Melissa Bridgeford

Melissa Bridgeford is the CEO and co-founder of Wizard, a frictionless conversational commerce platform for business and consumers. Prior to founding Wizard, Melissa was the CEO and founder of Stylust, which was acquired by Wizard in 2021. Melissa has also been a partner at Cain Hoy Enterprises, LLC from 2014 to 2017, and a director at Guggenheim Partners from 2009 to 2014.

Melissa Bridgeford received their MBA from Harvard Business School and their B.S. in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Florida - Warrington College of Business. Melissa also attended Shorecrest Preparatory School.

Some direct reports include Jeffrey Khadavi - Chief Growth Officer, Eric Szuhany - VP, Client Solutions, and Janice McNair - CFO.