Susan Thomas is the founder and CEO of 10Fold, a communications agency in Silicon Valley ranked among the top eight percent of independently owned firms exclusively focused on B2B technology in the United States (IBSIS, 2022). Today, 10Fold works with three “Unicorns” and three multi-billion-dollar industry leaders, along with dozens of other rising tech stars. Founded in 1995, 10Fold has helped to create billions for clients in corporate valuation and won nearly six dozen industry awards for service excellence. Susan has won a dozen awards for her leadership including the Lifetime Achievement Award from Vistage in 2022 (an award bestowed to less than one percent of the organizations’ 28,000 members). Susan is a limited partner in two funds for ParTech Venture Capital based in Paris, France; is on the advisory board for Heritage Commerce Bank and is on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the School of Business for Wichita State University. Susan also served as the Vice Chairman for the East Bay Chapter of the YMCA. Susan earned her bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Business from Emporia State University and went on to earn a Master of Arts in Industrial Organizational Psychology from the University of Tulsa.