Chris Arrendale

5X Entrepreneur and Exits | Active Investor and Mentor. I help build deliverability, privacy, and cybersecurity solutions for all companies. Inbox Placement, Privacy, VCISO, ISO 27001/27701/42001, SOC 2, CMMC, FedRAMP

📍 Atlanta, Georgia, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Feb 2025
Founder & Lead Investor
Jan 2023
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Nov 2021
Shift Paradigm is a business and growth partner that helps our clients see a true reflection of their business through the lens of technology & data. Armed with data-driven insights, we work with organizations to identify & accelerate opportunities for growth, efficiency, and innovation. For over 15 years, Shift has implemented, optimized, operationalized, and transformed marketing technology ecosystems and experiences for 1000s of global B2B and B2C organizations. Our comprehensive suite of services includes technology roadmaps & assessments, omnichannel campaign strategies & execution, reporting & analytics, and go-to-market strategy playbooks. We also proudly partner with industry technology leaders, like Adobe and Salesforce, to provide the right solutions for our clients. For more information, visit shiftparadigm.com.
Chief Privacy Officer, Board Member, Head of Deliverability
Aug 2018
We are a modern marketing firm that combines the resources of agencies, consultancies, and systems integrators to enable organizations to rethink digital engagement, implement modern solutions, and optimize programs over time. We help our clients do more, due to the fact that we understand both the technical and creative sides of the marketing brain. This eliminates loss due to translation and ensures strategy is purpose built for real world application. With our roots planted firmly in digital engagement, we got our start championing the email marketing revolution. As a result, we’ve led more marketing automation implementations than anyone on the planet, powered by key partnerships with Salesforce.com and Adobe, as well as dozens of other best-in-class Martech providers. But, we're not all about tech - we champion marketing innovation by empowering marketing leaders to achieve their vision by making that vision actionable. We do so by marrying the traditional functions of a digital marketing agency with non-traditional specialties such as market research, data science, go-to-market strategy, and technology & data. By providing a full-service approach including content creation, web, and graphic design, and buyer persona and messaging alignment, Trendline ensures that we can help our clients achieve excellence across all of the dependencies for success. We do what other agencies and consultants dread - we actually work, and we have a blast doing it because marketing is what we love. Marketers, check out how we can help to make your vision actionable and your outcomes measurable: https://trendlineinteractive.com/what-we-do And, we’re always hiring uncommon talent. Interested in climbing aboard the rocket ship? If you’re excited by walking into your "office" each day and pioneering the landscape of modern marketing and working alongside other amazing individuals, let's chat: https://trendlineinteractive.com/careers
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Founder & CEO
Apr 2023
Increase inbox placement with our patented deliverability AI software solution. We have built a unique AI software offering to help marketers land in the inbox. We use the latest email deliverability models that have been sourced by our trusted third-party network. We work with you to review the latest AI models and how to improve your email marketing program. We also provide deliverability audits, inbox placement monitoring, reply mailbox monitoring, DMARC implementation, and more! Our AI solution assists both B2C and B2B senders with increasing inbox placement! REV up the inbox and increase your REVenue!
Founder & Lead Investor
Jan 2023
2021
Board Member
Nov 2021
Shift Paradigm is a business and growth partner that helps our clients see a true reflection of their business through the lens of technology & data. Armed with data-driven insights, we work with organizations to identify & accelerate opportunities for growth, efficiency, and innovation. For over 15 years, Shift has implemented, optimized, operationalized, and transformed marketing technology ecosystems and experiences for 1000s of global B2B and B2C organizations. Our comprehensive suite of services includes technology roadmaps & assessments, omnichannel campaign strategies & execution, reporting & analytics, and go-to-market strategy playbooks. We also proudly partner with industry technology leaders, like Adobe and Salesforce, to provide the right solutions for our clients. For more information, visit shiftparadigm.com.
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