Arnie Gess, President of Falcon Ridge Group Inc. began his career as one of the three original founders of CHMM Inc. CHMM Inc. launched Hazardous Materials Management (now HazMat Management) magazine in 1989 which quickly became Canada's leading publication for pollution prevention and control. In 1996, Solid Waste & Recycling was launched and also became the leading Canadian publication on collection, hauling, processing and disposal. In 1999, Arnie and his partners sold CHMM Inc. to Business Information Group in Toronto.

In February 2003, Arnie started Falcon Ridge Group Inc. a sales and marketing consulting business for small and medium size businesses. Arnie also owns and manages several regional themed websites for the Canadian homeowner.