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Entrepreneur. Brand builder. Community leader.

Lillian Brown is the Co-founder and CEO of Current Forward, an Austin-based consumer insights firm that decodes culture for Zoom, Priceline, Hearst, the San Antonio Spurs and Match Group.

 

She co-founded Kindred, an executive women's community, launched the city's first Women in Tech Executive Summit and serves on the board of Austin Bat Cave.

Expert at Insights & Intelligence

Identify

Research a brand’s current state and identify the most critical barriers to growth

Solve

 Determine how to break down those barriers while staying true to the brand and delivering maximum value to real people

Iterate

Learn what works best and what to avoid, continuously delivering creative solutions 

Accomplishments

Lead strategist for Fortune 500 brand by 24

Strategy Director by 27

Managed $500M+ media budget at Samsung the year the company was named Creative Marketer of the Year by Cannes Lions

Co-founded Kindred, an executive women's community with 1,000+ women waitlisted

Lillian is a visionary that pushes beyond the boundaries and limitations of the obvious to create truly innovative and cutting edge thought leadership. As a client I have worked with Lillian several times and continue to be impressed with her work products and leadership style. She is a quick study, always brings new thinking to the table and is fun to work with. So happy I had the chance to work with her and look forward to working with her again.

- Kim Newton,

Board Member, Founder & Former Hallmark Executive

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