Chris Keevill Joins Gerry Pond At Mariner Partners Inc.
HALIFAX–Mariner Partners Inc. has brought Chris Keevill on as a partner, “major shareholder,” and chief operating officer of the business.
Keevil is the owner and chairman of Halifax digital agency Colour and a one-time CEO of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.
Mariner, which was co-founded by former Aliant Telecom president Gerry Pond, is an IT firm that dabbles in everything from “cloud based energy optimization software” to IT services and consulting.
Keevill has a long history working with marketing and technology companies. He began his career at NBTel, at the same time Pond and other folks at Mariner were building that company.
“For me, this feels like coming home,” Keevill said in a news release.
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Mariner has more than 200 staff spread out across Canada and the United States. But the company has a large presence in the Maritimes, with offices in Saint John, Fredericton, and Halifax.
Keevill, who officially joined the firm January 4, is based in Halifax.
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