Chad Ballantyne is a father of three and husband for 25 years! He’s spent the last 30 years of his life in some form of creative communications as a speaker, musician, producer, and designer. He’s now the Creative Director of Rhubarb Media, a design studio in Barrie and is the “Tummler” at Simcoe County’s first coworking space, called The Creative Space (TCS).

TCS is located in a beautifully redeemed century building in downtown Barrie and has become a hub for freelancers, startups and other digital nomads since 2009. It’s a community space where business, art and life collide. Chad’s passion is to help others do what makes them come alive. He launch Canada’s first Community Launch incubator program called smOffice and is notorious for creating connections where ever he goes.