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Leanne Johnson

Global Head of Social & Trusted Voices Marketing, Devices & Services
Google

Leanne is a marketing veteran with over 20 years brand and agency experience both in the UK and in the US. Leanne started her career in fashion marketing, went into software on her journey to agency side in London where she headed up a media team across tech and travel clients. This brought Leanne to the US 13 years ago to head up marketing teams at the tech verticals from Skype to Microsoft to GoPro and now the last 6 + years at Google. Leanne is passionate about pushing the boundaries of marketing to move at the speed of culture and has led teams from advertising to social media to influencer marketing to cultural marketing and brand partnerships. Outside of work, Leanne lives in Truckee Tahoe, California and loves adventure from skiing, MTB and anything fun on the lakes; all which she enjoys with her husband and their 4 year old son.

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