Kelly Breslin Wright
Lecturer
Bio
Kelly Breslin Wright has over 30 years of experience in leadership, sales, operations and strategy. Kelly has served in multiple executive roles, including as President and Chief Operating Officer at Gong and as Executive Vice President, Sales (Chief Revenue Officer) at Tableau Software, where she joined as the first salesperson and helped build Tableau into a multi-billion dollar public company growing revenues from zero to $850m over 12 years. Kelly is currently Founder and CEO of Culture Driven Sales.
Kelly has been a Board Director at public and private companies, including Fastly (NYSE: FSLY), Plum (NASDAQ: PLMI), Gong, Lucid, Even and Amperity. She has advised many technology companies, including Dropbox, Asana, data.world, Hyperproof and Cien. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.
Earlier in her career, Kelly spent time at Bain & Company, McKinsey & Company, Bank of America, Dale Carnegie Training and AtHoc. She earned her BA from Stanford University and MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
MBA The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania
B.A. Stanford University