Lisa Edwards
Former President and COO of Diligent, EVP at Salesforce, and SVP at Visa. Board member at Colgate-Palmolive, Qualtrics, LogicMonitor, and ZEDEDA.
Lisa Edwards is a seasoned finance and technology executive and operator with deep experience in scaling growth companies, go-to-market, cybersecurity and digital transformation.
She was Executive Chair of Diligent Institute and was previously President and COO of Diligent Corporation. She joined Diligent from Salesforce as EVP of Strategic Business Operations reporting to the co-CEO, managing global sales strategy, deal desk, IT, partnerships, ISVs, Industries, Office of Innovation, and enablement. At Visa, Inc., she led global partnerships as SVP/Head of Global Strategic Alliances & IP.
Her career began as a strategy consultant with Bain & Company. She was a repeat entrepreneur, as CEO of KnowledgeX (sold to IBM) and co-founder of Valubond, a fintech firm acquired by Knight Capital.
Lisa received a BA (Stanford), an MBA (HBS), and an MS in Cybersecurity (NYU). She serves on the Board of Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE: CL), LogicMonitor, Qualtrics and Zededa (private) and the advisory board at SmithPoint Capital, as well as several AI-native startups. She is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and at Stanford University. She is a member of the Counsel on Foreign Relations.
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