Member since April 2024
As a trailblazer in the mobile app space, Jeanette co-founded Blurtt, the pioneering meme creation app that hit the market in 2012. Her innovative spirit and leadership skills also led her to become an executive founding team member of Vinli, a connected car platform, and Dialexa, a digital product design and development company that was acquired by IBM in 2022. In 2023, Jeanette was named top 20 women in technology by the Dallas Business Journal.
Before her entrepreneurial ventures, Jeanette started her career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs, where she honed her financial acumen and strategic thinking skills. At the young age of 24, Jeanette became one of the youngest Managers in Accenture's history, spearheading the product and go-to-market approach for global technology support services.
After her first tenure at Dialexa, Jeanette joined Clareo, a growth strategy consulting firm based in Chicago, where she led strategy and operations. In this role, she was instrumental in driving talent growth and scaling operations, while also serving as the product strategist for Forest Software, the firm's proprietary innovation management platform.
In 2021, Jeanette returned to Dialexa, bringing with her a wealth of experience and a renewed passion for driving innovation and growth in the technology sector.
Jeanette has an MBA at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Journalism from The University of Texas at Austin, showcasing her diverse skill set and interdisciplinary background.
Beyond her professional achievements, Jeanette is a passionate advocate for personalized medicine, human performance, and technology. Her dedication to these fields earned her a spot on the front page of the Wall Street Journal in 2020 as a human interest story. As an accomplished competitive figure skater who returned to the sport after a 30-year hiatus, Jeanette embodies the spirit of resilience, determination, and the pursuit of excellence.
Jeanette is also an avid writer, sharing her insights and experiences through various publications such as TechCrunch, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and her own blog. With her unique blend of business acumen, technical expertise, and creative storytelling, Jeanette continues to inspire and empower others to reach their full potential.
Training as a figure skater, working collaboratively with leaders to make shit happen, helping others achieve their potential
Resilience is a Muscle: What I Learned From Returning to Competitive Figure Skating After A 30 Year Hiatus
I am currently a fractional COO/CPO. I want to make a career out of fractional or interim leadership roles. Lately it’s become a popular thing but no surprise here, I am an OG.
In college, I had a vision where I would come into companies, rescue them and leave. Later I found out it was called “turnaround management.”
I started my career in debt investing (Munis/High Yield). After my stint at Goldman Sachs in their Special Situations group, I finally got my opportunity to be on the debtor side.
I was on the turnaround team of a chicken company. Have you ever seen a chicken electrocuted?
On Monday I’d drive to the middle of nowhere, small town. I remember the C-Suite cubicles having Bibles on them. On Friday, I’d drive home.
The area where I worked was locked down. We had death threats. I was convinced the town was going to poison our food so started eating at Subway and would wear a hat to hide who I was. I was paranoid.
I was the only female on the project. I was privileged to all the locker room talk. I personally prefer conversations without filters because what you see is what you get. This is better than covert “nice fake” people who want me dead or gone. Plus I knew I’d never marry any of those guys.
One day, I walked in and said, “You don’t need me anymore. I think this should be my last week.”
They were shocked and said, “Ok, thank you for your honesty.” Why would I quit a job where I was making $350 an hour with nothing lined up?
There comes a time in everyone’s life where values just don’t align and I acted on this.
I believe in efficiency.
I believe in truth.
I believe in honesty.
I believe in fairness.
I believe in authenticity.
I believe realness.
I believe in meaning.
Do you see how someone like this could be unhappy being a cog in a wheel, playing such a shallow game?
I want to do what I do best. Get sh@t done, work with smart people, have fun, work fast and furiously, be authentic, be real, have impact. Above all, I want to ensure that my genuine concern for others' success doesn't result in me being taken advantage of or exploited.
This is what drives me.
Resilience is a Muscle: What I Learned From Returning to Competitive Figure Skating After A 30 Year Hiatus
I am currently a fractional COO/CPO. I want to make a career out of fractional or interim leadership roles. Lately it’s become a popular thing but no surprise here, I am an OG.
In college, I had a vision where I would come into companies, rescue them and leave. Later I found out it was called “turnaround management.”
I started my career in debt investing (Munis/High Yield). After my stint at Goldman Sachs in their Special Situations group, I finally got my opportunity to be on the debtor side.
I was on the turnaround team of a chicken company. Have you ever seen a chicken electrocuted?
On Monday I’d drive to the middle of nowhere, small town. I remember the C-Suite cubicles having Bibles on them. On Friday, I’d drive home.
The area where I worked was locked down. We had death threats. I was convinced the town was going to poison our food so started eating at Subway and would wear a hat to hide who I was. I was paranoid.
I was the only female on the project. I was privileged to all the locker room talk. I personally prefer conversations without filters because what you see is what you get. This is better than covert “nice fake” people who want me dead or gone. Plus I knew I’d never marry any of those guys.
One day, I walked in and said, “You don’t need me anymore. I think this should be my last week.”
They were shocked and said, “Ok, thank you for your honesty.” Why would I quit a job where I was making $350 an hour with nothing lined up?
There comes a time in everyone’s life where values just don’t align and I acted on this.
I believe in efficiency.
I believe in truth.
I believe in honesty.
I believe in fairness.
I believe in authenticity.
I believe realness.
I believe in meaning.
Do you see how someone like this could be unhappy being a cog in a wheel, playing such a shallow game?
I want to do what I do best. Get sh@t done, work with smart people, have fun, work fast and furiously, be authentic, be real, have impact. Above all, I want to ensure that my genuine concern for others' success doesn't result in me being taken advantage of or exploited.
This is what drives me.
