Marion McGovern is a proud member of the Gig Economy. She spent her entire career in the human capital space, founding M Squared Consulting, a gig economy company, before the term was even coined. As the company grew, the independent contractor risk became an issue, so she also founded an employment compliance business, Colabrus. After growing the companies throughout California, she sold them to a South African public Company, The Kelley Group . She remained the CEO for the S. African owners for six years, expanding to new cities, managing through the black swan “tech wreck,” and restoring the firm to solid profitability two years later. She remained a Board member for an additional 6 years, and even spent an 18 month stint as an interim CEO. She wrote two books about her business experience, the most recent being Thriving in the Gig Economy, which was published in 2017.

Upon leaving her operator role, she taught business school for seven years. She joined the CEO Alliance as a Director, where she facilitates peer education with the San Francisco Bay Area CEOs. She also mentors several young entrepreneurs and CEOs and provides advisory services for several start-ups.

Additionally, she serves on several boards, both corporate and philanthropic. In both domains she has served as Chair of the Board as well as Audit Committee Chair.

She often says her career is like dim sum – there are a lot of plates on the table, and those plates are her gigs.