Earl W. "Chip" Brian III[2] (born November 11, 1970) is an American financial services, information technology and construction entrepreneur, based in Long Island City.

Comtex has launched a new product line developed by Brian: the proprietary trend trading alert system, SmarTrend.

[5] Prior to Comtex, Brian held management positions with Nyfix Incorporated,[9] Bank of New York, and HotJobs.com, a Yahoo company.

[10] Brian is also founder of Design Development NYC, an interior construction company for city or country residences.

Chip Brian and Mike Daddio entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Labor, in which they agreed personally to pay $726,989 in back wages and liquidated damages to 184 employees and take other corrective actions to resolve past overtime and recordkeeping violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.