International Coaching Federation

Global board advisory member responsible for helping to shape a human-centered, ethical future for coaching in an AI-enabled world

Member of the Board of Advisors

PureMatter

Founded and scaled three companies while coaching 500+ leaders to redefine how they lead through complexity. My private clients—founders, execs, and rising stars—consistently report deeper clarity, faster decision-making, and greater emotional agility.
I blend real-world strategy with human insight to help leaders:
	•	Navigate career pivots and reinventions
	•	Build emotionally intelligent, high-performing teams
	•	Grow without burning out or breaking trust

Executive Strategist & Business Coach

We energize business by humanizing marketing. CEO/President of digital, social and demand generation consulting firm based in Silicon Valley. Producing 100+ industry awards for integrated and new media marketing. Top 20 Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley Business Journal. Some clients included: NASA, Netflix, Mastercard, Charles Schwab, Cisco, IBM, Harvard, and Salesforce.

President + CEO

Bryan Kramer is an international marketing and business keynote/conference speaker, best-selling author and strategist who consults Fortune 500 clients such as IBM, Cisco, Bloomberg and Pitney Bowes on humanizing business through social media, content and digital marketing.

He’s one of the world's foremost leaders in the art and science of sharing, and has been credited with shaping the #H2H human business movement in marketing and social.

Bryan has spoken to audiences as large as 6,000. Notable events include TED, NASA, Charles Schwab, SXSW, IBM, Harvard, Bloomberg and the NFL.

He's been named "Top 25 Social Influencer to Follow"​ by Forbes, one of the "100 Most Influential Tech People On Twitter"​ by Business Insider, and one of the "Top 50 Social CEOs on Twitter Globally"​ by The Huffington Post.

Bryan's latest book, "Shareology: How Sharing is Powering the Human Economy" made USA Today's Top 150 Book List the week of its release, as well as #1 on Amazon in four categories including Business & Planning. The book explores the history, art and science of sharing and illustrates why sharing is what gives us a unique competitive advantage as individuals and brands.

His first book "There is No B2B or B2C: It's Human to Human #H2H" explores the many facets of why and how communication today needs to be adjusted to keep up with our ever-evolving and fast moving social and digital world. It rose to the #1 in Business Books on Amazon in its first week. 

Bryan’s Speaking Topics Include: 

Shareology: How Sharing Powers the Human Economy
Learn How to Speak, Market and Sell Human
Redefining Human in Machine Driven Age
Strengthen Your Business by Speaking Human-to-Human
The Secret to Activating Influencers for Your Brand
Breaking Through the Human Firewall: Creating Deeper Trust for Your Brand

Learn more at BryanKramer.com.

Keynote Speaker

Harvard Business Review

As a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council I help improve the content they publish and help chart their future direction.

Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

Fast Company Executive Board

Executive Board Member

Forbes Coaches Council

Ongoing Forbes columnist: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/people/bryankramer1

Council Member

Author

Lately, Inc.

Function as outsourced head of marketing, responsible for overseeing the planning, development, and execution of the organization's annual strategy, demand generation, and advertising initiatives. Since joining the company has received over 51% growth in revenue.

Investor and Fractional CMO

CBIZ

Grew the digital marketing and digital demand gen arm of the marketing team into 500% growth in revenue. Agency become one of the top 20 interactive agencies in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley Business Journal

Managing Consultant

Carter Waxman

Sr. Account Executive

Fulfilling Executive Leaders' Ambitions | #H2H: Human-to-Human Author | 200+ Keynotes | TEDx Speaker | Silicon Valley, CA 🇺🇸 + Lisbon 🇵🇹

You’re not stuck. You’re just outgrowing the playbook that got you here.
High performers reach a point where the same tools stop working. The mask of certainty cracks. And what used to feel like drive? Starts to feel like depletion.

I know the signs because I’ve lived them—and coached through them.
Over the last two decades, I’ve helped thousands of leaders, entrepreneurs, and exec teams redefine how they lead—by shifting from performative perfection to aligned presence.
I started a global movement (#H2H), gave a TED Talk on why sharing redefines the future, built one of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing agencies, and wrote two bestsellers. But what matters more than the accolades is the ripple effect: helping humans lead better, live fuller, and build from clarity instead of chaos.

If you’re navigating a shift, personally or professionally, I coach high-performing executives ready to evolve their leadership, their business, or both. I also speak and advise on how to lead with trust, create high-impact cultures, and scale what matters.

