Chip Brian
{{Short description|American businessman}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = (Earl) Chip Brian
| image = Chip Brian Honored by Fiver Children's Foundation.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1970|11|11}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, US
| alma_mater = Duke University
| occupation = CEO of Best & Company / Design Development NYC, Inc.
| boards = Comtex News Network, Inc.
}}
Earl W. "Chip" Brian III{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/51607803|title=Introducing the new Trinity Alumni and Alumnae Association President Earl W. "Chip" Brian III '89|first=Kevin D.|last=Ramsey|date=17 October 2012|publisher=|via=Vimeo}} (born November 11, 1970) is an American financial services, information technology and construction entrepreneur, based in Long Island City.{{cite web |title=Where I Work: Check out Chip Brian's design empire (and coffee shop) in Long Island City |url=https://www.6sqft.com/studio-visit-checking-out-chip-brians-design-empire-and-coffee-shop-in-long-island-city/ |website=6sqft |accessdate=5 March 2019}}
Brian and his wife, the former Nina Sisselman,{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Packaging-Design/New-consumer-trend-for-sexy-cosmetics%20|title=Nina Sisselman|publisher=|access-date=2010-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614172053/http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com/Packaging-Design/New-consumer-trend-for-sexy-cosmetics%20|archive-date=2010-06-14|url-status=dead}} live in NYC with their two sons.{{failed verification|reason=source does not mention marriage to Brian|date=April 2023}}
School
Brian attended Trinity School in Manhattan and graduated from The Avon Old Farms School in Avon, Connecticut.
Brian graduated from Duke University with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He is a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Brian serves on the Duke University Young Alumni Development Council and is a member of the university's alumni fundraising committee.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
Businesses
Prior to 2015, Brian was the president and CEO of Comtex News Network, Inc.,{{cite web|url=http://www.comtex.com/Corporate_Leadership.aspx|title=Comtex News Network, Inc.|publisher=|access-date=2010-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223185950/http://www.comtex.com/Corporate_Leadership.aspx|archive-date=2010-12-23|url-status=dead}} which provides real-time news, Comtex SmarTrend market products, and economically useful information.
Comtex has launched a new product line developed by Brian: the proprietary trend trading alert system, SmarTrend.SmarTrend, Trade The Trend, and CustomWire are registered trademarks of Comtex News Network, Inc. Brian has authored published articles about trend trading,{{cite web|url=http://www.advisor.ca/investments/alternative-investments/the-dirt-on-clean-tech-10859|title=The dirt on clean tech|website=www.advisor.ca|date=October 2010 }} and writes a column regarding industry group trends identified by his trend trading system.{{cite web|url=http://www.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/communication-equipment-sector-prospering-41703|title=Communication Equipment sector prospering|website=www.advisor.ca|date=11 March 2011 }}
Brian created products which include a daily stock market letter (Morning Call), stock news and market analysis generated by the SmarTrend Analytics Group, the SmarTrend Video Channel, and its flagship product SmarTrend Alerts. Comtex also formed a wholly owned subsidiary, LeGarde Capital Management LLC, which has begun to use the underlying quantitative process for investing capital. Comtex has offices in New York City; Boston, Massachusetts; and Alexandria, Virginia.
Brian joined Comtex in April 2004 as vice president of operations; was appointed president and chief operating officer in May 2005; and named CEO in November 2006.
Prior to Comtex, Brian held management positions with Nyfix Incorporated,{{Cite web |url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/chip-brian/22387 |title=Nyfix Incorporated |access-date=2017-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411052056/http://people.forbes.com/profile/chip-brian/22387 |archive-date=2010-04-11 |url-status=dead }} Bank of New York, and HotJobs.com, a Yahoo company. From 2009 to 2010, he served on the board of directors of PastFuture, Inc., the parent company of the technology and social media website, GDGT.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.comtex.com/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?id=59|title=GDGT.com|publisher=|access-date=2010-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224030716/http://www.comtex.com/PressReleaseDetails.aspx?id=59|archive-date=2010-12-24|url-status=dead}}
Brian is also founder of Design Development NYC, an interior construction company for city or country residences.
All construction management teams are LEED licensed, and fully Green compliant.{{cite web|url=http://www.designdevelopmentnyc.com/#!leadership/c25r|title=design-development|website=design-development}}
On May 3, 2017 the New York Daily News reported that Design Development NYC had engaged in wage theft. Chip Brian and Mike Daddio entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Labor, in which they agreed personally to pay $726,989 in back wages and liquidated damages to 184 employees and take other corrective actions to resolve past overtime and recordkeeping violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.{{Cite web|last=Otis|first=Ginger Adams|title=NYC construction company must pay over $700G in back wages to workers, Labor Department says|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/nyc-construction-company-pay-700g-back-wages-workers-article-1.3134216|access-date=2021-03-05|website=nydailynews.com}}{{Cite web|title=New York City construction company, US Labor Department reach agreement on back wages owed to workers {{!}} U.S. Department of Labor|url=https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/sol/sol20170503|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.dol.gov}}
Charities and non-profit
Brian served as the chairman of the Annual Sporting Clays Shoot for the Boy Scouts of America Greater New York Council, where he also served on the board of directors. Brian is a member of the Trinity School Alumni Giving Board, and has contributed time to the fundraising committees of the New York Blood-center, the Grosvenor House Benefit Committee and the Young Alumni Development Council of Duke University.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}
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