Avery Lyford

Avery Lyford is an accomplished business advisor and executive with extensive experience in strategic growth initiatives for technology firms. Currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Silicon Valley Exchange and a Business Advisor at both the Small Business Development Center Silicon Valley and Inventurist Inc., Avery focuses on leveraging large language models to enhance customer insights. Previous roles include Chief Customer Officer at Apexon, where leadership was provided to a team of account managers, and adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Hult International Business School, celebrated as a top-ranked professor. Avery's experience also encompasses partnership at Blueprint Growth Partners, where insights into high-growth companies were developed, as well as board membership roles in multiple acquired tech companies, contributing to significant market successes. Avery holds a BSME from Lehigh University and an MS in Computer Engineering from Florida Atlantic University.