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Maura O'Neill

Maura O'Neill is president and chief executive officer of ImproveMyBusiness.com. An experienced entrepreneur, ImproveMyBusiness.com is her third company. The first, O'Neill and Company, was an award-winning management, research and development consulting firm, serving energy, environmental and high technology clients.

In 1996, O’Neill founded ConnexT, a software and outsourcing company, with web-based technology in the deregulated electricity area. It had advanced meter reading services, customer information and billing, patented geographical information system products for utility and consumer information products. O'Neill grew ConnexT to a value of $140 million within sixteen months of inception. She was awarded the Greater Seattle Businessperson of the Year award in 1989, and has garnered national publicity and awards for her work. O’Neill has served on many business and non-profit boards and was a North American delegate to the Advanced Study Institute of NATO on the utility industry. She has a B.A. Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington.

Tama holds a B.Sc. degree in mathematics from Michigan State University.

Also: Read the transcript of the GirlGeeks chat with Maura O'Neill.