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Tope Awotona is the founder and CEO of Calendly, the modern scheduling platform for high-performing teams and individuals accelerating business forward. Tope founded Calendly in 2013 with the vision of simplifying scheduling for everyone without the back-and-forth emails. With Tope’s strategic direction, the platform has grown and evolved to over 10 million monthly users.

Prior to Calendly, Tope spent the majority of his career in enterprise software sales, working for companies such as IBM, Perceptive Software, and Dell Technologies, in addition to launching a series of startups. He grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and came to the United States in 1996. Tope holds a degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia. He is the recipient of the 2021 Atlanta Business Chronicle Most Admired CEO Award and 2019 Comparably Best CEOs award.

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Talking Leadership with the CEO of Calendly | Human First CEO Series

Tope Awotona, Founder Calendly, Startup Runway Keynote | Valor Ventures

Calendly - 15 Insights on building a 3 Billion Dollar Business 🦄

Episode 81: Scheduling as a Service: Calendly’s CEO Tope Awotona on Revolutionizing the...

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