Global Technology Symposium Silicon Valley

Leslie A. Jump

Leslie Jump has twenty-five years experience building, advising and investing in new companies, products and brands, in the US and across the globe. She is the co-founder of Cazeema Partners, a consulting firm which offers market, risk, and financial assessments to companies and organizations seeking to do business in the Middle East. She provides early/growth stage technology companies with strategic planning as well as marketing, business development and fundraising expertise. Additionally, she is a Partner in Sawari Ventures, LLC, a Cairo-based early stage venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs across the MENA region. She coaches and mentors emerging technology entrepreneurs, providing them with business and operational expertise.

Between 2002 and 2003, Leslie led the development of donor and volunteer programs for Network for Good, an e-philanthropy web site, and a joint venture of AOL, Cisco and Yahoo! Prior to that, she was the Chief Marketing Officer and member of the founding management team of Inter.net, an international Internet Services Provider, where she managed the development and implementation of marketing programs in more than 15 markets worldwide. In 1996, as the Vice President and Managing Partner of USWebCKS, Leslie conceived, launched and led the marketing analytics business unit at the firm, a leading global integrated marketing services company. She was previously a Director at MCI Telecommunications, where she led a team of over 100 individuals responsible for consumer and business marketing programs. She is an alumna of St. Johns College (Annapolis, MD/Santa Fe, NM), and serves on its Board of Visitors and Governors.

 

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