Adrian Ott, CEO and Founder

Adrian Ott, CEO and Founder of Exponential Edge, Inc.®, is a sought after thought-leader, trusted advisor and speaker in the areas of strategy, customer-centric innovation, and revenue growth to executives of some of the most innovative companies in the world. Recognized as a top consultant and C-level executive facilitator in the Silicon Valley by two industry associations, she has collaborated with companies such as Microsoft, HP, Cisco, Intuit, Oracle/BEA, Salesforce.com, IBM, Ebay/PayPal, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, C-Cor and Seagate as well as venture-backed start-ups.

Adrian is currently researching a thought-leading book that will be published by HarperCollins (HarperBusiness Imprint) in June 2010.

Prior to founding Exponential Edge®, Adrian led strategies that developed breakthrough concepts into exponential products, services, and programs at HP for more than 15 years. She was recognized in an HP Annual Report for "...infusing HP with new revenue streams and technology and business models. " During her tenure she led a business unit that bridged HP to the Silicon Valley innovation community and managed a $1.5 billion dollar revenue portfolio of business. She also gained operational experience in Corporate Strategy at AT&T (Formerly Pacific Bell), and at the Clorox Company.

She has appeared on PBS and CNBC, and been interviewed by BusinessWeek, SmartMoney, The NY Post and Inc.com. She has authored a number of articles in national publications and is a frequent speaker at industry events. She lectured on value creation and innovation for an Executive MBA Program for 5 years.

Currently, she serves as Chair of the Strategy & Growth Roundtable for the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California, the largest HBS Alumni Club in the world. She previously served on the boards of the HP Alumni Association and the Software Business Cluster in San Jose.

Adrian holds an MBA from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Berkeley. While at U.C. Berkeley she received the Duncan Citation for the highest G.P.A. in her major.