Let’s talk if you’re:
	•	Leading a team that’s growing faster than your systems
	•	Reimagining your role, your brand, or your business
	•	Ready to stop forcing and start aligning

P.S. I’m based in Lisbon and Silicon Valley, speak globally, and still believe the most powerful thing you can be is human.

Bryan Kramer, PCC, CPCC

TheSearchGuru.com

The Search Guru provides Content Marketing, Optimization, SEO and Content Architecture services. 

>>Interested in a free training on What's New in SEO & Content Marketing?  We offer a FREE 1-hour training — gather a team of 3 or more people and book a time to discuss what’s new in SEO and Content Marketing PLUS how to solve the most important problem B2B Content Marketers face today, which is: How to produce results with limited resources. Book your training here: https://cal.services/leslie/SEO-Team-Training/X4ZIoD20f

I lead a team of cracker-jack digital marketers committed to growth, creating value and having fun! Startups through Fortune 50 companies give us rave reviews for our efficient, effective and inspiring strategy and implementations. We deliver on our promises. 

We share your passion for developing people, teams and results. Together we drive outcomes via strategic infusions of content marketing, technology and business acumen. You can count on our mastery in guiding processes toward a goal, and being accountable to see it through.

Specialities include: 
✔ Content Marketing
✔ Data-driven Content Architecture
✔ B2B Ecommerce 
✔ B2B Lead Generation 
✔ Conversation Rate Optimization
✔ Paid Media Management
✔ Fintech
✔ SEO 

We make companies money and take pride in watching our clients' sales funnels, targeted traffic and lead generation efforts grow. Ask about driving more results today.

Contact me directly:
leslie@thesearchguru.com
mobile: 440-463-3871
Or put us on the calendar: https://cal.services/leslie/30-Minute-Meeting/URqvMeOJ

Techstars

Provide digital marketing and business guidance to the Techstars founders and entrepreneurs to build enduring, scalable businesses.

Lead Mentor, Techstars Anywhere 2020 Program

Speaker / Presenter

>>Interested in a free training on What's New in SEO & Content Marketing?  We offer a FREE 1-hour training — gather a team of 3 or more people and book a time to discuss what’s new in SEO and Content Marketing PLUS how to solve the most important problem B2B Content Marketers face today, which is: How to produce results with limited resources. Book your training here: https://cal.services/leslie/SEO-Team-Training/X4ZIoD20f

Conference attendees and corporate marketers at startups through Fortune 50 companies give me rave reviews for my energetic, inspiring, and practical insights. 

I speak regularly at conferences, and in-house marketing (corporate) conferences: Advance Auto Parts; a Fortune 50 healthcare company; General Electric; a top 10 US credit union; Rakuten OverDrive, Inc.; Content Marketing World (2015-present); Direct Marketing Association (DMA); Content Marketing World’s eCommerce Lab (2017-present); Search Marketing Expo (SMX); BizSummits, Coremetrics (now IBM Digital Analytics); Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurship Center) and others.

I was the graduation keynote (2018) for the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program (Cleveland, OH).

Topics available include: Content Marketing, Data-driven Content Architecture, Conversion Tracking, Conversion Rate Optimization, SEO, SEM / paid media and more.

Learn more and book me for your next conference or event here: https://thesearchguru.com/need-a-speaker

Recognized, Authoritative Voice on Content Marketing, Content Architecture, SEO, Conversion

YourAnswer.io

YourAnswer - The Future of Voice Now
​​Let visitors to your website use their voice-enabled devices to search and navigate through your products and information in an engaging manner that improves conversion rates, increases sales, decreases bounce rates, and enhances your brand. Voice-to-understanding systems that work on websites for voice-enabled shopping and finance. Speech to text, text to speech, natural language understanding, image, and text machine learning models for discovery of interesting attributes and for future revenue prediction, search, and the high-reliability production systems for delivery of those services.

VP Strategy - Advisory Board

SuccessWorks

A premier search engine optimization consulting and training firm lead by industry icon Heather Lloyd-Martin, the founder of SEO copywriting. Started as an unpaid intern in the evenings/weekends and, in 6 months, won a paid part time (evenings/weekends), then a full time position 6 months later. 
• Trainer alongside icons Dr. Amanda Watlington, Mike Grehan, Detlef Johnson and Heather Lloyd-Martin
• Business development and service fulfillment

Director of Search Solutions

Vecmar Computer Solutions

$30M reseller and remanufacturer of computer systems and peripherals. North American Distributor of NCR Servers. 
Managed all channels to drive brand visibility, lead generation and sales via SEO, SEM, print, email marketing. Initiated and managed website redesign and profitable paid search effort.

