Adrian C. Ott

Adrian C. Ott, CEO and founder of Exponential Edge, Inc., was called "one of Silicon Valley's most respected (if not the most respected) strategists" by Consulting Magazine. She and her team assist visionary executives in Fortune 500 and start-ups to achieve market leadership in today's exponential economy. In 2014 Harvard Business School honored Adrian as one of the most inspirational leaders in Northern California. She was also named Silicon Valley Enterprising Woman of the Year by NAWBO-SV in 2011.

In addition to consulting, she is a frequent contributor to FastCompany, and her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Strategy & Leadership Journal, The Washington Post and Forbes. The 24-Hour Customer was named a Best Business Book of the Year by Library Journal (2010), USA Book News (2011) and Small Business Trends.

She regularly speaks at industry and corporate events, and lectures at top universities including Carnegie Mellon, USC, Stanford and the University of California.

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.