Avery Lyford
Avery Lyford
Adjunct Professor of Business

Avery is an expert in software, services executive, and business innovation leadership, with extensive and diverse leadership experience that includes roles as a CEO, Chief Customer Officer, and Partner.. He possess a deep background and success in creating and executing winning software/services solutions for enterprise customers, including some of the largest companies in the world. Avery holds a master’s degree in computer engineering. Career Highlights: Apexon CCO: 15x Revenue Gain to $300M+; Key Client Initiatives with Kaiser, Wells Fargo, & Roche Digisense CEO: First Adopters of Amazon S3 Cloud in 2006 Linuxcare CEO: Early Virtualization innovator. IBM: Delivery of 100+ Products, with Business Growth from $160M to over $1.1B