Primary industry: Communication | Secondary industry: Technology
Suzanne (Zan) Braun is a senior marketing and growth strategist with over 26 years of experience helping emerging startups and scaleups move from concept to market traction. As Founder and CEO of Relish Ideas Inc., a Certified B-Corp agency, she has guided hundreds of organizations through brand positioning, customer validation, and go-to-market acceleration across technology, EdTech, and social-purpose sectors.
Suzanne has served as CMO for Illumia Labs, an AI learning technology company, and Revinew Inc., a growth advisory specializing in scale-up and exit strategy. As founder of Quipped Interactive Learning Tools, an award-winning EdTech startup, she led product innovation, fundraising, and national rollout of teacher-focused digital learning tools.
She has shared her expertise on startup marketing and commercialization at the University of Calgary’s Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking and continues to advise purpose-driven ventures seeking sustainable growth. Known for blending creative strategy with market discipline, Suzanne helps founders build scalable, investor-ready, and impact-oriented companies.