Joanna Riley

About Joanna Riley

An entrepreneur, investor, and advocate in technology, and is the CEO and co-founder of Censia, a leading AI talent intelligence platform that helps companies harness the power of machine learning and clean data to make the best and fairest decisions about individual employees and the workforce as a whole. Joanna has a highly experienced background in building and scaling companies, which she attributes to her deep passion for people and building technologies that allow people to be their best selves. She brings her wide knowledge of the industry to better transform the way enterprise companies hire talent. Prior to founding Censia, she led her companies through two successful acquisitions and an IPO, and was part of the International Training Unit for the FBI, a collegiate rower, and earned her BA degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia where she was a full scholarship athlete. Featured in Fortune, Fast Company, Inc, WSJ, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, NYSE, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and many others. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for Young Presidents Organization as part of the International Membership Council, the US Board of So They Can, and the Board of Directors at CompTia. She is an active angel investor in early-stage companies.

Experience

1. Investor & Advisor

   Deep Fission

   Sep 2024 — Present

   The Future of Nuclear Will Be Boring.Low-cost nuclear power - a mile underground.At Deep Fission, we\'re reimagining nuclear power with a groundbreaking approach: placing small modular reactors (SMRs) a mile underground. Our mission is to deliver ultra-safe, affordable, and reliable power that fuels businesses, strengthens communities, and moves us toward a sustainable future. We want to leave the world in a better place than we found it.

Education

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Directors College, Rock Center for Corporate Governance

  2016 — 2016

• University of Virginia

  BA, Foreign Affairs

  2000 — 2004

• Harvard Business School

  Presidents MBA Program

  2019

Skills

• Marketing Strategy
• Social Media
• Mobile Devices
• Product Marketing
• Social Networking
• Data Mining
• Entrepreneurship
• Executive Management
• Artificial Intelligence
• Business Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Facebook
• Acting
• Marketing
• Advertising
• E-Commerce
• Competitive Analysis
• B2b
• Start-Ups
• Direct Marketing
• New Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Development
• Ipo
• Technology Development
• Digital Marketing
• Venture Capital
• Public Speaking
• Public Relations
• Business Strategy
• Mobile Marketing
• Sales
• Team Building
• Management
• Social Media Marketing
• Business-to-Business (B2b)
• China Business Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Brand Development
• New Media