Adrian C. Ott, CEO and founder of Exponential
Edge® Consulting, was called
“one of Silicon Valley’s most respected (if
not the most respected) strategist” by Consulting
Magazine. She has worked with some of the most innovative
Fortune 500 and start-up companies in the world to gain
a market edge in today’s exponential economy. In
addition to assisting clients, she writes a popular column
at FastCompany.com, and Chairs the Strategy & Growth
Roundtable for the Harvard Business School Association
of Northern California, the largest HBS alumni club in
the world.
Prior to founding Exponential Edge, she was an HP executive
who was recognized in an annual report for “infusing
HP with new revenue streams and new technologies and new
business models.” She holds an MBA from the Harvard
Business School and a B.S. from U.C. Berkeley. She lives
in the San Francisco Bay Area.