Ian DeSilva is the CEO & Founder of Alpine Point Media – a digital marketing agency headquartered in the Pacific Northwest that has a boundless reach.
An Early Start
Ian started his entrepreneurial career early and, like most youngsters, it started on a sidewalk. In those days Ian was a patron of the Southeastern states and sweet tea was a staple in the area. Putting the outdoors to work, Ian started making sun tea infused with sugar to sell to local passersby and thus started his journey in sales.
Not too long after, he decided there was a much larger profit share in lawn care and maintenance. Ian created a local lawn service named “Top Turf Lawn Care” and started going door to door looking for anyone that could use his assistance. Sure enough, some of the neighborhood kids and teens saw that they could make a couple bucks and wanted in on the action so he hired a group of them and began delegating duties. Pretty soon they were the preferred lawn care group to the local neighborhoods.
Advertising Background
Continuing the grind, Ian then attended college at Murray State University in Kentucky. He started out as a psychology major with a minor in business and while he found psych very interesting he just didn’t see a future for him in it. A friend turned him on to the advertising side during his sophomore year and everything began to click. He started a study share program within his major that was designed to not only help the marketing & advertising students with their course load, but to also serve as a networking opportunity and a chance to discuss topics like personal branding, influencer marketing, and other types of product and service outreach. Ian has held various marketing, advertising, and management positions in the healthcare and logistics fields.
Current Focus
Now Ian is focused on helping the business community spread their love, joy, and passion around the country through various marketing and advertising strategies. Whether it be through increased traffic and sales funnels, sponsorships, paid ads, website transfers, photo/video editing or social media management – APM has you covered for it all.
Chris Ramsey Jr. is the CTO & Co-Founder of Alpine Point Media
Creative Roots
Back in the day Chris Ramsey started his creative career early on in his life. He took up skateboarding at the age of ten and quickly was involved in the creative counter-culture soon after. Making videos for local skaters was his main past time through his teenage years. This is where he developed his eye for visual arts that would pay dividends in the future.
Before college Chris had established himself as a natural salesman and leader in his jobs. As a Computer salesman at a large retail chain he doubled the numbers in his department by himself in the highest grossing store in the country. Along with that, he was already into management in the largest grocery store chain in the country. The blue collar work ethic he learned from his early working years was setting the stage for his future pursuits.
Creative and Technical Background
After his first year in college he decided that the military was a better option for his lifestyle and shortly after enlisted as an Avionics Technician. Over the course of his military career not only was he excelling at military obligations but he had developed his own side businesses in his free time. After teaching himself various computer languages he secured a job as an email campaign manager and database admin for a local SaaS Business intelligence company in South Carolina. At the same time he had started shooting photography and videography for many staple outdoor brands in the industry. This combination of jobs taught him the in’s and out’s of influencer marketing, social media advertising, web design, photography/videography, business marketing, and branding.
Present Day
Chris’s present day focus is how to build brands and businesses with his main emphasis on creative directing, content creation, modern advertising, and web development. As a creative director he brings the storytelling and vision to Alpine Point Media. Side by side with Ian, they bring exactly what your business needs in this modern business landscape.