Olivia Duane Adams (Libby) is the co-founder of Alteryx (retired), a industry leading AI & software platform with over 8,000 customers that empowers employees to make faster, more insightful, and more confident decisions regardless of technical skill level. She is one of only a few female founders to take a software technology company public, along with her founding counterparts, Dean Stoecker and Ned Harding. Libby’s vision in creating the world’s leading data analytics and AI community is part of the company’s 30+ years success working with Global2000 companies who vision analytics and AI as transformational for their businesses.

As Chief Customer Officer, Libby recognized early on that creating a customer centric culture went beyond delivering a successful product experience. She set out to enable a global community of passionate data lovers, where Alteryx users solve more together, boldly step into the unknown, and achieve more than they ever thought possible.

Libby also designed and spearheaded the Alteryx SparkED Education program, which provides free data analytics and AI software and learning resources to ‘the curious’ to develop the analytics skills needed to question, understand and solve with data. SparkED has empowered tens of thousands of students and job seekers with in-demand certifications that will set them up for success in their careers and beyond. SparkED partners with over 1,000 universities and independent learners in 43 countries with in-kind donations exceeding $75M USD including Queens University of Belfast, CalState Fullerton’s College of Business and Economics, and Bentley College.

Now as a Board member at Clozd, a Lehi, UT based company helping companies win in the competitive B2B sales landscape, Libby is passionate in supporting other entrepreneurs as they drive value for their customers. Libby also gives her time to Impact Africa Network in Nairobi, Kenya who are developing the entrepreneurial skills of startups and participates in the College of Business and Economics at California State University/Fullerton Leaders Team with the vision of employability for every student.