Meet James Robert Lay
Global Keynote Speaker: James Robert has spoken at over 300 events around the world to teach marketing, sales, and leadership teams how to level up their growth in the Age of AI.
Best-selling Author: James Robert wrote the bestselling book Banking on Digital Growth and hosts one of the top 5% of all podcasts in the world.
Digital Anthropologist: For over twenty years, James Robert has studied the intersection of marketing, sales, technology, and human behavior to learn how beliefs, thoughts, and emotions influence the way people buy in a digital world.
Entrepreneur, Founder and CEO: James Robert is currently on a mission to help growth-minded financial brands stop losing loans and deposits as the founder and CEO of the Digital Growth Institute.
James Robert’s thinking is frequently published in:
James Robert has been named:
Top Global Financial Services Influencer
- The Financial Brand
Top 20 Best New Digital Marketing Books to Read
- Book Authority
on Banking on Digital Growth
One of the Top 5% Podcast Hosts in the World
- Listen Notes
Credit
Union
Rockstar
- CUNA
Top Marketing Automation Resource
- Docurated
40 Under 40 Trailblazer
- Book Authority
Trusted by growth-minded brands around the world.
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Speaker Introduction: James Robert Lay is one of the world’s leading digital marketing authors, speakers, and advisors for growth-minded brands.
As a digital anthropologist, James Robert has studied the intersection of marketing, sales, technology, and human behavior for over twenty years. He wrote the best-selling book Banking on Digital Growth, and he hosts the Banking on Digital Growth podcast, which is ranked among the top five percent of all podcasts in the world.
James Robert is also the founder and CEO of the Digital Growth Institute, where he is on a mission to help financial brands stop losing loans and deposits. He has been named a top global financial services influencer to follow by The Financial Brand, while his insights are frequently featured in outlets such as U.S. News & World Report, Entrepreneur Magazine, Quartz, American Banker, and Credit Union Times, among many others.
“James Robert Lay brings a level of enthusiasm and creativity to a presentation like no one else. We want to clone him!”
—Dennis J. Sullivan, Chairman CU Leadership Convention