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Shellye Archambeau

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One of high tech's first female African American executives, Shellye Archambeau is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations. Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the boards of Verizon [NYSE:VZ], Nordstrom [NYSE: JWN], Roper Technologies [NYSE: ROP], and Okta [NASDAQ: OKTA]. She is also a strategic advisor to the Royal Bank of Canada, Capital Markets Group.

She is the former CEO of MetricStream, who Reid Hoffman, the co-founder and former Executive Chairman of LinkedIn, describes as the woman who pulled off the most incredible Silicon Valley turnaround you never heard of. Ms. Archambeau built the company into a global market leader with over 1200 empl One of high tech's first female African American executives, Shellye Archambeau is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations. Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the boards of Verizon [NYSE:VZ], Nordstrom [NYSE: JWN], Roper Technologies [NYSE: ROP], and Okta [NASDAQ: OKTA]. She is also a strategic advisor to the Royal Bank of Canada, Capital Markets Group.

She is the former CEO of MetricStream, who Reid Hoffman, the co-founder and former Executive Chairman of LinkedIn, describes as the woman who pulled off the most incredible Silicon Valley turnaround you never heard of. Ms. Archambeau built the company into a global market leader with over 1200 employees serving customers around the world. Under her leadership, MetricStream was recognized for growth and innovation over the years and was named in the top 10 of the "Deloitte Technology Fast 50" and named a global leader in GRC by leading independent analyst firms for 9 consecutive years.

Ms. Archambeau has over 30 years of experience in technology leading organizations focused on business-to-business, as well as business-to-consumer. She is a recognized expert in marketing and co-authored "Marketing That Works: How Entrepreneurial Marketing Can Add Sustainable Profits to Any Sized Company." She has held EVP of Sales and Chief Marketing Officer roles for two public companies and as President of Blockbuster.com, launched the entertainment retailer's first online presence.

She was named the second most influential African American in IT by Business Insider, and she was ranked one of the "100 Most Influential Business Leaders in America" by Newsmax.

She is the author of "Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers and Create Success on Your Own Terms" (Published by HBG Grand Central 10/2020), a book that will help professionals achieve their aspirations and create the life they want and which has received endorsements from luminaries including John Thompson (chairman of Microsoft), Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn), Sheryl Sandberg (COO of Facebook), Thasunda Brown Duckett (CEO of Chase Consumer Banking) and more.

Shellye is also a Forbes Contributor and sought-after speaker on governance, risk and compliance as well as marketing and entrepreneurship. She has guest lectured at Stanford's Graduate School of Business and The Wharton School of Business. She has been featured or referenced in major publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes and the Financial Times.

In her spare time Shellye enjoys exercising, the performing arts, entertaining and cooking. ...more

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Everything we do in life is a choice. Each decision we make along the way is a choice we need to own, because when we do so, we keep the power. Being intentional when we make these choices, whether in our personal or professional lives, is essential. Some choices will require that we be brave, exposing ourselves to the ruthless judgement of others.

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	Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms by Shellye Archambeau (Goodreads Author), Ben Horowitz (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.06 avg rating — 1,968 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marketing That Works: How Entrepreneurial Marketing Can Add Sustainable Value to Any Sized Company by Leonard M. Lodish, Howard L. Morgan, Shellye Archambeau (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“You can make yourself luckier by setting a goal, creating a plan, developing the right skills, maintaining the right attitude, and aligning your everyday choices with your goals.”
― Shellye Archambeau, Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms

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“Act like you know what you are doing, listen hard, and eventually you will know what you are doing.”
― Shellye Archambeau, Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms

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“Success begins with figuring out what you want, then making the choices that will get you there. You’ll notice I use that word a lot: choices.”
― Shellye Archambeau, Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers, and Create Success on Your Own Terms

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