Glen Hellman

Glen Hellman (born December 1, 1955) is an American executive coach, writer and former angel investor. He is founder and owner of "CxO Elevate, LLC". He is known for his blog called Driven Forward, which critiqued Washington, D.C.'s startup ecosystem. The blog ran from 2010 to 2020.

Early life and education Hellman was born Brooklyn, New York in 1955. His family moved to Edison, New Jersey, in 1960. He graduated from J. P. Stevens High School, in Edison in 1974. He graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in General Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Career Hellman began his career in technology startups in 1978. His career spans senior management roles including CEO, CRO, COO, and head of product management. He was an active angel investor and also worked as a turn-around executive for private equity investors. He served as a board chairman and board member for several VC-backed companies, and is a former board member of the University of Maryland, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. He worked as an on-camera Business Strategy Analyst for NBC in Washington, D.C., and spent a decade as a turn-around CEO for private equity investors.

Over the past 15 years, Hellman has provided executive leadership coaching to more than 100 CEOs. He is founder and owner of "CxO Elevate, LLC". He works half time as a member of the Faculty at the University of Maryland, A. James Clark School of Engineering, where he coaches the National Science Foundation and I-Corps program, instructing and coaching STEM Ph.D. and Post Doc researchers on customer discovery and product marketing. Books Hellman is the author of the non-fiction book, Intentional Leadership and the several fiction novels, including Cyphers & Sighs, Write to Die, Turn Around & Die.

Awards 2010 - Vistage: Rookie of the Year

2012 - Tech Cocktail (now Tech.co) Reader Poll: #1 Angel Investor in the United States