Christopher M. Bowles

Strategment

Drive exponential growth and operational excellence for private and family-owned businesses through strategic guidance and hands-on consulting. Transform business performance with executive sessions, coaching, and workshops that align operations and strategic planning. Expert in KPI development and monitoring, rapid business scaling, organizational optimization, and leadership enhancement. Deliver actionable solutions to critical challenges, resulting in significant revenue growth, increased profitability, improved operational efficiency, and sustainable success.

Consultant | Growth Advisor

Magna Fides Ventures

Partner

The Haro Group of Keller WIlliams Historic District

Chief Operating Officer | Advisor

Homes for Heroes®

Managed day-to-day business operations concentrating on developing the leadership team, setting the operational direction and tempo, crafting and executing strategic and operational plans, guiding effective decision making, effectively allocating resources for maximum return, and leading teams in achieving goals and fulfilling company’s mission.

Trajectory: Sales Rep → Sales Manager → General Manager → VP of Ops → President | COO

President | Chief Operating Officer

Fish & Richardson P.C.

Oversaw the human resources function for the firm’s Atlanta, Houston, Minneapolis, New York, and Redwood City offices. Consulted with firm management on employment law, organizational development, performance management, employee relations, compensation and benefits, and recruiting and staffing needs. Project team leader for introduction of firm-wide employee recognition program. Managed firm’s staff performance evaluation, market pricing, and merit increase processes.

Senior HR Leader

U.S. House of Representatives

Office of U.S. Representative Jim Ramstad: Represented Minnesota’s Third Congressional District.

Representative's ambassador at public meetings, events, and ceremonies.  Managed constituent correspondence, drafted staff letters, and responded to complaints and inquiries.  Researched and analyzed legislative issues.

Congressional Assistant

United States Marine Corps

2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein).  2/7 War Dogs.  "Ready For All, Yielding To None.  Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war." 

Sergeant of Marines.  Successfully planned, coordinated, and executed the battalion administrative functions for numerous deployments in support of combat operations.  Principal assistant to the Commanding Officer in all matters pertaining to legal personnel issues, internal organization, and operation of the legal section.  Supervised, trained, and developed a combat ready team of Marines.  Oversaw the accurate pay, benefits, personnel tracking, awards, and promotions for the battalion (1,000+ Marines and sailors).  Served as the Executive Officer’s Personal Security Detachment Team Leader during combat operations.  

Battalion Color Sergeant  
Rifle Range Top Shooter (11/2003) 
Corporal’s Leadership Course Honor Graduate (10/2003)

Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Battalion Legal Chief, and Personnel Administrator

Guiding $5M-$50M businesses to Multiple 8-Figure Growth | Generated $100M+ for clients | Growth Advisor | Ex: COO + President | US Marine

If your $5M-$35M business is facing:

- Slowing or stagnating growth
- Growth beyond infrastructure capacity
- A significant downturn requiring swift, strategic change

I've been there. And many businesses have encountered these obstacles and have not only reversed course, but leaped forward to multiple 8-figure growth.

And this transformation can happen without:

- Increasing your workload
- Incurring additional expenses
- Sacrificing more of your personal time

I've guided transformation from the ground up, enabling leaders like you to achieve dream outcomes. Here are some highlights:

- Boosting owner earnings by $12M+
- Elevating real estate, tech, and services firms to multiple 8-figure growth
- Uncovering $5M for a luxury resort through strategic marketing and process optimization
- Leading businesses in diverse sectors to dominate their markets, generating over $100M in sales
- Doubling a marketing agency's sales with a strategic pivot

My approach is simple: Identify growth barriers and deploy proven solutions for lasting, scalable success.

Here’s how I can help you:

1. Subscribe to the Multiple 8-Figure Growth newsletter at christophermbowles.com for weekly insights. Learn from case studies of businesses scaling their operations and revenues, with actionable strategies to fuel your growth.

2. Comprehensive Business Diagnostic: A deep dive to discover obstacles and hidden opportunities. Like an x-ray for your business, highlighting effective areas and uncovering potential earnings in sales, marketing, leadership, and finance. On average, we find over $1M in easily achievable earnings, with a clear roadmap to access these gains and more.

3. Business Operating System Install and Implementation: Custom solutions to make your operations smoother and support sustainable growth. We streamline your processes, set clear goals, and introduce tools and methods to boost productivity across your business.

