S2E09 - The Caring CEO with Shellye Archambeau, Fortune 500 Board Member & Former CEO of MetricStream

✅ Ranked among the 100 Most Influential Business Leaders in America 

✅ Named the 2nd most influential African American in IT by Business Insider  

✅ Serves on the Board of Directors of Verizon, Roper Technologies, Okta, Lineage, and non profits Catalyst and Braven (previously on the Boards on Nordstrom and Arbitron)

✅ Was the 1st African American woman to head IBM business unit, Became CEO at 40, Board Director at ~43, F500 Board Director by 55‼️

✅ Received the NCWIT Symons Innovator Award from The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT)

The list goes on… that’s Shellye Archambeau for you - THE iconic CEO credited with MetricStream’s transformation‼️

In this episode, we dive into…

✅ How she overcame bullying, being pushed down, taunted, beaten at a young age

✅ How she set the goal to be a CEO and made very intentional choices to get there. 

Side note : This is the best ‘How to become a CEO’ I’ve ever heard‼️

✅ What it took to engineer MetricStream’s epic transformation - not once, but twice‼️ Phew‼️Goosebumps people‼️

✅ How to overcome the challenge of being the first - the 3 stories she shares are absolutely phenomenal‼️ 

✅ Her why

✅ The ONE quality that distinguishes the best leaders from the rest

✅ A RAPID FIRE that is as fun as it is profound‼️

If you are looking for your annual dose of inspiration, THIS IS IT‼️ 

About Shellye Archambeau:

Ms. Archambeau is an experienced CEO and Board Director with a track record of accomplishments building brands, high performance teams, and organizations.  Ms. Archambeau currently serves on the boards of Verizon [NYSE:VZ] where she chairs the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee, Roper Technologies [NYSE: ROP] where she chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee,  Okta [NASDAQ: OKTA] and Lineage. She previously served on the boards of Nordstrom and Arbitron (acquired by Neilson). She is a senior executive mentor with the ExCo Group, and serves on the boards of two national non-profits, Catalyst and Braven.

She is the former CEO of MetricStream, a Silicon Valley-based, governance, risk, and compliance software company that enables corporations to improve their business operations through better risk management across the enterprise.  Under her leadership MetricStream was recognized for growth and innovation over the years and was named in the top 10 of the “Deloitte Technology Fast 50” and named a global leader in GRC by leading independent analyst firms for 9 consecutive years.

Ms. Archambeau has over 30 years of experience in technology leading organizations. She is a recognized expert in marketing and co-authored, "Marketing That Works: How Entrepreneurial Marketing Can Add Sustainable Profits to Any Sized Company." 

She is also the founder of Ignite Ambition, a community focused on the professional development of people in the early to mid-stage of their career. 

Ms. Archambeau was named the second most influential African American in IT by Business Insider.  She was ranked one of the “100 Most Influential Business Leaders in America” by Newsmax and that same year received the NCWIT Symons Innovator Award from The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). 

She is the author of Unapologetically Ambitious: Take Risks, Break Barriers and Create Success on Your Own Terms.

Shellye is also a sought-after speaker on governance, risk and compliance as well as marketing and entrepreneurship.  She has guest lectured at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business and The Wharton School.  She is a Forbes contributor and has been featured or referenced in major media such as MSNBC, CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

www.shellye.com

About ⁠⁠Shahana Banerjee⁠⁠:

I am an Executive Coach. I help leaders navigate through challenging points of inflection in their business, in their teams, their careers and their own leadership journey. Setup a 30 minute free intro call with me at ⁠https://justhuman.io⁠