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Chip Massey
Co-Founder
The Convincing Company
Professional Bio
Chip Massey is a former FBI Special Agent and hostage negotiator—career highlights include leading high-profile criminal investigations, playing an investigative role in the September 11th attacks, and helping the CIA track down spies (Audible.com). He also spearheaded the FBI’s Crisis Negotiations Teams across all five boroughs of New York (Audible.com).
Remarkably, before his federal law enforcement career, he served as a pastor—a role that sharpened his empathetic communication skills (Audible.com). Today, through The Convincing Company, Chip brings those elite negotiation and de escalation techniques to corporate leaders, startups, and Fortune 500 executives—working with organizations including Facebook, Samsung, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs (Audible.com). He has also taught negotiation and crisis communications at military academies and universities like West Point, Princeton, Cornell, and Columbia (Audible.com).
Remarkably, before his federal law enforcement career, he served as a pastor—a role that sharpened his empathetic communication skills (Audible.com). Today, through The Convincing Company, Chip brings those elite negotiation and de escalation techniques to corporate leaders, startups, and Fortune 500 executives—working with organizations including Facebook, Samsung, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs (Audible.com). He has also taught negotiation and crisis communications at military academies and universities like West Point, Princeton, Cornell, and Columbia (Audible.com).
Organization
The Convincing Company
The Convincing Company