About

Doreen is the founder and CEO of three companies—The Riverbend Group, Prepare To Roar and DoreenLinneman LLC, She also co-founded three other companies. She was the co-founder and CEO of iShake, LLC, an info-tainment company that developed software applications for the iPhone and the web. Both 12th Night Mobile, a mobile consulting firm and Leadership Game Changer, in partnership with IMG round out her start-up portfolio.

Pre-entrepreneur life she was immersed in healthcare companies like Johnson & Johnson and IMS Health across operations, marketing, sales, consulting, and investor relations.

Doreen holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and a Bachelor of Arts with pre-Med and Chemistry concentrations from Vanderbilt University. She is a Master Trainer in LIFO® Behavior and Communication Styles, and a certified Mental Toughness facilitator and trainer. She is an alumnus of Atlanta’s “40 Under 40” and is an international keynote speaker at sales meetings, product launches, universities, and conferences.

In 2012, Doreen opened Riverbend’s first International branch office, located in Johannesburg, serving clients in Sub-Saharan and East Africa. Riverbend serves its EMEA customers out of both the USA and the South Africa offices.

Also in 2012, Doreen founded Prepare To Roar®, an adventure-based learning® company. Prepare to Roar takes professional and personal development into nature’s classroom. Leveraging exotic locations such as Africa, Belize, and the Caribbean, Prepare to Roar offers curated expeditions that help people, teams and families courageously find and live their best lives.

Doreen has spent two decades helping people to break out of vicious cycles and to unleash their potential. Whether leading programs at the d-Brand, Prepare to Roar, or Riverbend, Doreen is passionate about igniting people and teams to find purpose, create transformational change, and maintain momentum.