About

At the intersection of technology, leadership, and storytelling, Delaney Norvor is an executive, writer, and entrepreneur known for creating systems that endure and scaling products that matter. With over a decade of experience across startups, global corporations, and national institutions, she has consistently paired vision with execution to deliver measurable results in product strategy, organizational leadership, and market growth.

Currently, Delaney serves at the White House with the U.S. Digital Service, where she is advancing mission-critical technology initiatives across federal agencies. She is also the Chief Product Officer of United Exports, a federally aligned company supported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Managing Director of Saturn Holdings, a global strategy firm with a portfolio that spans real estate, hospitality, fintech, and media. These dual lenses, government innovation and private-sector execution, position her uniquely at the crossroads of public impact and corporate strategy.

Delaney’s career is marked by tangible impact. She has driven a 40% increase in user engagement and a 25% boost in revenue across organizations she has guided. Her collaborations with Meta, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon included designing a machine learning solution that improved content moderation by 40% for the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, underscoring her ability to deliver results at scale.

Her entrepreneurial instincts were evident early on. At just 19, she joined the social media startup Ping.it as a product manager, where her work earned her the nickname “Product Prodigy.” She went on to found and grow three ventures while in college:

  • 35mm (now Fyby): a social-commerce platform where she increased conversion rates by 25%.

  • LocalEye.org: a civic-tech initiative attracting over 25,000 monthly visits within three years.

  • CollegeCleaningCompany.com: a student-focused service that achieved 100 signups at launch through grassroots marketing.

Her corporate leadership track is equally distinguished. At the National Apartment Association (NAA), Delaney became the highest-ranking product leader at age 28, overseeing a $36M portfolio and leading a pivotal organizational transformation. With no VP, SVP, or CPO above her, she restructured a struggling team of eight, revitalized flagship platforms like Click & Lease and Income/Expense IQ, and introduced scalable playbooks and experimentation frameworks that elevated both product adoption and cross-department alignment.

Before NAA, she served as Head of Product at Podopolo, where she led a multidisciplinary team and achieved a 30% increase in retention and a 50% increase in engagement by pioneering gamification strategies. At Naya Labs, she oversaw a diverse product suite including health tech, B2B platforms, and consumer apps. Earlier in her career, she became the youngest product manager hired at EVERFI at 25, where her leadership contributed to an additional $10M in annual revenue.

Through Saturn Holdings, Delaney continues to broaden her scope as a strategist and venture builder. She spearheads initiatives such as Volta Lakeside Resort (a hospitality development in Ghana), Mythos Living (a multifamily real estate brand), Fyby (a reimagined social commerce platform), and Koina (a fintech solution for vendor payments). Each reflects her long-term vision of shaping industries with inclusive innovation, cultural resonance, and disciplined execution.

Beyond business, Delaney is also a writer whose work examines leadership, identity, and navigating systems not designed for everyone. Drawing from her lived experience as a Black disabled woman in corporate leadership, she challenges traditional norms while empowering professionals to lead with vision, purpose, and measurable impact. Her essays, talks, and forthcoming memoir Corporate Boogeyman highlight both the silent costs of being underestimated and the transformative potential of resilience.

From boardrooms to federal offices to entrepreneurial ventures, Delaney’s career reflects an unshakable commitment to building what the system forgot to imagine: equitable, effective, and enduring pathways to leadership and innovation.

“When I was eight-years-old, I met Stevie Wonder through a close friend of mine (no, I wasn’t able to take a photo–so you just have to take my word for it). He was the first disabled person I ever met, and it was life-changing. Being able to see that he was both disabled and an incredibly successful icon imbued me with confidence. From then on, I knew that I could succeed at whatever I wanted to do.”

Delaney Norvor

Photo Source: Stevie Wonder, 2021 Tour, Billboard.com

Through her journey with dystonia, a condition that makes it physically difficult for her to speak, Delaney has established herself as a force to be reckoned in the tech industry. She continues to successfully navigate a business landscape riddled with misperceptions about professionals with disabilities and takes a strong stand against ableism in the classroom, the boardroom, and everywhere in between.

Delaney holds a master’s degree in International Health Management from the UK’s Imperial College Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science & English from the University of Miami.


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