Cody McKibben

Cody is the Chief Experience Officer for the HERO Foundry, an early-stage Northern California education, technology and events company. (Past: Co-Founder & CMO of Untemplater, Founding Director of Digital Nomad Academy) An entrepreneur, educator, writer, and growth marketer with 12 years experience bringing virtual products, courses, and transformative events to market across the globe, Cody has spoken onstage on three continents, and lived overseas for nine years (Asia, Latin America & Europe) while building 3 small digital publishing companies. As an executive coach and small business advisor, Cody helps early-stage founders with market research, creating virtual e-learning products (digital information products, member platforms, online courses, etc.), sales funnel design and product launch strategies, as well as helping C-level executives and entrepreneurial fathers navigate major life transitions. He has coordinated and hosted three major conferences, and dozens of entrepreneur retreats, seminars and workshops with clients in the USA, Britain, Germany, Singapore, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, and Indonesia, and has helped grow an MBA program, international hotel chains, several university publications and international print magazines, nonprofits and NGOs like Courageous Kitchen and the UNHCR. His writing, photography, and videography have been published in Fodor’s Bangkok Travel Guide, Prosper Magazine, CNN Travel, South East Asia Backpacker Magazine, the Washington Post, Virgin online, Gizmodo, Small Business Trends, BizJournals and more.