Maresa Friedman is a Fractional Chief Strategy Officer, business architect, and trusted advisor to founders, operators, and executive teams navigating growth, transition, and scale. She has driven more than $165M in verified client growth by helping organizations simplify complexity, align leadership, and build strategies that translate into real-world execution.

A former Google Brand Speaker with over 1200 live events delivered globally, Maresa has worked with Fortune 500 companies, venture-backed startups, and privately held businesses across consulting, technology, home services, biotech, and professional services. Her career spans both high-growth environments and deeply human work, giving her a rare ability to bridge vision with structure.

Maresa is known for her straight-shooting style and her ability to name what others sense but struggle to articulate. She helps leaders see where systems are breaking down, where narratives are misaligned, and where opportunity is being quietly left on the table. Her work focuses on clarity, decision-making, leadership alignment, and building operating models that scale without burning people out.

On stage, Maresa challenges conventional wisdom, dismantles performative leadership, and offers frameworks audiences can use immediately. Her talks leave leaders clearer, more grounded, and better equipped to make decisions that move their business — and their people — forward.