. Chris was directly responsible for producing and delivering products to clients like American Express, Fifth Third Bank, and other massive institutions globally.

Later, through networking at events and on the golf course(one of his hobbies), Chris decided to open a small staffing company.  The company didn’t stay small long. Within 3 weeks of opening, the company was billing a little less than 200k a month. In this endeavor, Chris learned all aspects of what makes a business a business:  accounting, hiring and managing employees,  worker's compensation, and much more.  

A few years after launching the business, Chris sold it to one of the largest staffing organizations in the world at that time.  Due to the success of his company, he became a hot commodity in the staffing industry and was being contacted by headhunters daily. Chris accepted one of these offers and moved back to his hometown.  In this role, Chris was charged with what this Florida-based company and label Out of State expansion.  The challenge was huge, and Chris loved it.  So far, the company's out-of-state progress had led them into a 300k deficit.  Reunited and/or rehired some of his old team members, Chris assisted in bringing one city from 5k a week to 35k a week within the first month.  Opening a Huntsville office with 30k already stamped their 1st week of opening, Opening Nashville up with the Entertainment Center already signed, Lifting Atlanta up to unprecedented numbers, and decreasing RISK to extremely low percentages. Great company to work for, but Chris always had that "ownership and entrepreneurial" spirit pulling and tugging at him.

Following this endeavor, Chris partnered up with his wife, Danielle, and opened up webn8.com; the rest is history.