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Kalon Gutierrez

Managing Director

Digital and Technology Consulting
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  • Phone: 415.291.7523
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  • University of California, Los Angeles, Anderson School of Management, M.B.A.

    University of California, San Diego, B.A., Urban Studies and Planning

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Kalon Gutierrez is a managing director with Manatt’s digital and technology consulting practice in the firm’s San Francisco office. As an entrepreneur and strategist, Kalon leads technology and innovation initiatives for top disrupters, including co-founding three consumer-focused companies.

Kalon guides next-generation consumer, retail, media and entertainment, financial services and education companies through the full landscape of business, brand development, partnership, investment and growth opportunities.

Prior to joining Manatt, Kalon founded a boutique strategy consulting firm serving some of the world’s most recognized technology, retail and financial services brands. Previously, he held leadership roles at ZoomSystems (automated retail) and J.C. Penney during its retail transformation, and co-founded Nomadic, an immersive virtual reality entertainment company, where he hired and built the marketing, communications and development teams and led external partnerships and investment. Kalon has led business development for large retail stores and automated retail systems, and also co-founded Bixbee, a B corporation that gives a backpack and school supplies to a child in need for every backpack sold.

Kalon is a writer and featured speaker on emerging technology trends, diversity and inclusion, and leadership. He also serves on the advisory teams of various academic institutions and growth companies.

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements

Guest Speaker, “The Future Leaders Certificate (FLC) Programme: Entrepreneurial Mindset,” Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham, February 2023

Memberships

Memberships

Advisor, Specular Theory

Co-founder, Board Member, Bixbee

Advisor, Adventure Lab

Advisor, XO from USA

Publications

Publications

Author, “2023 Is The Year and a Fear of Uncertainty. Here's How to Navigate It,” Entrepreneur, January 1, 2023.

Author, “The Isolation of Remote Work Puts Young Employees Most At Risk. Here's What We Can Do About It.” Entrepreneur, October 27, 2022.

Author, “​7 Ways Companies Can Harness Failure to Drive Success,” Entrepreneur, July 21, 2022.

Author, “The Founder's Opportunity: What Do I Want My Company to Be When It Grows Up?,” Entrepreneur, June 2, 2022.

Author, “Looking Inward to Grow Outward: 5 Keys to Managing Human Capital Through Hyper-Growth,” Entrepreneur, April 1, 2022.

Author, “The Great Reidentification: 5 Ways Businesses Can Lead Authentically in Our New Working World,” Entrepreneur, February 19, 2022.

Author, “5 Keys to Success for the Mid-Career Entrepreneur,” Entrepreneur, December 17, 2021.

Co-author, “7 Keys to Authentically Investing in Diverse Start-ups,” Entrepreneur, October 23, 2021.

Author, “10 Things College Athletes Should Consider When Building a Business Based on Their Own Personal Brand,” Entrepreneur, August 15, 2021.

Author, “It's Time to Redefine the Influencer,” Entrepreneur, July 9, 2021.

Author, “4 Work Models that Will Define the Post-Pandemic World,” Entrepreneur, May 20, 2021.

Kalon in the News

  • 12.14.21

    Manatt Continues Growth of Digital and Technology Team With Arrival ...

    Timothy Lohse’s extensive intellectual property litigation and prosecution experience and Michel Narganes’ sophisticated corporate work ...

  • 09.21.21

    Manatt Continues to Expand National Health Care Group With Arrival of ...

    Accomplished senior business executive Eboné Carrington brings extensive background managing complex health care organizations through experience ...

  • 09.15.21

    Manatt’s Wilson and Landsberg Named to Daily Journal’s “Top 100” ...

    Manatt CEO and Managing Partner Donna Wilson and health care litigation Partner Barry Landsberg have been named to Daily Journal&rsq...

  • 08.18.21

    Manatt Adds Leading CFPB Regulator to Growing National Financial ...

    Former CFPB Associate Director Bryan Schneider brings unparalleled regulatory experience to the firm’s expanding hybridized financial services group.

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Kalon's Articles

  • 01.01.23

    2023 Is The Year and a Fear of Uncertainty. Here's How to Navigate ...

    In his most recent column for Entrepreneur, Manatt Digital and Technology Managing Director Kalon Gutierrez offered advice to business leaders on ...



  • 10.25.22

    The Isolation of Remote Work Puts Young Employees Most At Risk. ...

    In his latest Entrepreneur column, Manatt Digital and Technology Managing Director Kalon Gutierrez discusses how the isolation of remote work ...



  • 09.07.22

    Manatt Launches NIL Program Playbook and Scorecard

    In June 2021, the NCAA issued a policy, effective July 1, 2021, allowing NCAA student-athletes to monetize their name, image and likeness (NIL) ...



  • 07.21.22

    7 Ways Companies Can Harness Failure to Drive Success

    In his latest column for Entrepreneur, Manatt Digital and Technology Managing Director Kalon Gutierrez examined the value of failure and how it ...



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Kalon's Newsletters

  • 03.05.21

    Top Ten Questions Every Company Should Ask Themselves to Plan for ...

    Growth for growth’s sake is not necessarily beneficial to a company. There are many implications to consider.



Kalon's Events and Webinars

  • 09.16.22

    Episode 20: Navigating the College Athletics NIL Boom: Building a ...

    As the wave of opportunity continues to swell for student-athletes at NCAA member institutions who are now able to monetize their name, ...



  • 11.24.21

    Episode 14: Supply Chain Bottlenecks and the Impacts on Retailers ...

    The pandemic has disrupted almost all major industries—and retail is no exception. From global supply chain issues to driver ...



  • 09.21.21

    New Class of Talent: NCAA NIL Changes and Implications for Brand, ...

    The NCAA’s new name, image and likeness (NIL) rules and state laws allow college athletes to profit from legitimate brand partnerships, ...

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