4. Ongoing and Bespoke Coaching and Consulting: Tailored, continuous support to tackle the complexities of scaling. Includes strategy sessions, actionable advice, and accountability practices to keep you on track toward your ambitious goals. Whether it’s refining your model, exploring new markets, or building your leadership, our coaching evolves with your needs.

Ready for transformational growth? Choose one of the options above and let's get started. 

To your growth, success, and impact. 

Christopher M. Bowles (CMB)

Immertia

Dave Chaffey is leading an innovative augmented reality startup called Immertia. The company works in the field of customer experience and product packaging, and develops end-to-end industry solutions to extend the customer experience beyond product packaging.

There are two in-market concepts Swigr™ and Winerytale, with the first aimed at the wider alcoholic beverages industry, and the latter for the global wine Industry.

Swigr is the leading AR platform for the alcoholic beverages industry, globally, and since launching in October 2022, has signed Budweiser, Paulaner, Maui Brewing, and 50+ brands from around the world.

Dave is also a founding partner of Third Aurora, the commercial tech engine that created the technology behind the platforms. 

Although Dave in not actively developing tech, his direction, and keen eye for opportunity underpins a range of new innovations being developed for commercial application.

His keynote speaking shows his entrepreneurial zeal. And his seminal look at business in the coming years takes elements of technology, principles of marketing, human behaviour, and lessons from history, setting out the blueprint to create a new market, or Trap a Bear, as he prefers.

DIGITAL EXPERT
Prior to the current activities, Dave refined his digital marketing expertise, developing strategic solutions for a number established companies such as Akubra, Specsavers, Haval Motors, as well as disruptive ASX-newcomers such as Lifespot Health and Impression Healthcare.

Dave also provided expertise on the business-focused television show - Kochie's Business Builders, where he delivered innovative and actionable advice to businesses, promoting growth through the simple-adoption of technology.

From this experience, he formed a partnership with David Koch and Luke Chaffey, founding KBB Digital, a Digital Agency delivering strategic digital marketing solutions for business.

KBB Digital

Formed in 2013, KBB Digital is the coming together of NetReach, an established digital agency, and Kochie's Business Builders, Channel 7's popular and trusted program for small businesses. The company is led by TV personality, David Koch, and digital guru Dave Chaffey, who are both business experts in their own right, passionate about growing small business in Australia.

KBB Digital has quickly built an outstanding reputation within the Australian SME (Small & Medium Enterprise) sector for providing digital marketing products and services that outperform the market.

KBB Digital takes a results-driven approach: working primarily with small and medium sized businesses; identifying, developing and implementing products that drive a real return on investment. 

Products are wide ranging, encompassing Digital Marketing, Web Design, App Development, Search Engine Marketing and Social Media Management.

Founding Partner

Kochie's Business Builders

Television presenting role - providing expertise and practical, useful information for small and medium enterprises to help them get more from their digital marketing efforts. Includes occasional cameos about emerging trends in digital technology, and also involves professional speaking at conferences, for industry associations, and major business events

Kochie's Business Builders - TV presenter, Expert Adviser

Visioncrest

Visioncrest was an optical franchise that was acquired by Sepcsavers in 2007. Dave Chaffey and his two partners Shane Davie, and Dennis O'Keeffe (deceased), grew the business from one store to a chain of 25 outlets, establishing Australia's first optical franchise along the way.  Dave's role in the business was initially as the principal Optometrist, then later, he ceased practicing Optometry to develop the franchise, as well as creating the custom point of sale software for the group, and assuming the role of Managing Director.

Dave Chaffey is a partner at Immertia, an innovative tech startup that works in the field of AI and augmented reality to enhance customer experience. Their platforms Nexposai, Displai and Swigr operate across a range of industries.  

With over 10 years of experience in digital marketing and entrepreneurship, Dave is an expert in using AI and AR to create industry solutions that extend the customer journey beyond the product.

Dave is also a professional speaker, industry thought-leader, and influencer in the digital space, with regular appearances as the resident digital expert for Channel 7's Kochie's Business Builders TV show. He is passionate about growing small and medium businesses in Australia, and has co-founded and led KBB Digital, a successful digital agency that provides results-driven products and services for the SME sector. Dave is a strong entrepreneurship professional with a background in science and marketing from the University of Melbourne.

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