Kieran Hanley graduated from Dalhousie University in 2007 with a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in International Business. Before starting his own small marketing firm in 2010, he worked for nearly two years in Ottawa as a legislative assistant to a Member of Parliament. Kieran runs the business side of TheIndependent.ca, but contributes written and multimedia work to the publication whenever he can find time. He does his best thinking when he's walking around tossing a baseball up and down in his apartment...but he hates baseball.