Brad Stevens helps leaders and entrepreneurs get to the next level.
BRIEF BIO
Brad is a lifetime entrepreneur having built multiple domestic and international businesses with distribution across 18 countries. He is currently the Founder & CEO of Outsource Access (OA), an offshore virtual services firm he has grown to 500 employees in just 3.5 years with a target of doubling to 1000+ staff by the end of 2023. In 2021 OA was the only outsourcing company to receive the Inc Magazine Best in Business Award for firms making the biggest impact on their communities, industries, the environment, and society as a whole in alignment with their commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
His firm is also the only comprehensive outsourcing company to win the 2023 Real Leaders Impact Award from Real Leaders Magazine which is the official preferred Partner Publication of YPO and is a recipient of the 2022 Inc Magazine Power Partner Awards. He is also a founding member of the Real Leaders Impact Collaborative with global CEO’s committed to making impact and change.
Brad also co-founded a software platform, 1-ON-1 Connections, that drives the value of membership organizations by creating 1 on 1 meeting matchups and introductions at scale. He walks-the-walk with expertise on scaling, automation, outsourcing and high-performance virtual teams.
Brad has also advised business and civic leaders including direct strategic work with Martin Luther King III and for his current philanthropic efforts in launching Virtual Assistants Give Back, a documentary film was made about his firm. He was also selected to run a think-tank at the United Nations headquarters in NYC on the Sustainable Development Goals during an event with over 200 entrepreneurs from around the world and co-founded a 5-year charitable event to support Breast Cancer awareness.
Brad is a global keynote speaker through his firm BST International in the USA, Canada, South America, Latin America, Canada, Africa, Middle East, Australia and Asia. He speaks on agility and scaling and has had the honor of sharing stages alongside thought leaders such as John Maxwell and Deepak Chopra.
He speaks to CEO peer groups, universities, and business organizations including Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), John Maxwell Ambassadors, SCORE, SIOR, Women Presidents’ Organization, International Entrepreneur Summit, The Growth Hacking Conference, Life by Design Summit, Vistage, TAB, and the CEO Brain Trust.
Brad is also a published TEDx Speaker on the topic of How Personal Global Economies Are Redefining Entrepreneurship with 230,000+ views and created the podcast Automate & Delegate – What Should You NOT Be Doing with guests sharing specific tools, resources and strategies to fast track their business and personal growth. He is also the author of the Nano Learning Course published to 15,000 EO members globally: How to Confidently Scale with Offshore Virtual Staff, Outsourcing and Easy Tech Tools.
He has been featured in the Wall Street Business Network and Inc Magazine 4 times on multiple business strategy topics including insights on why “hedgehogs” and “flywheels” have been key to the rapid growth of his current firm on the other side of the globe without being able to physically visit due to Covid. He has been featured on the cover of Rising Stars of Simply Buckhead Magazine and the cover of Small Business Magazine.
Brad is also a 10-year Member of the Global Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO) and is currently serving as the EO US East Coast Regional Director for Member Engagement and Leadership across 22 chapters and 2,000 members. He has also served as President for the EO Atlanta Chapter along with roles as Accelerator and Strategic Alliance Partner Chair. For his work, he was presented the Paul Doyle “Living Beyond Yourself” award for leadership and service to EO given to 2 members across the 2,000 member region.
Brad graduated from the Wharton Business School with Finance and Marketing Concentrations and recently completed a Harvard Business School Executive Education Program on Inspiring Entrepreneurial Strategy. He was also selected to participate in the EO Entrepreneurial Masters Program at MIT Endicott House and the Global Leadership Academy in Washington, DC. Brad lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife Cindy, a passionate educator for 13 years, and their two children that keep them quite busy, Ella and Brayden. Connect with Brad on LinkedIn here.
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND INFLUENCE
International Speaking
Brad Stevens is impacting business on a global scale by speaking internationally to organizations that are ready to scale exponentially, overcome constraints and discover agility. Up Next: Malaysia, Africa, Canada, Latin American, South America
United Nations
Recently Brad was asked to co-lead a global think tank for entrepreneurs by the United Nations where he is focusing on creating a private enterprise to advance 4 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) of the United Nations to wipe out poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
VAs Give Back
The Virtual Assistants Give Back is a philanthropic program designed by Brad and his team to give back to the Philippines and its future leaders. The current campaign is called “New Shoes. New Hope,” reaching communities and schools where access to facility, opportunity and convenience is limited.
MAKING WAVES DOMESTICALLY
Domestic Workshops
Brad continues to pave the way for domestic companies by providing workshops and guidance on low cost innovative growth hacking strategies. His workshops consistently receive 9.7 out of 10 on audience feedback rating surveys.
Consulting and Advisory
As a lifetime entrepreneur, Brad has helped build multiple 7 figure businesses in domestic and international markets within several industries including physical products, eCommerce and professional services. He continues to offer consulting and advisory services to companies and organizations like Martin Luther King III.
Outsource Access
Brad is the CEO and Founder of Outsource Access, that helps businesses embrace highly innovative and low-cost ways to grow their business by leveraging time, money and a creative mindset using global, virtual teams.
