Larisa Summers
Full Name
Larisa Summers
Job Title
Chief Marketing Officer
Company
Convene
Speaker Bio
As Convene's CMO, Larisa uses a customer-centered approach that fuses data with compelling storytelling to design marketing strategies that drive scalable growth.

Prior to Convene, Larisa was CMO of Optoro, which was named one of Forbes' next "Billion Dollar Startups," and was named as one of WWD's "Women Leaders in Business" during her tenure.

As a marketing and technology executive with over 20 years’ experience, she has led marketing in companies ranging from venture-funded startups to Fortune 500 companies in both B2B and B2C, including Best Buy, Zumba Fitness, TheFind (acquired by Facebook), and Buy.com (acquired by Rakuten).

Larisa holds a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she graduated cum laude.

After two decades in California, Larisa and her husband moved to Florida where they enjoy boating, fishing, and spending time with nearby friends and family.