Karla is CEO and founder of OpenGravity a technology startup focused on optimizing agile project teams. A proven repeat founder and entrepreneur with 25 years of experience, prior to OpenGravity Karla co-founded collective IQ, a leader in managed services specializing in marketing. Karla has also been responsible for the brand strategy and identity development of other significant Canadian brands such as Canada Post, CIBC Wood Gundy, Empire Life, Homemakers Magazine, AIM Trimark, Invesco master brand and others. When Karla is not busy building empires, she is busy being a mom of two teens and two wolfhounds.
Karla Congson
Founder OpenGravity
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