Leesa Soulodre

An accomplished innovator and entrepreneur, Leesa Soulodre has 20+ years’ experience leading technology and consulting companies from seed to $14B USD into new markets. She has shared the exhilaration of 1 IPO, a number of exits and the hard knocks of lessons learned. Leesa holds 15+ years of Digital Director and Board Advisory experience in the not for profit, the academic and private sectors and has supported in the raising of over USD35M in seed to Series C investments. Today she leads as Innovation Director for Inspirit IoT, Inc and advises as an Expert on SME ICT Disruption and Innovation to the European Commission Research Agency. She is a Digital Director or Board Adviser supporting several of the world’s most promising tech companies: PR Software firm, Prezly (BE), Goama (GoGames) (UAE), and analytics companies, Hinounou Intelligent Robot Company (CH), Inspirit IoT (IL, USA), Who’s Good (KR) , BeautyButton (SG), and Fashion Match (KR). Leesa has taught as an Adjunct in both Marketing and Corporate Communications on the MBA and Undergraduate programmes of 3 esteemed Business Schools in Asia and Europe: Singapore Management University, Ecole Superieure de Gestion and Mod’Art International. In Europe Leesa lectured on the MBA in Fashion and Luxury programmes from 2007-2013. On relocation to Asia she joined the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University Corporate Communications Faculty. Her classes included Risk Issues and Crisis Management and Content Strategy for Creative Communications. In 2014 Leesa was recognised by the Singapore Management University Dean’s Teaching Honours List - 1 of Top 10 SMU Adjuncts for her teaching of Risk Issues and Crisis Management. Today she teaches on the IE-SMU MBA Programme and SMU Executive Education programmes.