Marissa Orr

Marissa Orr

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

New Jersey, USA

Gender Equity Advocate | Women's Leadership | Workplace Equality | Diversity Specialist

  • Videos
  • Expertise
  • Business Growth
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Leadership and Change
  • Business Leadership
  • Women In Business
  • Women Of Influence
  • Future of Work
  • Social Media
  • Emotional Intelligence

MARISSA ORR BIOGRAPHY

Marissa Orr, a former mid-level executive at Google and Facebook, has emerged as a leading voice challenging conventional norms in corporate diversity, gender dynamics, and leadership. Her insights, forged through firsthand experience within Silicon Valley’s tech giants, offer a refreshing perspective on navigating the corporate landscape.

Her career trajectory includes pivotal roles at both Google and Facebook, where Marissa Orr significantly contributed to sales operations and strategy. Notably, Marissa Orr was a founding member of Google’s sales operation team and later assumed the role of Head of Market Intelligence and Strategy after the acquisition of YouTube. At Facebook, Marissa Orr gained further insights into organizational dynamics, advocating for reevaluating traditional workplace structures.

Educationally grounded, Marissa Orr holds degrees that underpin her professional acumen. Her academic background complements her career path, providing a solid foundation for her strategic insights and thought leadership in corporate environments.

Marissa Orr brings a unique blend of skills to her presentations and writings, combining deep research with personal anecdotes to deliver impactful messages on corporate diversity, gender equity, and leadership development. Her ability to synthesize complex concepts into accessible narratives empowers audiences to reconsider prevailing norms in organizational behavior.

Recognized for her contributions, Marissa Orr received Google’s highest honour, the Founder’s Award, for her pioneering work within the company’s sales and strategy team. This accolade underscores her reputation as a forward-thinking strategist capable of driving meaningful change within large-scale organizations.

Beyond her professional achievements, Marissa Orr is passionate about reshaping corporate culture to foster greater inclusivity and fairness. Her advocacy extends beyond the boardroom, emphasizing the importance of work-life balance and supportive workplace environments.

Her journey from Silicon Valley insider to influential speaker and author exemplifies her commitment to challenging established norms and advocating for transformative change in corporate settings. Through her platform, Marissa Orr continues to inspire audiences worldwide, encouraging them to rethink conventional approaches to gender equality and leadership.

Marissa Orr Related Media

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Let's fix the system: Marissa Orr

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Finding Brave 74: Lean Out: The Real Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace, with Marissa Orr

Marissa Orr Related Content

Book

Lean Out
Lean Out
A fresh perspective on the challenges women face in the corporate world, particularly in tech. Drawing from her experiences at Google and Facebook, Marissa Orr critiques modern feminism and corporate leadership while advocating for a redefinition of success and gender equality in the workplace....

Articles & Magazine Feature

Know what game you’re playing” in becoming a great author, an interview with authors Sara Connell & Marissa Orr

Thrive Global

Thank you so much for joining us! Can you share a story about what brought you to this particular career path? During my time working at Google, there were a spate of thought leadership and training programs aimed at helping their female employees succeed. I’ve always been passionate about...
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Articles & Magazine Feature

The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace: An Interview With Bestselling Author Marissa Orr

Daily Stoic

Marissa Orr is a former Google & Facebook executive, a leadership speaker, and the bestselling author of Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, and the Workplace. With 15 years of experience working at today’s top tech giants, as well as having conducted talks for thousands of people in the US,...
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Articles & Magazine Feature

Ex Google Exec. Gives Insight Into Why Corporate Equality Initiatives Fail, In Eye-Opening New Book.

Girl Talk HQ

Silicon Valley tech giants like Google and Facebook are known for, and tout publicly, a certain progressive ethos of doing business that’s supposedly the opposite of how corporations are known to operate. Now, for the first time, Facebook and Google veteran Marissa Orr provides a first hand,...
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Articles & Magazine Feature

A Myth About the Gender Gap

Training Industry

Most diversity training programs are based on the theory that the gender gap is largely due to the damaging nature of stereotypes. For example, research shows that when women violate the female stereotype by acting aggressive, commanding or self-assured, others like them less, but when men exhibit...
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Marissa Orr Topic Presentations

Marissa Orr New Jersey, USA, Canada delivers keynote presentations, workshops, fireside chats, moderated Q&A, and other presentation formats on a wide variety of topics. Each presentation is unique, customized and tailored for audiences, industries, conferences and event formats.

The Truth About Diversity & the Workplace

Innovation, Creativity & Culture

The Future of Work: Employee Brainpower

Marissa Orr Speaking Testimonials

Everyone at Twitter is still talking about your women’s leadership presentation. It was one of the most engaging we’ve ever had.

SVP Global Sales Operations & Marketing, Twitter

You crushed it and your energy was contagious. A great ending to our conference!

Business Lead, Women@Google New York

With humor and grace, Marissa Orr challenged us to look at things from a wholly new and useful perspective; one which we’d not heard before, and one we’ve been talking about ever since.

FACEP, Chief Innovation Officer, Sheridan Health

Marissa Orr was amazing. This was by far the best session at the conference.

Direct Quote From Conference Attendee Gartner Catalyst Conference, 2019

Our attendees LOVED your session — the ratings were fabulous! I cannot thank you enough.

Managing Vice President, Gartner Group

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