About Jessica Billingsley
Jessica Billingsley created seed-to-sale tracking software and became the first woman CEO of a Nasdaq-listed cannabis company. She co-founded MJ Freeway in 2010, processing $15B+ in cannabis sales across 29 states and 14 countries.
In 2019, MJ Freeway merged with MTech to form Akerna Corp. (NASDAQ: KERN). She was named to Fortune's 10 Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs (2015) — the first woman from cannabis — and Inc.'s 100 Female Founders (2018).
Notable Credentials
- First woman CEO of Nasdaq-listed cannabis tech company (Akerna, 2019)
- Co-founded MJ Freeway (2010), first seed-to-sale platform
- Fortune's 10 Most Promising Women Entrepreneurs (2015)
- Inc. 100 Female Founders (2018); Entrepreneur's 100 Powerful Women (2019)
- Chair, United States Cannabis Council
- Dual B.A. Communications & Computer Science, University of Georgia
Speaking History
Has appeared at:
Benzinga 2019 (Keynote)
Quick Info
Role
Co-Founder & Former CEO, Akerna / MJ Freeway
Topic Area
Technology
Location
US
Type
Speaker