Hey there, I'm
Forest Bronzan
Entrepreneur / Investor / Speaker

About Forest
Forest Bronzan is an entrepreneur, investor, and speaker, primarily investing in early to mid-stage companies. Forest is also an active advisor to private equity firms and fast-growth to global enterprise brands & CEOs. Recent board seats include Digital Detox that leads industry research, immersive experiences, and products & services that help people have a better balance with technology.
Previously, Forest was the Founder/CEO of Email Aptitude (Acquired by Tinuiti). EA was the fastest-growing global CRM agency, growing to 8 figure ARR with no outside funding, no debt, and no outbound sales team.
Forest led the company to 100 FTEs and earned recognition on Inc. 5000 (#1 Fastest Growing CRM Agency); The Bay Area Fast 100 (#22 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the San Francisco Bay Area); Inc Magazine Best Places to Work; and AdAge Best Places to Work (#17 in the US and #2 in California).
Prior to Email Aptitude, Forest led CRM at a prominent San Diego agency and also led international business development for a fintech startup.
Forest is a regular speaker and panel moderator passionate about technology balance, company culture, startups, fast-growth, M&A, enterprise CRM, leadership, and empowering growing teams.
Previously from the San Francisco Bay Area, Forest lives with his wife and two children in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Speaking
Previous Speaking
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Oracle
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Salesforce
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University of Denver Daniels School of Business
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IRCE
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eTail East
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Shop.org
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Marketing Sherpa
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Future of CRM US Tour
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Tinuiti Client Summit
Topics
Forest has spoken around the country on topics ranging from technology dependency & balance; company culture & employee engagement; fast-growth & entrepreneurship; and enterprise CRM.
He is available for private and corporate events, conferences, panel moderation/participation and keynotes.
