Ayori ‘Selfpreneur’ Selassie

“Ayori is a natural leader. She has a clear vision and is able to articulate it to others in a way that inspires them. She has been an excellent mentor and coach. I’ve observed how she takes the time to support and nurture others allowing them to develop their skills and reach their full potential benefitting customers, the larger organizations, others as well as myself personally. The value of advocacy & sponsorship in rooms you’re not in is not a new concept but Ayori’s style of influence reveals dimensions that are unprecedented. Ayori has been willing to advocate for me and give others opportunities to grow and learn in exposure to the Product Marketing world which is an exciting, complex and often obscure place to be. She has a way of not taking no for an answer when it really counts and getting others on board. She has also helped me to develop my own voice & embrace leadership skills to become more confident in my own authentic and personal style of influence. In addition to her leadership skills, Ayori is also a dynamic & highly effective technical leader. Her expertise and confidence with AI, Data and Platforms sets others at ease. She is always willing to go the extra mile and to take on new challenges to deliver above and beyond when it really counts. I’ve witnessed her perform phenomenally under pressure and deliver results that exceeded expectations, during the organizations most impactful marketing and sales campaign of the year. If you are looking for a technical, inspirational and dynamic leader have no doubt that Ayori will be a prized asset for you. I highly recommend her for any endeavor she is looking to pursue as success is not far behind.”

“Ayori is the consummate teammate when considering selling with the full power of Salesforce. I reached out to her on a whim and quickly she helped accelerate my own deal and drive executive alignment to some really strong folks within our own organization + at my customer. Not often do you get to connect with folks in a completely different org and have them provide value so quickly. I would recommend Ayori highly for any future pursuits she wants to go after as I was lucky to get to work with her!”

“Ayori is amazing! She's driven, determined, disciplined, & dynamite! Even with all of her selfpreneur initiatives, she has taken time to mentor me by helping me discover my goals & design my quivers. Her patience, persistence, and positivity makes her a great mentor & A-player you need on your team!”

“I love Ayori and have been consistently inspired by the care and intentionality she puts into her work. She was the keynote speaker for the MAKEHERS program, an accelerator program that supports low-income women in their small business journey and left a lasting impact on the participants. Her wisdom and joy are contagious and wherever she is possibility blossoms. I highly recommend Ayori as a speaker, teacher, mentor for any team.”

“Ayori is a fantastic keynote speaker, technologist, and truth-teller. She personifies the “fearless leader” we aspire to empower through Amplify. She is a true visionary, who leads leaders graciously from her heart. Ayori is also brilliant; she is always ahead of the curve in her understanding of emerging technologies, and their impacts on daily life. When we asked Ayori to be our guest speaker at the Annual Amplify@Dreamforce Brunch, she wholeheartedly accepted. And she showed up and warmed our hearts. Ayori left s the audience feeling validated, inspired, and ready to take action. She has my highest recommendation as a speaker and advisor.”

“"Excellent Communicator" is the phrase that comes to mind when I think of Ayori. I've worked with Ayori for many years in different roles and she has an innate ability to evaluate a complex situation or problem and make it understandable and relatable to the person or audience she is speaking to. I've seen her speak to large audiences at Salesforce Conferences to individuals and most if not all would agree. Because of this ability I recommend her for a number of roles.”

“Since Ayori joined the Blacks In Technology organization, her leadership & influence for mobile prioritization led to an increase of 50% web traffic, social media engagement & press. Her mentorship for me helped me to gain a broader understanding of my business, the value of our services and what matters most to our audience. I highly recommend Ayori for her technical and business leadership, and especially for her ability to help others grow personally. Her work specifically played a key hand in the global development of a progressive solution oriented approach to technology engagement within communities of African and African American descent among youth and adult groups alike.”

“It is rare that you come across people with insights, intelligence and a unique perspective like Ayori. I had the pleasure of talking to Ayori on a few occasions to get advice and also bounce ideas on certain topics.I was greatly impressed by her feedback and also the perspectives she provided to the conversations from her experiences. She is kind, confident and always willing to support in anyway she can and embodies all the traits of a thought leader.”

“Ayori was my business analyst and success technologist at Salesforce while I managed our implementation at Ciena. Ayori was my trusted technical advisor as we moved from the early stages of the cloud and CRM to more mature and modern business operations. Ayori is especially strong at conveying the value of and recommending solutions that map to a customer's needs. And because of her versatility would recommend her for a number of roles, from her current role to one in the sales engineering realm.”

“I had the pleasure of working with Ayori during my time at Salesforce.com in various internal projects as well customer facing roles. I was always impressed with her "above and beyond" attitude on getting things done. You can always expect great things from Ayori in her quality of work, her attitude and the way she approaches any situation as well as the creative solutions she can provide. She is an inspiring leader and great motivator for her peers and management.”

“At the time when I worked at ABB Ayori was involved in a number of duties and projects - QA test planning, execution and business requirements use case design for several major projects, reporting for major utility clients such as APSES, NU and others. Another big project was to make reporting enhancements for their 30-60-90 day financial billing requirements. I was a Technical Lead at that time and worked closely with Ayori. She proved to be a self-starter, displayed genuine leadership on projects with little information. Always ready and willing to learn, quick to adapt to changing business environment. Ayori is a great team player, striving to getting work done in the best possible way, always being a customer advocate. It was great pleasure working with Ayori her being so passionate about her work.”

“Ayoris is a hard working, intelligent, flexible, persistent, and high energy person with a positive attitude. She's a pleasure to work with and is not afraid to challenge the status quo for the purposes of driving positive change and innovation.”

“Ayori is an extremely talented Quality Assurance Engineer with a great attention to detail. I was particularly impressed with her ability to understand a problem quickly and her superb communications skills. It was a joy to work with her and I recommend him highly!”

“Ayori quickly distingushed herself as a selfgoing and hardworking QA Engineer. I appreciated her ability to deliver results on time and with quality. This paired with her curiosity for the job and her ability to bring a positive perspective to work made it a pleasure to work with her.”