Amy Buckner Chowdhry

Guided by a vision of the growing needs of an increasingly digital society, Amy Buckner Chowdhry founded AnswerLab a decade ago to help the world’s leading brands build better digital products. Under her watch, AnswerLab has grown to become a trusted partner to companies like Google, FedEx, Wal-Mart and more. Amy’s insights can be found at Inc.com, where she writes a column. In 2014, she was named one of Fortune’s 10 Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs.

Led by Chowdhry, AnswerLab has also become known as an innovative workplace, and been honored with numerous awards for its growth and company culture. For three consecutive years, the company earned a spot on Fortune’s List of Top 25 Companies to Work For. And for six consecutive years AnswerLab has been on the Inc. 500/5000 and the San Francisco Business Times Top 100 fastest growing companies.

Amy’s entrepreneurial vision and leadership has earned her accolades such as being named by Ernst & Young as one of 10 “Entrepreneurial Winning Women.” The San Francisco Business Times recognized her as one of their “40 Under 40: Emerging Leaders,” and the Watermark organization honored Amy in their annual top 10 list of “Women Who Have Made Their Mark.”

Before founding AnswerLab, Chowdhry served as Director of Professional Services at Vividence (now Keynote), the leading provider of online user experience research software and led User Experience at SmartPlanet, acquired by CNET Networks. Chowdhry speaks frequently at national conferences and educational institutions. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University with a degree in English and East Asian Studies.