K. Melissa Kennedy, MBA

K. Kennedy is a seasoned professional with 20+ years of experience creating value and driving growth across a variety of industries and business functions. Resilient, Rational, and Fun are the three adjectives that come to mind when describing her. Throughout her career, she has owned her own business, worked with startups, and held executive positions with mid-size and enterprise companies. Kennedy is a manager, seller, marketer, strategist, technology advisor, user experience designer, product developer, problem solver, creative director, facilitator, change maker, writer, video producer, project manager, communicator, campaigner, professional speaker, coach, mentor, and volunteer. Her greatest accomplishment is writing an Amazon bestselling book-"The Innovation Revolution: Discover the Genius Hiding in Plain Sight" and delivering 29 speeches live in 29 days to promote it. As the Senior Manager, Digital Creative, and Innovation, Global Virtual Sales & Engineering at Cisco, she worked with eight business units to promote SMB sales by 15% Y/Y in just six months.