Jean Marie Richardson
Founder & CEO, iFOLIO
Jean Marie Richardson is a native Georgian, a Georgia Tech alumna, and the founder & CEO of iFOLIO.
Prior to iFOLIO, Jean Marie developed products and grew businesses at Oracle, Microsoft, and MasterCard. After experiencing firsthand the challenges supporting sales and marketing teams, she created iFOLIO to make work easier.
iFOLIO Marketing Cloud is a friendly platform for teams to collaborate to deliver sales enablement, personalized digital marketing, and web marketing. iFOLIO has helped customers generate 300% growth through personalized marketing and millions of dollars of increased sales annually.
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For her leadership in customer engagement web analytics, she was awarded 3 US patents. Today iFOLIO has customers, business partners, capital, patents, and trademarks, and helps teams connect, engage, and convert, speeding up digital transformation.
Jean Marie has been a featured speaker at over 20 national conferences, at Georgia Institute of Technology, at Georgia State University, on radio, on TV, and on podcasts.
Conferences | Events
Mobile World Congress, Barcelona
CMO Round-table, Atlanta
Brand Marketing Summit, NYC
Sales & Marketing Ascent Conference, NYC
Germania Sales Conference, TX
Innov8ors, ATL | Innov8ors, LA
Geek Out on Marketing, ATL
Emerging Technology Executive Panel, ATL
National Sports Forum, ATL
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia State University
CASE Conference - Atlanta
CASE Conference - Seattle
Case Conference - Philadelphia
ASBN TV Network
Georgia Tech Athletics Endowment Dinner Keynote
GT Women in Engineering Keynote 2023
Speaker Topics
- 5 Trends for Digital Transformation
- How to Personalize 1-to-1 Customer Experiences to Make Marketing Better
- Transform Sales and Marketing with a Modern Tech Stack
- Personalizing Digital Engagement
- Creating Integrated Brand Experiences at Every Touch Point
- 3 Ways to Increase Sales with Digital
- Female Founder Stories: Emerging Stronger from Adversity
- Set Your Intentions to Build the Future
Female Founder
According to Forbes, less than 1% of the founders of tech companies are female. As a female founder, Jean Marie Richardson is passionate about fostering diversity, team culture, and innovation as she grows iFOLIO. She gives back to the Atlanta community through service projects, mentoring, and Monday Mentoring through the Atlanta Business Chronicle. She supports women in tech through scholarships. She has pioneered the iFOLIO NIL Brand Ambassador program.
Awards
Jean Marie Richardson was awarded 2 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business in 2023. Gold for Best Female Entrepreneur - Business Products 11-2500 employees and silver for Best Female Entrepreneur - Business Services.
She was awarded a Woman of Power and Influence Award by the National Diversity Council honoring women who excel in their field through generating results, revenue impact, and profitability in 2015.
She was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Award from National Federation of Independent Business.
She was awarded the prestigious President's Scholarship at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Jean Marie Actively gives back...
Jean Marie actively gives back to the community by volunteering at iFOLIO service projects, and serving in leadership roles across Atlanta. She serves on the Georgia Tech Advisory Board (GTAB) to the president and the GT Athletics Alexander Tharpe Fund Board of Directors. For her leadership as a trailblazing entrepreneur, she was recognized as a GT Woman of Impact 2024. She serves on the Cadence Bank Atlanta Advisory Board. For her contributions to business growth, she was recognized by the National Diversity Council as a Woman of Power 2015. She serves as chairman of the iFOLIO Investor Board. She is a two time global Stevie® Award recipient for Women in Business for her leadership in business products and business services. She was awarded the prestigious President's Scholarship at Georgia Institute of Technology, where she graduated with honors. She resides in Atlanta with her husband Hap and her dogs Harper Lee and Beaux.
Contact Jean Marie for speaking engagements!
Jean Marie Richardson
Founder and CEO, iFOLIO
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