Rhea Drysdale

Rhea Drysdale is Chief Executive Officer of Outspoken Media where she oversees the strategic vision and growth of the company, its clients, and team. She’s most passionate about building a responsible, honest business that provides industry-leading, innovative services while striving for exceptional team benefits.

While Rhea often has her hands in every aspect of the company, she’s still heavily involved with client strategy and loves to keep her mind busy solving complex technical SEO, content, reputation marketing, and outreach problems. Solving puzzles with an analytical, creative, and transparent approach is what led her to start the business in the first place!

Since 2004 Rhea has grown her understanding of digital marketing and brand development with both in-house and agency positions. She previously worked in-house with a startup, Fortune 1000, and multi-channel retailer. That diverse experience as a client gave Rhea unique insight into the world of clients and their needs. Little could prepare her for business ownership though, especially at the age of 26 and during the height of a recession. With many lessons learned along the way, Rhea continued to grow Outspoken Media and in 2013 was recognized locally by the Albany Business Review‘s 40 Under 40 as a young business leader.

Rhea speaks often at conferences, events, and to her community where she tries to connect with and inspire others to achieve their dreams. In the past, Rhea contributed to several industry blogs and has been featured as an expert online reputation management consultant by the Wall Street Journal.

When Rhea is not battling trademark registrations or trying to save the world one beach at a time, she resides in Troy, NY, with her husband and their son.