Christopher Schiavone established City Square Associates in 1997, designing research for and providing strategic advice to a broad range of clients in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. Since 1993, Christopher has been designing and conducting research for multiple departments and divisions of NBC Universal and has also designed and executed research for ABC Disney and Viacom. He has also worked extensively in non-commercial media, helping the sector to develop a strategic approach to content development, improve the accessibility of its content in a cross-platform universe, and cultivate data literacy among public media professionals. He has designed and fielded research for PBS, CPB, WGBH-Boston, WNET-New York, WETA-Washington and his team has fielded brand research for public media organizations in Las Vegas, Chicago, and Central Virginia. And he has partnered with the Public Media Group of Southern California by providing data and insights to help drive the success of the newly-merged public media organization serving the second largest DMA in the country. Prior to founding City Square, Chris was senior research analyst and director of business excellence at The Taylor Group of Portsmouth (NH). He is a past instructor in business ethics and media studies at Stonehill College in North Easton, MA, and since 2010 has served as Adjunct Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Bunker Hill Community College, where he teaches one or two courses each semester.