JEFF DANCE

Jeff Dance is the founder & CEO of Fresh Consulting, an innovative strategy, design, software and engineering company headquartered in Seattle. Fresh builds anything from brands to apps to robots to autonomous vehicles to help companies stay ahead and stay relevant. Current clients include Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google.

Fresh will be celebrating its 15th year in October, has 5 offices, employs over 380 people, and has won over 40 awards, including a best of best award from Red Dot in 2022. Fresh was ranked as one of Seattle Business magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2016, 2018, and 2019 and has been in the INC 5000 9 years, and PSBJ Top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Washington State for six years.

Prior to Fresh, Jeff worked as a Strategy & Operations Consultant with Deloitte Consulting, where he consulted for companies like Apple Computer. Outside of his career, Jeff is a father of 4 kids, a level 3 AASI snowboard instructor, and a board sports fan. His podcast The Future Of focuses on the future of industries, technologies, and markets, and ranks in the top ten tech podcasts in many countries. Jeff is also an avid wake surfer, wakeboarder, mountain biker, climber, and trail runner. He climbs with his wife and 4 kids, and is passionate about bringing climbing gym access to more families and kids.