CEOs in the Channel: Shari Marion-Hoff of Edgewalk Business Experience

Catch our latest interview with IT channel CEOs to help our members learn from each other. CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux talks with Shari Marion-Hoff, founder and CEO of Edgewalk Business Experience.



Edgewalk’s mission is to facilitate partnerships between colleges/universities and corporations in order to accelerate the development of tomorrow’s business professionals. It provides real-world, hands-on business experience for college and university students by partnering with corporations to work on a variety of business projects.

Corporations benefit from having work completed by Edgewalk Business ApprenticeTM teams led by experienced Subject Matter Experts (SME) and Experience Leaders. The result is businesses receive quality work at a lower cost, plus the added value of participating in the training of the business professionals of tomorrow.

Marion-Hoff believes that the only way students can actually learn business skills is by working in a business. Soft skills are not developed in a day. They are developed through experience, on a regular basis, over a period of time.

The company’s Experience Leaders have a minimum of 15+ years of experience in their chosen field. They interface and manage the projects with their clients, but they also provide coaching and mentoring to their student work teams.