Linda Holroyd

As CEO and founder of FountainBlue, Linda coaches executives, advises tech start-ups, and writes on, speaks about, and produces events on market, technology and leadership trends, serving the community of thousands she created, as well as the Silicon Valley tech community overall. Previously, Linda was co-founder and CEO for Galatia, a high-tech, service-oriented web consultancy in the emerging internet field, where she oversaw the successful development of dynamically-generated web sites in the financial services, government, high tech, and academic industries. She managed the launch, growth, sale and transition of the consultancy. Prior to that, she engaged in similar marketing, business development, operational and strategic roles in tech start-ups in the areas of document imaging, file security and web development space. Two of the start-ups were purchased and one of them is still running. Linda advises organizations which support technology and nonprofits such as ASTIA, VLAB and WCA, and sits on the advisory boards for her client companies, providing strategic, marketing, and business development support. Linda is a recipient of the 2011 Business Journal Women of Influence award. Linda is a graduate of UC Davis with a major in Psychology and a minor in Education, and earned certificates in nonprofit management, executive management and program management through UCSC Extension and San Jose State.