People Manager · Creative Technologist · Security Advocate · Coffee Pipeline Integrator
PeopleDesignTechnology
Let's design technology for people.
Lead people with understanding. Design with intent and craft. Build technology people trust.
Human-Centered
Leadership
"Wisdom is cultivated neither from length of years nor breadth of knowledge, it blooms from depth of understanding."
Marley
I build high-performing teams and the systems that support them, all rooted in empathy, clarity, and trust. I have led groups of 5 and groups of 200+, and both mirror this: people do their best work when they feel heard and trusted.
Leadership
People management · High-performing teams · Change management · Cross-functional collaboration · Stakeholder engagement
Security Education
Privacy education · Security awareness · Human-centered threat modeling
Process & Systems
Service management · Performance metrics · Continuous improvement
Craft That
Delivers
"Loud words win temporary accomplices. Quiet conversations win lifelong allies."
Marley
The quiet decisions carry the most weight. Brand identities that earn recognition rather than demand it, digital experiences built to be felt, film that stays with you: 13+ organizations and 25+ films of it.
Stories That Move
Color Grading: Before and After
One frame from each reel, shown before and after the color grade.
Grade Reel · Big Blue Sky
Before
After
Grade Reel · SnowFall Sunset
Before
After
Grade Reel · Dune Grass
Before
After
"Before" here is a simulated log/flat grade, not a captured raw pass.
Systems That
Protect
"Vision without action is just a very detailed daydream."
Marley
So the work follows through. AI tools used in real work, security advocacy grounded in how people behave, and the systems that keep teams working instead of waiting. The measure of good technology is what it frees people to do.
AI & Machine Learning
Local LLM home lab (Ollama · Hugging Face). Generative AI workflows, prompt engineering, and a habit of testing before trusting. Google Cloud LLM & IBM Prompt Engineering certified.
Security Advocacy
Making digital security human and approachable, from social engineering education to privacy-first system design. Design the easy path to be the safe one. When the technology is built for people, better security follows.
Technical Operations
IT architecture, MDM, workflow automation, and cross-platform toolchain management. Infrastructure that keeps teams focused on what matters.
Security, technology, and the human stories between them. Essays that make the technical personal, and the personal universal.
When [Social Sharing] Gets Personal
How even the most innocuous community posts will become gold mines for AI and those who control them.
Read on Medium ↗ Technology · SecurityWhen [Email] Gets Personal
How social engineers use email to 'Phish' your emotions and 'Spear' your security.
Read on Medium ↗ Technology · SecurityWhen [Pop-Up Fraud] Gets Personal
The extraordinary lengths scammers go to convince you to click, agree, or download.
Read on Medium ↗ Technology · SecurityWhen [Scam Calling] Gets Personal
How scam artists use your empathy against you.
Read on Medium ↗About Chris Marley
I'm Chris Marley (or as most call me, Marley): people manager, creative technologist, and security advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. I have spent the last 15+ years connecting the three fields that usually sit apart: leading people, crafting visual identities, and building the systems that tie it all together. People, Design, Technology.
By day I lead teams of 5 to 200+ and build the systems behind them. My creative brain jumps in as a visual creator: brand identities, directing video and color, designing stages. When I'm not daydreaming about future technology, I'm probably over-engineering my morning coffee.
Service Management
End-to-End Service Delivery · Service Catalog Management · Standards Design · Performance Metrics & KPIs · Process Optimization · Continuous Improvement
Leadership
People Management · Building High-Performing Teams · Change Management · Transformational Leadership · Matrixed Environments · Cross-Functional Collaboration
Technical Tools
Slack · Wrike · Asana · Jira · MDM Services · IT Architecture · Figma · Miro · Apple Creator Studio · Affinity · Adobe Suite
AI / ML
Generative AI · Prompt Engineering · Hugging Face · Ollama · Local LLM Home Lab
Let's
Create Together
Open to brand identity, creative direction, film production, and technology consulting. Always happy to talk about privacy, AI, and where work is headed.