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Inviting Cydni Tetro to speak is more than an opportunity to inspire; it's a strategic step towards embracing the future of innovation and transformation, marked by building teams that execute, perform and thrive. Cydni Tetro is a beacon of making things happen using innovation and leadership she embodies the transformative power of diversity and empowerment in driving corporate success.

Cydni Tetro is a 2023 EY Entrepreneur of the Year, consumer products visionary, nationally renowned technology leader, record-breaking fundraiser, and trailblazer for women in tech. With a storied career that spans groundbreaking achievements—including spearheading the largest fundraise led by a woman in Silicon Slopes and growing a company’s revenue by $100M over 24 months—she has proven her leadership and innovative capabilities.

As CEO of Brandless, a wellness consumer products company, she grew the company by $100M in 24 months through acquisitions and organic growth. She created a growth and operating model that combined strategic growth drivers with an acquisition strategy to achieve strong results, which included growing acquired companies by 47% from the time of acquisition and averaging 30% year-over-year growth, all while integrating six companies over the sametimeframe.

She was the founder and CEO of ForgeDX, a customer acceleration platform, where she propelled companies like Verizon, Adobe, Microsoft, and Dell towards a collective growth of $1B, ultimately leading to the merger of her company in 2020. Her leadership also shone through with 3DplusMe, where she built the leading 3D printing personalized merchandising company and launched partnerships with the world’s largest brands utilizing a 3D printing personalization platform. Partners included brands and retailers like Marvel, Star Wars, Halo, Disney, NFL, MLB, Hasbro, Target, and Walmart, where fans became 3D printed action figures and collectibles from their favorite stories. The company was acquired by a strategic partner.

She honed her storytelling and blue-sky magic at Disney in Imagineering, where she led technology commercialization as an EIR and builttechnology businesses within Disney Theme Parks, ESPN, Consumer Products, and ABC. Prior to that, she built a social media platform with more than 100M users and a peer-to-peer document management company used by the Fortune 100, both of which were acquired.

She founded the Women Tech Council in 2007, and her commitment to elevating women at every stage of the tech pipeline has not only shattered glass ceilings but also paved new avenues for growth and innovation. She co-founded the SheTech program, where over 40k high school girls have been inspired to pursue STEM careers. She has personally worked with more than 1000 businesses as she taught growth and marketing in the Goldman Sachs 10K Program at Babson University and as an adjunct professor at BYU and SLCC.

She holds two patents and has been recognized as EY Entrepreneur of the Year, CEO of the Year, Woman of the Year, Contributor ofthe Year, and one of the Top 10 Coolest Entrepreneurs. She has received Stevie Awards for Entrepreneur of the Year and Innovator of the Year and has been recognized as a Most Successful Businesswoman to Watch. Cydni sits on the board of SelectHealth/Intermountain Healthcare, Utah Innovation Fund, and the Utah Board of Higher Education. She holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in computer science.