“brave. ACTIOnable. UNFORGETTABLE.”
Innovator, 2X Venture-Backed Founder & CEO, Former Executive at Starbucks & BCG, Top Presenter on QVC
An entrepreneur and disruptor, Jane Park is one of only a handful of women ever to have raised over $50M from Silicon Valley. A creative visionary, Park has patented three consumer innovations and brought them to market at retailers such as Target, Costco, Nordstrom, Ulta and Sephora. An engaging TV personality, Jane Park has sold over $20M on QVC. She is the first Korean-American woman to take a company public on the New York Stock Exchange.
Armed with razor-sharp intellect, humor, and deep first-hand experience building teams, Park is a dynamic speaker who helps teams bring new ideas to life by building a culture of innovation. Teams leave energized with a roadmap for taking on risk and achieving high performance through uncertaintly.
In addition to sharing actionable strategies for turning challenges into fuel for transformation, Park inspires audiences with her powerful personal story growing up as the daughter of an orphaned father who was separated from his family at age nine when the border between North and South Korea was drawn. She captivates audiences with defining moments from her life and career, sharing hard-earned lessons on embracing uncertainty, finding your voice, and entrepreneuring your life to fuel your next level of growth.
Previously, Park served as an executive at Starbucks in the New Ventures division where she oversaw the development and implementation of new consumer businesses. She was also a leader at the Boston Consulting Group in the Retail and Consumer Goods practice group, and a founding director of the CEO Forum for Education and Technology whose membership included luminaries such as Steve Jobs (Apple) and Eckhard Pfeiffer (Compaq). She currently serves on the Board of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship.