Marcy Axelrod

A unique combination of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, Marcy Axelrod’s innovative approach to business and personal achievement has earned her book awards, multiple interviews in Forbes, leadership and editorial roles in global innovation associations and executive-level consulting engagements with some of the world’s leading technology companies.

In 2019 her book On Your Game!, based on 20 years of primary research, received favorable reviews from professors at Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Cornell. Her research explains why we often feel we’re achieving below our potential, and offers easy tools – to deploy in the moment – that help us live On Our Game.

Through her decade as a leader in KPMG Consulting’s High Technology Practice in Silicon Valley, Marcy developed a novel approach that integrates design thinking, Jobs-to-be-Done customer strategy, and journey mapping, leading to exceptional client results.

She works with global corporations and start-ups to bring new ideas to life, and is a frequent speaker at global innovation forums such as the annual meeting of the International Association of Innovation Professionals. Clients include leaders such as HP, Cisco, Motorola, SAP, StorateTek, Symantec, Gap, BaoSteel (China) ModCloth, Build.com, and many others.

In addition to a ‘Big 4′ consulting firm, Marcy has lead strategy teams at boutiques, start-ups and digital media firms. She helped build Gartner Group’s Silicon Valley Strategy Consulting practice, was Vice President of Strategy for 3Q Digital, (Silicon Valley’s digital agency of record,) where she built the company’s consulting capability, contributing to its 40% revenue growth and redirecting how the company goes to market. Since then she has been delivering independent work and advising CEO’s from Wall Street firms to computer science camps.

Ms. Axelrod earned a bachelor’s degree with honors from Cornell University and an MBA in International Business from Thunderbird.