Ken Leeder

Founder and CEO, RealTravel Inc.
WHEN: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 5:20 pm - 6:00 pm
TOPIC: Truth is Online Gold Dust

Ken is founder and CEO of RealTravel. Named Best of the Web by Forbes, BusinessWeek and the Association of Travel Marketing Executives, RealTravel is a rapidly growing travel media site that helps people plan trips with advice from other travelers. A seasoned entrepreneur, Ken brings two decades of experience to RealTravel. Prior to RealTravel, Ken founded Full Degree, a successful product information management company that was acquired in 2004. Previous to Full Degree, Ken was head of business development at AdForce, a leading Internet ad serving company. Earlier in his career, Ken led a team of business development professionals at PricewaterhouseCoopers specializing in the formation of technology-based strategic alliances between firms in North America and Southeast Asia, quadrupling the number of multi-million dollar deals completed annually. Earlier in Ken’s career he served as the Managing Director of an established professional service practice, which under his leadership reached profitability. Ken has also held various management positions for Toronto Dominion Bank, one of Canada's largest financial institutions. Ken earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Western Ontario and an MBA from York University.