Charlene Li

Charlene Li is founder of the Altimeter Group and the author of the New York Times bestseller, Open Leadership. She is also the coauthor of the critically acclaimed, bestselling book Groundswell, which was named one of the best business books in 2008.

She is one of the foremost experts on social media and technologies and a consultant and independent thought leader on leadership, strategy, social technologies, interactive media and marketing. Formerly, Li was vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research and a consultant with Monitor Group. She was named one of the 100 most creative people in business by Fast Company in 2010 and one of the most influential women in technology 2009.Charlene is a frequently-quoted expert and has appeared on 60 Minutes, The PBS NewsHour, ABC News, and CNN. She is also frequently quoted by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, Businessweek, USAToday, Reuters, and The Associated Press. She is a much-sought after public speaker and appeared at the World Business Forum in Radio City Music hall in October 2010.

Charlene is a graduate of Harvard Business School and received a magna cum laude degree from Harvard College. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Harvard Alumni Association as well as The Poynter Institute. You can follow her blog at charleneli.com/blog or at twitter.com/charleneli

Personal

Charlene is the mother of two kids and and the wife of Come Lague, a venture capitalist with Nueva Ventures. She is also a self-professed geek, an avid fan of reality TV shows like Survivor, and loves to play puzzle games. She lives in the Bay Area with her family.

Contact Information

Email: charlene@altimetergroup.com
Charlene’s Direct: 650.898.7896
Charlene’s assistant, Susan Wu : swu@altimetergroup.com
Susan’s Office: 650.212.2272
Susan’s Mobile: 650.762.9388

Where to follow Charlene

Blog charleneli.com
Twitter http://twitter.com/charleneli
Facebook http://facebook.com/charleneli
Linked In http://www.linkedin.com/in/charleneli
Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/charleneli

Awards and Achievements

Named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2010
“Open Leadership” debuts at #5 on the New York Times bestseller list, May 2010.
“Groundswell” named the recipient of the 2009 Berry-AMA Book Prize for the best book in marketing
Named by Fast Company as one of The Most Influential Women in Technology
“Groundswell” named by CIO Insight as one of the Top 10 Business-Tech Books of 2008
Named by Fast Company as one of The 12 Most Creative Minds of 2008
“Groundswell” named by BusinessWeek as one of the Best Innovation & Design Books of 2008
“Groundswell” named by strategy+business as one of the Best Business Books 2008 and “Top Shelf” in Marketing
“Groundswell” named one of 10 Insightful Web 2.0 Books by CIO Insight
“Groundswell”, co-authored with Josh Bernoff, named by Amazon as one of the Top 10 Business & Investing Books of 2008r
Named by AdAge as one of its top 40 Women To Watch in 2008
Named by NowPublic as one of the 50 most influential people in Silicon Valley

Speaking Engagements

Charlene regularly speaks about the concepts in “Open Leadership”, specifically the organizational, strategic, and leadership impacts of social technologies. She also speaks about how companies can create robust and resilient strategies in the face of disruptive technologies, and discusses how to discern which technologies are most important to individual companies.

For a list of upcoming speaking engagements, please visit Charlene’s website.