Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Leslie is the founder and chief executive officer of Brize. Throughout her more than 30-year career, Leslie has disrupted industries and propelled businesses from challenger brands to market leaders for equity-backed and publicly held companies. She was an instrumental member of the executive team for one of the most successful IPOs of 2010.
As a described analytical thinker and problem-solver, Leslie has leveraged emerging technologies to bring-to-market solutions that eliminate frustrations and influence users to take action and change behaviors. She has a unique ability to transition from visionary, strategic thinking to daily operations, which has served her well in quickly moving startups to the growth phase.
Leslie founded Brize with the mission to help individuals reach their full potential. Brize uniquely transforms its users by raising their self-awareness, which leads to stronger work performance, positive teammate interactions, and higher job satisfaction.
Before founding Brize, Leslie held senior executive Marketing, Operations, and Finance positions with leading technology brands, including BroadSoft, Inc, SnagAJob, Network Solutions, CareerBuilder, and MCI, now Verizon Business. Leslie is a co-holder of an employee match-based system patent through her human capital management work.
You are equally as likely to find Leslie happily sitting at her desk in the evening tackling a business challenge, cheering on the Washington Capitals, the Washington Nationals, both men and women professional tennis players, entertaining friends & family, traveling the world, or taking in the performing arts, as lounging on the beach listening to the waves crash to shore. Leslie lives in Northern Virginia with her husband Pete and rescue lab mix Remy.