Ed Valdez

Ed Valdez is a seasoned marketing executive currently serving as Partner and Chief Marketing Officer at Chief Outsiders, where Valdez focuses on metric-driven growth and Go-to-Market strategies. With extensive experience as a mentor and advisory board member at various organizations, including SXSW and Techstars, Valdez also contributes as a Chief Strategy Officer at Tech Ventures, leveraging expertise in strategic company development. Previous roles include Chief Innovation Officer at Momentus Software, Vice President of Marketing & Strategy at Learning List, President and COO at Parrot, and Vice President of Solutions Marketing at Sun Microsystems. Valdez holds a BSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA in General Management and Marketing from The University of Texas at Austin, in addition to executive education from Stanford University and Northwestern University.