– Carla Franklin
Founder & Managing Director
Carla Franklin is the sole owner and Managing Director of Carlin Solutions, LLC. She is a digital strategy maven and business strategy expert with more than 17 years of experience honed at Deloitte, IBM, and Bain Consulting, and is adept at creating innovative, client-focused solutions
Through her consulting work, Carla provides digital advisory and project management services in marketing strategy, change management, business analytics and operations for leading global corporations and public sector clients. Carla is also a digital media expert who blogs and speaks frequently on cultural trends in social media, women in technology, online safety, and anti-cyberbullying/cyberstalking advocacy. She currently serves as a guest technology commentator on the Arise TV network. In 2014, Carla was selected to speak at SXSW’s conference on Technology and Women’s Empowerment.
That same year, she also led a New York Social Media Week panel on bridging the digital divide in urban communities. In 2012, she was featured as one of Newsweek/The Daily Beast’s Women in the World. Carla was one of 50 women featured on More Magazine‘s 2011 “Fierce List” for her fight against cybercrimes in New York State. She has been a featured guest on NPR, Hot97 FM (NYC), AOL’s “You’ve Got” series, HuffPost Live and the CBS Morning show. Additionally, her work in against cyberbullying has been covered by The Daily Beast, Forbes.com and Time.com
In her spare time, Carla is an active volunteer and public speaker. She currently sits on the board of the New York Foundation and the Rutgers University Center for Innovation Education, Big Data Advisory Board. Carla received her B.S. from Duke University, and an MBA from Columbia University School of Business.