TEDx Bozeman, Montana April 2022
Meet Sall-e
Co-Founder of Thinknado, entrepreneur, connector of dots and people. Brandt is a strategist with a knack for transforming ideas into successful ventures. As a serial entrepreneur, Brandt has served as founder/co-founder/CEO for early stage ventures and well as an intrapreneur and CMO at some really big companies. Brandt cares most about mentoring people and teams to find their true purpose.
Deeply invested in building a better future, Brandt strives to find new paths for creativity, sustainable livelihoods, and fulfillment. Much of his early career was spent at Microsoft, Apple and a handful of successful early stage companies as a co-founder and senior leader. Galvanized by the entrepreneurial rigor and a couple of exits (sneaking in cringy Silicon Valley lingo).
Brandt has taught entrepreneurship, creative ideation and design thinking at Montana State University, California College of the Arts, and has been a guest lecturer at Haas Business School, UC Berkeley, and St. Mary's College.
Brandt’s real success is in building impactful teams and help individuals unlock their creativity to build better: businesses, careers, communities and lives.
Always open to new challenges so if you need some assistance you can reach out to Brandt at the Contact tab or on LinkedIn.
www.linkedin.com/in/brandtwilliams
What Others Say:
Jeff Turner - President at RealSatisfied
"Brandt has the creative enthusiasm of a 24-year-old start up CEO, and the wisdom that comes only from experience as both a successful entrepreneur and corporate executive. It's a refreshing and valuable combination of characteristics to find in business partner. Over the last few years he has become a trusted advisor, a valued business resource and a friend. It's hard to beat that."
Gahlord Dewald -Strategist
"Brandt's ability to observe and quickly grasp business opportunities in a changing marketplace is outstanding. He can quickly and skillfully move on from that initial observation through planning and required decision-making. His manner is fast-paced, creative, fun, and infectious for those who enjoy and thrive in innovative environments."
Scott Callender - Vice President First American Property & Casualty Insurance Agency, Inc.
"Visionary thinker, visionary planner, an executive who demonstrates keen foresight. I have had the pleasure of working with Brandt for the past 5 years and in that time, I learned many things from Brandt that have helped me. Brandt recognizes the importance of strategic planning, mission and vision statements and more importantly, ensuring that the business model and initiatives are aligned with the vision and mission. Brandt demonstrates a strong ability to identify, analyze and solve problems often approaching problems from multiple points of views and following diverse approaches. I would characterize Brandt's leadership style as charismatic, dynamic, imaginative and decisive. Brandt displays a strong ability to lead and direct and yet promotes collaboration to get to a successful solution. He is willing to challenge conventional wisdom which is a rare characteristic in todays leaders that always want to play it safe. Simply put, Brandt has my respect and admiration as a leader and someone that can effectively manage and lead at the highest levels."
David Burk - Founder/CEO at The Electron Shop
Brandt has the perfect experience and intellect to excel at any marketing leadership engagement. He is a strategic thinker who can manage people, process and, well, sausage making. I've worked with Brandt as a client and as a colleague; in all cases, he was professional, direct, communicative, collaborative and enjoyable. In the end, however, it's about results, and he delivers.
Ed Houston - Marketing Technology Consultant | Process Improvement Leader
Visionary and strategic, with a wealth of executive marketing leadership. Over the last year, I have had the pleasure of working along side Brandt. He possess a brilliant, yet natural ability to see the larger picture across multiple business channels and communicate that picture across to C-level executives, mid-level management leaders and team members. Brandt cares, and willingly shares his depth of knowledge to the point of being contagious. These are the ingredients that have driven, positive results.