Camilla Ley Valentin

{{Short description|Danish business executive}}

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Camilla Ley Valentin is Danish business executive who co-founded and, as of September 2015, is the chief communications officer of the internet queuing system Queue-it.{{cite web|url=http://borsen.dk/nyheder/avisen/artikel/11/39148/artikel.html?hl=Q2FtaWxsYSBMZXkgVmFsZW50aW4,|title=BLÅ BOG Camilla Ley Valentin|publisher=Børsen|date=18 January 2013|accessdate=7 September 2015 |language=Danish}} She is the daughter of the composer and television host Hans-Henrik Ley (1923–2014).{{cite web|url=https://queue-it.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/15-06-2010_-_Borsen_-_Independence_included_from_home.pdf|title=Selvstændighed med hjemmefra|publisher=Børsen|date=20 August 2010|accessdate=7 September 2015 |language=Danish}}

Ley Valentin ascribes her success to her father's inspiration and to the training she received while working for A.P. Møller-Mærsk. After becoming interested in the Internet, she earned an MBA from Heriot Watt University in Scotland. She then spent a constructive period working for the IT department of Nykredit, but she began looking for a position where her work reflected her own creativity. This led her to join Fourkant in Copenhagen where she had the opportunity to concentrate on the Queue-it Internet application which she co-founded in 2010. The system is designed to resolve end-user overload in order to prevent website failure.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/camilla-leyvalentin/|title=Camilla Ley-Valentin|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=7 September 2015}}

In 2012, Ley Valentin became the first woman in IT to receive the Danish "Female Entrepreneur of the Year" award hosted by Deloitte.{{cite web|url=http://thestoryexchange.org/camilla-ley-valentin-queueit/|title=Camilla Ley Valentin: Queue-It — Globally Scaling A Software-As-A-Service Company|publisher=The Storey Exchange|accessdate=7 September 2015 |language=}}

In connection with her award, Ley Valentin explained: "My childhood home was immersed in a spirit of creativity, industriousness and achievement." For Trendsonline, she added: "There is not a single day that I go home without learning something, creating something or meeting inspiring people. That probably explains why I've kept working in the business for almost 15 years."{{cite web|url=http://trendsonline.dk/2012/12/05/camilla-ley-valentin-fra-queue-it-vinder-ivaekstpris/|title=Camilla Ley Valentin fra Queue-It vinder Ivækstpris|publisher=Trendsonline.dk|date=5 December 2012|accessdate=7 September 2015 |language=Danish}}