Anita Darden Gardyne, CEO and Chairman of Onēva

07/12/2020 37 min
Anita Darden Gardyne, CEO and Chairman of Onēva

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Join me and my guest, Anita Darden Gardyne, CEO and Board Chair of Onēva. Anita is a unique technology business visionary and award-winning Black businesswoman on a mission to extend women’s careers, close the pay equity gap faster, and create thousands of living wage jobs through her firm’s employer-provided technology platform that matches FBI background checked in-home care providers with employees to help them achieve greater work-life balance and peace of mind. In 2020 she was recognized as a “Successful Entrepreneur” by the California State Assembly and In 2019 received a USPTO patent for “Creating Trust and Safety in the In-Home Care Market”. She currently has a second patent for an AI video recording device in process. Early iterations of Onēva Concierge Care won “Best Start-Up Silicon Valley 2015” and TechCrunch Disrupt Runner-Up in 2017. Prior to Onēva, Anita spent nearly two decades in leadership positions as CFO at Quantum (Seagate), leading a disk drive business unit generating $3.5B in revenue. She has also held roles at Levi Strauss & Co, IDG, and AT&T (Pacific Bell). 
Links to what we explore in the interview include: learn.blainebartlett.com/lmmgift | www.ONEVA.COM | www.blainebartlett.com
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