Tamara McCleary

Tamara McCleary

CO, US
Ignite your vision with new perspectives from the future! Seasoned Futurist & CEO bringing Silicon Valley new tech to market since 1993. Marketing, CX, Innovation, leadership & self reinvention topics

About Tamara:

Featured multiple times in Forbes for her pioneering influencer marketing strategies on social media for B2B and Enterprise, Tamara describes her career path as anything but ordinary. From helicopter trauma nurse in 1987 to cancer researcher in 1990 to bringing new medical technology to market in Silicon Valley in the mid-90's, Tamara McCleary is now the CEO of global tech company, Thulium, which harnesses Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, data, and analytics to drive smart social in the B2B and enterprise space. Tamara is also a technology futurist and serves as a unique advisor to leading global tech companies Amazon, Oracle, SAP, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Verizon, Mercer, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Cognizant, Brink, and RSA Security.

Tamara is currently an internationally recognized technology futurist, inspirational keynote speaker, and forward-thinking senior executive with expertise involving both start-up and enterprise-level organizations. Values-driven with proven success in new market identification and strategic positioning bringing nascent technologies to market, as well as a global advocate for diversity and inclusion. Former 

Named #1 Most Influential Woman in MarTech by B2B Marketing and ranked by LeadTail as the 2nd most mentioned person on Twitter by Chief Marketing Officers, Tamara is an international branding expert and social media marketing/digital strategy consultant, She is ranked by Klear Top 1% global Social Media Influencers, and Top 50 Social Influencers by Onalytica. Tamara ranks globally in the Top 5 in AI, Robotics & IoT, Top 50 Big Data, Top 15 Machine to Machine (M2M), Top 50 Blockchain, Top 50 Digital Transformation, and Top Female Technology Influencer.

Why Invite Tamara to Speak:

Tamara's speaking style is high energy, motivational, inspirational, and provocatively engaging. She interacts with her audience employing vivid storytelling directly relatable to the pain points of her audience. She often incorporates technology into her keynotes to engage her audience during her presentations, actively getting them involved during her talk. Tamara leaves her audiences talking about the actionable insights and takeaways she has offered during her presentations. She is internationally recognized as a leading female executive in the technology space, and a futurist on a global stage, counting as current and former clients amazing brands such as SAP, Mercer, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Cognizant, Brink, Oracle, Cisco, Dell, Intel, AWS, IBM, Verizon Enterprise, Erickson, A10 Networks, Mocana, RSA Security, Centrica, Hazelcast, Bluejeans, Pegasystems, Kawasaki Motors USA, SYNNEX, Appboy, Dynamic Signal, The CMO Club, VentureBeat, KPMG, and California Medical Association. She has most recently served as keynote speaker at international and domestic events such as Mobile World Congress, (Barcelona, Spain), Inspirefest (Dublin, Ireland), QSP Summit (Porto, Portugal), Digital Age Summit (Istanbul, Turkey), CeBIT, (Sydney, Australia), Digital Business World Congress (Madrid, Spain), SAP Leonardo (Frankfurt, Germany), Huawei Global Forum (London, UK), Electrify Europe (Vienna, Austria), QSP Marketing Summit (Lisbon, Portugal), Convergence (Sydney, Australia), American Association of National Advertisers (ANA's annual convention Chicago, IL), Dell EMC World, (Las Vegas, NV), SAP Sapphire, (Orlando, FL), PTC – Liveworks, (Boston, MA), BMA – Masters of B2B Marketing, (Denver, CO), Energetic Women Annual Conference, (San Antonio, TX), DistribuTECH, (San Diego, CA), IEEE Annual Conference, (Honolulu, HI), SYNNEX New Age Dealer Summit, (Los Angeles, CA), Business Marketing Association (2 keynotes, one in Denver, Colorado and one in Phoenix, Z), Digital Identity Summit, FutureVision CE, (Toronto, Canada), UX Next, Dreamforce, AWS re:Invent, (Seattle, WA), CES (Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas NV), Atlanta Blockchain, SXSW, (Austin, TX), Marketo Marketing Nation, (San Francisco, CA), Dell EMC, (Las Vegas, NV), and IBM MarTech, (San Jose, CA).

Personal Note:

Founder of Thulium, a global digital social media marketing agency and creator of proprietary technologies harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for social listening and calculation of ROI on social media campaigns in the B2B and Enterprise space. Responsible for taking company from concept to global organization working with clients who are active in 180 countries with employees in 6 states.

Recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of 10 Online Marketers to watch, Tamara McCleary's reputation for creating powerful digital brand recognition is unparalleled.

About Tamara:

Featured multiple times in Forbes for her pioneering influencer marketing strategies on social media for B2B and Enterprise, Tamara describes her career path as anything but ordinary. From helicopter trauma nurse in 1987 to cancer researcher in 1990 to bringing new medical technology to market in Silicon Valley in the mid-90's, Tamara McCleary is now the CEO of global tech company, Thulium, which harnesses Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, data, and analytics to drive smart social in the B2B and enterprise space. Tamara is also a technology futurist and serves as a unique advisor to leading global tech companies Amazon, Oracle, SAP, Cisco, Dell, IBM, Verizon, Mercer, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Cognizant, Brink, and RSA Security.

Tamara is currently an internationally recognized technology futurist, inspirational keynote speaker, and forward-thinking senior executive with expertise involving both start-up and enterprise-level organizations. Values-driven with proven success in new market identification and strategic positioning bringing nascent technologies to market, as well as a global advocate for diversity and inclusion. Former 

Named #1 Most Influential Woman in MarTech by B2B Marketing and ranked by LeadTail as the 2nd most mentioned person on Twitter by Chief Marketing Officers, Tamara is an international branding expert and social media marketing/digital strategy consultant, She is ranked by Klear Top 1% global Social Media Influencers, and Top 50 Social Influencers by Onalytica. Tamara ranks globally in the Top 5 in AI, Robotics & IoT, Top 50 Big Data, Top 15 Machine to Machine (M2M), Top 50 Blockchain, Top 50 Digital Transformation, and Top Female Technology Influencer.

