How Community CEO Diankha Linear's Background in the Military & Corporate Law Worlds Helped Give Her the Leadership Skills to Run a Tech Start-up

Diankha Linear, CEO of Community, an SMS marketing platform for business, speaks with Spencer in this episode of Office Hours. Ms. Linear was an officer and early executive team member at Convoy, serving as General Counsel & Corporate Secretary—overseeing one of Seattle’s largest VC transactions with a Series D Round of $400M, among many other roles in the startup. Diankha comes from a strategy and leadership background, built on her years of military education and training, with the Army and as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer.

Ms. Linear spent nearly a decade in leadership roles at Nordstrom and Expeditors International of Washington. Her early career was spent at a big firm antitrust, complex commercial, constitutional, and employment law counsel. Diankha is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the University of Washington.

How Community CEO Diankha Linear's Background in the Military & Corporate Law Worlds Gave the Skills for Running a Tech Start-up.