Anheuser-Busch Briefing Center, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
1615 H St NW, Washington, D.C.
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 a.m.-8:30 a.m.
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Leslie Bradshaw
Foundation Fellow
Chief Operating Officer, Guide
Leslie Bradshaw is the Chief Operating Officer at Guide, a software company focused on turning online news and blogs into video. In her role, she is focused on publisher relations, fundraising, marketing, product strategy, talent development and back of house management.
Prior to launching this new venture, Leslie co-founded and served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of JESS3, a creative interactive agency specializing in data visualization and visual storytelling. During her tenure at JESS3, Leslie helped the company generate revenues north of $13M, land at No. 430 on the 2012 Inc. 500 and take home AdAge “gold” as the Small Agency of the Year for the Southeast Region.
The industry continues to take note of Leslie's abilities and results, as she was named her one of the top five female executives in the technology industry by Fast Company in 2011 and, in 2012, Inc. Magazine named her one of the “Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30”. Beyond that, Mashable listed Leslie one of the 44 Female Entrepreneurs to Know, The Jane Dough hailed her as one of the 50 Women of 2012 and The Wall Street Journal FINS honored Leslie as one of the Top Woman in Tech Under 30.
Leveraging her background in economics, anthropology, and gender as a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago, Leslie has been a trusted strategist and consultant for top brands including Intel, Nike, American Express, C-SPAN, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Google since the age of 22.
A native of Northern California and Oregon and farmer at heart, Leslie also writes for Forbes on the topic of female entrepreneurship.
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