Ms. Jill Hellman, Chief Innovator
Ms. Hellman is a prominent, energetic and memorable speaker skilled in delivering trainings on innovation and strategy. She has over 15 years of experience in strategy, innovation and training. Ms. Hellman spent the first 10 years of her career inside Fortune 500 companies ultimately serving as Director of Strategy for a $19 billion company. In this role, Ms. Hellman was responsible for implementing strategic initiatives across the enterprise. In addition to creating the General Manager training program and implementing operational standards for over 300 locations, she led the integration of more than $1 billion in acquisitions.
Ms. Hellman also serves as a consultant and speaker and has travelled around the world to address audiences for such companies as Microsoft and regional entities as the Nordic Innovation Centre. Furthermore she has led the creation of the Innovation Network in Cornell University. This network brings together top-level executives several times a year to strategise on major business trends and stretch business leaders’ minds to new levels of inventiveness.