Marketing Director

Pioneer-Standard Electronics

Industrial electronic components division (acquired by Arrow Electronics in 2003), a $2.6 Billion, Fortune 1000 full-service international distributor of electronic components and computer systems. 
I was part of the company’s eBusiness team, which was recognized by PC Week magazine as the third best B2B program in North America.

Interactive Marketing Manager

Advanced Health Products

Created 2nd version of website for this healthcare start up.

Marketing Coordinator / Customer Service Representative

B2B Content Marketing & Optimization | Lead Gen | Customer Acquisition | SEO | Speaker | CEO @ TheSearchGuru.com | >12.5K Followers & >11K Connections

CEO of The Search Guru, a distributed model content marketing and SEO agency. My prior professional experience includes key roles at an electronic components distributor where I was part of the company’s eBusiness team recognized by PC Week magazine as the third best B2B program in North America, a personal hygiene start up, and an NCR distributor (North America).

Through speaking and serving startups through Fortune 50 companies, I am recognized as an authoritative voice on content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), conversion tracking/analytics and conversion rate optimization (CRO). 

I have received rave reviews for bringing my energetic, inspiring, and practical insights to companies like Advance Auto Parts, Connection, a top 5 electronic component distributor, a Fortune 50 Healthcare company, General Electric, Cleveland Clinic, BooksAMillion, SNHU, Bostik, Rakuten Overdrive, Inc. and others. I produce and deliver the Retail & Ecommerce Forum (2017-2019) at Content Marketing World (the largest content marketing conference on the planet).

I was named one of the Top 50 Content Marketing Influencers (2018, 2019) #CMWorld (TopRank) and one of the top women in SEO in 2012 (Level343), and am a Techstars Anywhere 2020 Mentor.

I have the privilege of leading a cracker-jack team of digital marketers committed to growth. We keep our promises. 

>>Interested in a FREE team training on What's New in SEO & Content Marketing? 
Gather 3 or more people from your team and book a time to discuss what’s new in SEO and Content Marketing , PLUS how to solve the most important problem B2B Content Marketers face today, which is: How to produce results with limited resources. 
Book your training here: https://thesearchguru.com/meet/Leslie

How can I help you? Let's connect:
Email: leslie@thesearchguru.com
Phone: 440-463-3871
Schedule directly on my calendar here: https://cal.services/leslie/30-Minute-Meeting/URqvMeOJ

Leslie Carruthers

I stood in front of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and had a realization about B2B marketing.

Construction started in 1882.
It has been "almost finished" for over 140 years.

Some AI roadmaps feel the same way.
Big visions.
Multi-year plans.
Permanent construction.

But B2B marketing leaders do not have cathedral timelines.
You have quarters.

If your AI strategy stays in "planning mode" for a year, you will lose your budget.
The board does not want a masterpiece.
They want efficiency.

They want to know:

How many hours did we save this month?
Are our performance KPIs moving up?
Is the team finally free for higher-level work?

In B2B, we often think we must build the foundation for years before we see a result.
With AI, that approach is a liability.

You do not need a 100-year plan.
You need a 60-day win.

Our Revenue & AI Roadmap takes 14 days.
We find the specific efficiency levers that give your team time back.
We document the performance lift.
We get you out of "construction mode."

If your roadmap feels like it started in 1882, reset it.

Book a 30-minute Strategy Session:
👉 https://lnkd.in/ejFsnRbS

#B2BMarketing #AIStrategy #MarketingLeadership #Efficiency

Identify & knock down barriers to revenue. Leverage AI to protect margins & grow pipeline. B2B AI Workflows | CRO Sprints | CEO @ TheSearchGuru.com

I recently spoke with a CMO who was blunt with me: "AI didn't matter to me last year. It does now."

I get it.
AI feels like a distraction until your targets are at risk.
Most leaders are tired of hearing about "AI strategy" and "big visions".

You don't need a massive pilot program.
You need to show your team (and your CFO) that this actually works.

We find that one real win changes the whole internal conversation.
Usually, that looks like:

Fixing one high-traffic page so it finally converts.

Cleaning up tracking so you can actually trust your data.

Finding one manual task your team hates and automating it.

No theories.
Just a result on the board so you can move forward with confidence.

If you are struggling to get buy-in or just want to see a live fix, let’s talk.

We do 30-minute strategy sessions. We pick one tough problem and walk through it and you'll leave with solutions we've crafted, together.

Schedule a session here:
👉 https://lnkd.in/ejFsnRbS

#B2BMarketing #MarketingLeadership #AI #Efficiency

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