Full Name
Valerie Freeman
Job Title
CEO
Company
BravoTECH / Imprimis Group
Speaker Bio
Valerie Freeman is the Founder and CEO of a group of specialized companies whose services include staffing, search, outsourcing and consulting. The companies operate under the brand names Imprimis Group, BravoTech, Freeman+Leonard and operate on a national scale. Over the
years, the companies have been named to the Inc.500/5000, Dallas 100, WPO Fast 50, and Cougar 100 (Univ. of Houston). In 2021 Valerie was inducted into the JA Dallas Business Hall of Fame. In 2020, Valerie was honored as the 2020 Orbie Leadership Awardee by the Dallas CIO
Association, and she was also inducted into the Tech Titans Hall of Fame. She has also been named to D CEO’s Dallas 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders three years. She received the Power 50 women in Dallas by the Texas Diversity Council and in past years has also received
the Tech Titans Community Hero Award, Women of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts, Maura Award from the Dallas Women’s Foundation, Athena Award from the Dallas Regional Chamber, and WBE of the Year Award from the Women’s Business Council of the Southwest. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance of Technology and Women and was inducted into the Women’s Business Enterprise Hall of Fame. In 2019 she was also awarded the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dallas Business Journal for
Women in Technology. She is a past Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Valerie is a Founder and served on the Board of Directors for AnserTEAM, a national managed service provider of workforce solutions. She is also the Vice Chair of the Board of Prime Women Media which publishes www.primewomen.com, an online publication for professional women over the age of 50. PrimeWomen has been named one of the top 100 Best Websites for Women and Top 75 Women in Business Blogs by Feedspot.
Valerie currently serves on the Board of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the Advisory Boards of the Alliance of Technology and Women and the Women’s Business Council of the Southwest. She is past Chair of the Boards of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas and the
Dallas County Community College District Foundation.
Valerie holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education from the University of Houston where she was honored as a Distinguished Alum. Valerie was one of the Founders of the Texas Women Ventures family of funds, the first fund of its kind in Texas to invest in women owned companies. The fund made its first investment in 2005, and is now winding down its third and final fund.
She serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Prime Women Media which publishes www.primewomen.com, an online publication for professional women over the age of 50 which has been named as one of the top 100 Best Blogs and Websites for women. She also serves on the Advisory Board for Truist Bank and the Advisory Council for the Alliance of Technology and Women. Currently she serves on the Board of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Dallas Assembly, YPO, and the International Women’s Forum. Valerie holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education from the University of Houston where she was honored as a Distinguished Alum.
years, the companies have been named to the Inc.500/5000, Dallas 100, WPO Fast 50, and Cougar 100 (Univ. of Houston). In 2021 Valerie was inducted into the JA Dallas Business Hall of Fame. In 2020, Valerie was honored as the 2020 Orbie Leadership Awardee by the Dallas CIO
Association, and she was also inducted into the Tech Titans Hall of Fame. She has also been named to D CEO’s Dallas 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders three years. She received the Power 50 women in Dallas by the Texas Diversity Council and in past years has also received
the Tech Titans Community Hero Award, Women of Distinction Award from the Girl Scouts, Maura Award from the Dallas Women’s Foundation, Athena Award from the Dallas Regional Chamber, and WBE of the Year Award from the Women’s Business Council of the Southwest. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance of Technology and Women and was inducted into the Women’s Business Enterprise Hall of Fame. In 2019 she was also awarded the first ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the Dallas Business Journal for
Women in Technology. She is a past Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
Valerie is a Founder and served on the Board of Directors for AnserTEAM, a national managed service provider of workforce solutions. She is also the Vice Chair of the Board of Prime Women Media which publishes www.primewomen.com, an online publication for professional women over the age of 50. PrimeWomen has been named one of the top 100 Best Websites for Women and Top 75 Women in Business Blogs by Feedspot.
Valerie currently serves on the Board of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and the Advisory Boards of the Alliance of Technology and Women and the Women’s Business Council of the Southwest. She is past Chair of the Boards of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas and the
Dallas County Community College District Foundation.
Valerie holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education from the University of Houston where she was honored as a Distinguished Alum. Valerie was one of the Founders of the Texas Women Ventures family of funds, the first fund of its kind in Texas to invest in women owned companies. The fund made its first investment in 2005, and is now winding down its third and final fund.
She serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Prime Women Media which publishes www.primewomen.com, an online publication for professional women over the age of 50 which has been named as one of the top 100 Best Blogs and Websites for women. She also serves on the Advisory Board for Truist Bank and the Advisory Council for the Alliance of Technology and Women. Currently she serves on the Board of the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Dallas Assembly, YPO, and the International Women’s Forum. Valerie holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Education from the University of Houston where she was honored as a Distinguished Alum.
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