Christopher Brauer, 35, is the Canadian owner-operator of Smoothmedia. Christopher started his professional career as a journalist in Canada before joining the Press Association (PA), UK in the fall of 1997. He worked with PA New Media developing Ananova, the world's first news avatar and one of the most celebrated Internet projects on the Web.

Subsequently he consulted privately for a variety of London Internet businesses during the dot-com boom of 1999/2000.In January 2000 he joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he worked for three years as a management consultant for Information, Communication and Entertainment (ICE).

In early 2003 he started Smoothmedia on the west coast of Canada turning it into a profitable enterprise in six months and performing work for a range of corporate and government clients developing websites, performing system integrations, and producing media and film. In 2005 he left for London to pursue a PhD in Sociology/Computing at Goldsmiths, University of London.

In 2005 he joined the staff in the Department of Journalism at City University, London as a lecturer in online media, a position he continues to hold.  In September 2007 Christopher restarted Smoothmedia operations in London with a renewed focus on interactive services and website development.