Bio

Cynthia Johnson is an entrepreneur, marketing professional, author, and keynote speaker. She is Co-Founder at Bell +Ivy, a personal and employee branding firm. She is co-founder and Chair at WonderKey Collective, a nonprofit focused on collecting and redistributing corporate technology to foster youth. Cynthia is an Advisory Board member for The Millennium Alliance, a leading technology, business, and educational advisory firm serving Fortune 1000 C-Level executives. Her book, Platform: The Art and Science of Personal Branding, was published with Penguin Random House and named top books for personal branding by Forbes, Bustle, and Entrepreneur magazines. Cynthia is an Adobe Insider, a current contributor, and member of the Rolling Stone Culture Council, and has over 1.4 million followers on Twitter. She is regularly quoted as a brand and marketing expert in publications like Fast Company, MSNBC, The New York Times, Adweek, Harvard Business Review, Insider, USA Today, and others. Cynthia has been a keynote speaker and hosted personal branding workshops for companies and organizations, like Walmart, Alibaba, United Nations Women, Women Wireless Leadership, Entrepreneur Magazine’s E360, to name a few. She has been involved in influencer and marketing campaigns for PayPal, American Express Business Platinum Card, Dell, Staples, Adobe, Aly Bank, EY Entrepreneur of The Year Awards, and several other leading business brands. Cynthia is listed as Top Ten Business Influencers Who Can Help You Build Your Brand by Grin, Top Personal Branding Experts to Follow by Entrepreneur, Top Social Entrepreneurs All VCs Should Follow on Twitter by AdWeek, Top Influencers Digital Marketers Are Following on Twitter by Inc. and Top 50 marketers on SnapChat by Mashable.