Why Invite Tamara to Speak:

Tamara's speaking style is high energy, motivational, inspirational, and provocatively engaging. She interacts with her audience employing vivid storytelling directly relatable to the pain points of her audience. She often incorporates technology into her keynotes to engage her audience during her presentations, actively getting them involved during her talk. Tamara leaves her audiences talking about the actionable insights and takeaways she has offered during her presentations. She is internationally recognized as a leading female executive in the technology space, and a futurist on a global stage, counting as current and former clients amazing brands such as SAP, Mercer, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Cognizant, Brink, Oracle, Cisco, Dell, Intel, AWS, IBM, Verizon Enterprise, Erickson, A10 Networks, Mocana, RSA Security, Centrica, Hazelcast, Bluejeans, Pegasystems, Kawasaki Motors USA, SYNNEX, Appboy, Dynamic Signal, The CMO Club, VentureBeat, KPMG, and California Medical Association. She has most recently served as keynote speaker at international and domestic events such as Mobile World Congress, (Barcelona, Spain), Inspirefest (Dublin, Ireland), QSP Summit (Porto, Portugal), Digital Age Summit (Istanbul, Turkey), CeBIT, (Sydney, Australia), Digital Business World Congress (Madrid, Spain), SAP Leonardo (Frankfurt, Germany), Huawei Global Forum (London, UK), Electrify Europe (Vienna, Austria), QSP Marketing Summit (Lisbon, Portugal), Convergence (Sydney, Australia), American Association of National Advertisers (ANA's annual convention Chicago, IL), Dell EMC World, (Las Vegas, NV), SAP Sapphire, (Orlando, FL), PTC – Liveworks, (Boston, MA), BMA – Masters of B2B Marketing, (Denver, CO), Energetic Women Annual Conference, (San Antonio, TX), DistribuTECH, (San Diego, CA), IEEE Annual Conference, (Honolulu, HI), SYNNEX New Age Dealer Summit, (Los Angeles, CA), Business Marketing Association (2 keynotes, one in Denver, Colorado and one in Phoenix, Z), Digital Identity Summit, FutureVision CE, (Toronto, Canada), UX Next, Dreamforce, AWS re:Invent, (Seattle, WA), CES (Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas NV), Atlanta Blockchain, SXSW, (Austin, TX), Marketo Marketing Nation, (San Francisco, CA), Dell EMC, (Las Vegas, NV), and IBM MarTech, (San Jose, CA).

Personal Note:

Founder of Thulium, a global digital social media marketing agency and creator of proprietary technologies harnessing artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms for social listening and calculation of ROI on social media campaigns in the B2B and Enterprise space. Responsible for taking company from concept to global organization working with clients who are active in 180 countries with employees in 6 states.

Recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of 10 Online Marketers to watch, Tamara McCleary's reputation for creating powerful digital brand recognition is unparalleled.

The Future of Marketing 2030: Marketing to Machines and Augmented Humans

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The Future of Work 2030

With 85% of the jobs in 2030 not having even been invented yet, how do we project what we can and will do in just under a decade? How do we future-proof our organizations or our own work as individuals in the future? Audiences will be delivered mind-expanding experiential learning in this keynote that is edutainment-based to inspire, empower, invigorate, motivate and energize the audience to take action and re-image their futures. (This keynote can be modified to involve audience...
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The Future of Life: B2B Engagement and Customer Experience at Hyperspeed

Keynote Abstract:

In this immersive keynote, Tamara McCleary will take you into the future of not only life but into the power of creating an organization that engages its community in a meaningful way harnessing the power of technology. While the future of B2B engagement in customer experience, service, sales, and marketing will be driven by exponential increases in the capacity of AI and data analytics, creating a human connection through relationships will be what...

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Daring Greatly: Experiencing An Extraordinary Life In The Midst Of An Uncertain Future

Highly inspirational and motivational keynote geared for audiences looking to re-invent themselves, or looking for the internal motivation to pursue their dreams, create their own thought leadership and turn anything that feels like suffering into a sensational outcome. This keynote is exceptionally well-received at leadership development events, women's empowerment and women's events, diversity and inclusion events. 

Audience takeaways:

How to...
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Re-Inventing Yourself For Your What's Next!

Have you ever wondered, what's next for you? Are you looking to re-enter the workplace after an extended break, exit the workplace and start something on your own, or go back to school and learn something completely new and different? Have your life circumstances changed? Are you a new mom, an empty nester, or newly out of or into a major relationship? The only thing we are guaranteed in our lifetime is that everything changes. How can we navigate and steer the life we want most when this...
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The Greatest Myth of All: Work-Life Balance

Ever wonder why we're so obsessed about work-life balance but never seem to find it? Why do we feel so guilty, unproductive, and doomed to disappoint our work-life and home-life? Want to finally be free of the bondage of work-life balance? This is the presentation for you! (This title can be customized to a keynote presentation or a breakout/workshop session of any length.)

Participants will learn:

1. Why Work-Life Balance is a myth and why it's perpetuated.
2....
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The Heroes Journey: How To Cultivate An Extraordinary Life

The teachings of Joseph Campbell are used as a roadmap to crafting a successful life journey with purpose. (This presentation can be adapted to be either a keynote or a breakout/workshop session.)

Audience members will be able to:

1. Understand how to apply the components of the Heroe's Journey to their own lives and extract where they are on the journey.
2. Better understand how to foster unlikely allies to pull more opportunity and adventure into their...
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