Chris Marino is the Director of Digital Media Acquisition at American Express in the Global Commercial Services division. Global Commercial Services provides a suite of payment and lending products, solutions for travel and everyday business spending, cross border payments, global currency solutions, and business financing. In his current role, he is responsible for optimizing a multi-million dollar advertising budget to convert small to mid-sized business owners on card and non-card solutions across paid social and display channels. Chris is a data driven marketer with a passion for quantifying the impact that brands are having through digital experiences.

In his previous role as Director of Global Social Media Strategy, he led the transformation of American Express OPEN’s social media strategy through audience first creative. Over his six years at American Express, Chris has worked in a variety of cross-functional capacities including Finance, Marketing and Strategy.

Chris graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S in Management and Marketing. He is currently pursuing an Executive MBA at the Cornell Johnson School of Management.

Chris is an avid foodie, traveler and Syracuse Orange basketball fan residing in New York City.