Jennifer Zanich

Jennifer is a senior corporate executive and start-up CEO. She was a senior executive in Microsoft Asia Pacific which grew to $1B in revenue, and worked on MSN 1.0 in the Advanced Technology Team. Jennifer then spent 10 years in Silicon Valley and was the founder & CEO of 5 companies, leading two to exits. Wedgetail Communications (enterprise security and identity management) was acquired by Vintela, and cloud-based mobile messaging pioneer Xumii, was acquired by the Myriad Group [MYRN]. Jennifer is an angel investor and a limited partner in a Silicon Valley technology venture fund and also advised the federal government's venture capital committee's $750m investment into Australian VC. She has recently started a role as head of Global Partnerships and Ecosystems, in the Department of Entrepreneurship, at the University of New South Wales, where she is raising a Fund to support UNSW Founder businesses, Jennifer also designed and led the Founders 10X Accelerator, which identifies high potential start-ups within the University environment.