Jill Richards
Jill Richards is a co-founder and Managing Director of Gray Wolf Partners. Her background includes experience helping a range of organizations to more effectively manage and grow their businesses, primarily through improving their strategic market focus as well as their marketing and business development efforts. She is an experienced problem solver and communicator in the technology, professional services and non-profit sectors.
Jill is an award-winning marketer with a proven track record of success taking innovative technologies to market, building awareness, and driving revenues. Her career spans more than 20 years growing dynamic startup and enterprise businesses as an advisor and an executive.
Jill has held multiple Chief Marketing Officer roles including positions at DevOps innovator System Initiative, workload cybersecurity leader TrueFort (repositioned the company for its Series B), at mobile security pioneer Appthority (built market leadership leading to the company's acquisition by Symantec) and at disrupters in the philanthropy, e-commerce and big data spaces Fluxx, Stitch Labs, and Terracotta, respectively. She also served as Vice President of Marketing at Visto Corporation (now Blackberry) and directed member acquisition and digital marketing at Netscape Communications and America Online.
Jill holds a BA in International Relations from Pomona College and an MBA from The Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles and attended the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris, a leading business school in France.
Jill is a writer and canine lover who actively supports environmental, conservation, and women's health organizations.