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Jillian Alexander, MBA, CM&AA, CHRC
Founder and CEO
Managing Director, Corporate Development and Strategy

Profitability and customer-focused business strategist, deal broker and project manager Jillian Alexander brings over 20 years Management and Client Service experience to Conduit Consulting LLC. This includes more than 15 years collaborating with senior management at clients ranging from 14 Fortune Global 200 corporations to 10 start-ups spanning 15 diverse industries on company & product positioning, development and restructuring initiatives. In doing so, Jillian has not only helped her clients envision new products and services, develop award-winning business plans and marketing campaigns, increase revenue and operate efficiently, but also achieve and maintain top performance:

• 11 clients ranked #1 Most Admired within Fortune 500 industry group
• 8 clients ranked in Top 50 Most Profitable of Fortune 500
• 2 clients ranked in Top 50 of Fortune 500 for Profit Growth over 10 years
• 2 clients ranked in Top 50 of Fortune 500 for Shareholder Return over 10 years

Broadly, Jillian's professional achievements include:

• Performed strategic planning for 50+ Fortune Global 100 corporations to start-up entities.
• Guided envisioning sessions of 300+ new product & service concepts, then developed comprehensive business plans.
• Provided project management, functional and organization design expertise to guide more than 20 clients spanning six (6) industries’ multinational reorganizations and expansion.
• Designed and implemented Strategic Planning, New Venture Development, Service and Product Innovation, Outsourcing and Merger Integration strategies and processes.
• Devised Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Marketing and Procurement strategies, reengineered related processes and aligned organizations to improve performance.
• Represented buy-side and sell-side parties on 1000+ domestic and cross-border corporate & business transactions (e.g., Mergers & Acquisitions, Divestitures, Joint Ventures, Co-Development, Licensing, Outsourcing, Public Offerings and Private Placements).
• Performed due diligence on and/or reviewed 100+ companies' business plans.
• Managed preparation of two (2) of the 20 largest IPOs, both foraggressively scheduled Fortune 500 spin-offs.
• Positioned 100% of companies in business plans and investor relations materials to successfully raise capital or be acquired, which contributed to raising over $3.2B.
• Produced 225+ Product Launch & Brand Advertising campaigns ranging from $40K to $3M plus designed and coordinated 6000+ Product Placements valued at approximately $3M for Fortune 500 and private enterprise clients.
• 40% of start-up ventures have already achieved exit via acquisition; others are going concerns.
• Led divisional recruitment and supervised employees at six (6) companies; managed up to 70 on project teams.

From these assignments, she has developed proven approaches and tools to rapidly devise new products & services, operating models and business plans; source, evaluate, structure and manage acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and other strategic alliances; produce corporate and brand marketing campaigns; and manage business transformation.

Clients consistently commend Jillian for being a quick study; providing strategic insights and innovative, pragmatic solutions; creating effective negotiating strategies; building consensus amongst multiple stakeholder groups; maintaining professionalism, integrity, and sensitivity to clients; and ensuring timely completion of accurate, relevant, and robust deliverables.

Background

Prior to forming Conduit Consulting LLC, Jillian advised internal and external clients as Vice President-Corporate Development at SONYand member of its SONY US Venture team, as a Strategy Consultant during her four (4) year tenure at PricewaterhouseCoopers and in other roles. She has managed within and provided services to companies of all sizes. From these roles, Jillian gained extensive experience managing projects and relationships as well as Strategic Planning, Research & Development, Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Procurement, Production & Operations and Sales activities.

Clients and Employers have included:

• 7 Fortune Global 500 Media & Entertainment
• 3 Fortune Global 500 Financial Services
• 3 Fortune Global 500 Technology
• 5 Fortune 500 Retailers
• 5 Fortune 500 Travel
• 3 Fortune 500 Industrial Products & Services
• 3 Fortune 500 Consumer Products
•  more than 10 other Fortune Global 500s and Fortune 1000s in BioScience, Media & Entertainment, Retail and Technology
•  more than 10 Startups in Consumer Products, Internet, Industrial Products & Services, Media & Entertainment and Technology
• 3 Non-Profit Community Foundations and Trade Associations

Due to her entrepreneurial spirit, multidisciplinary skill set and adeptness at working cross-culturally, Jillian was selected as Central and East European Development (CEED) Program Fellow to enhance a local company's ability to compete in a free market economy, facilitate privatization, as well as support reconstruction and economic development within the region.

Being committed to both helping businesses compete in a global economy and creating jobs to bolster regional economies, in addition to her consulting work Jillian teaches International Business as an Adjunct Professor at Santa Monica College and has been actively involved with professional associations and community organizations. Activities include producing Entrepreneurship and Intraprenuership seminars for Executive and Senior Management personnel and providing career coaching to individuals at all levels.

Related to her external and internal advisory roles, Jillian has authored business articles published by Tribune Media and others as well as co-authored methodologies spanning Corporate Governance , Intellectual Property Rights Management, Merger & Acquisition and Strategic Partnership Analysis, Merger Integration, Organizational Performance Planning & Assessment, Procurement, and Valuations in addition to training materials covering Economic Contribution Analysis, Organization Design, and Strategy Development.

Jillian received her M.B.A. from Cornell University's S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management where her studies concentrated on Finance and International Business. Her professional qualifications include Certified M&A Advisor and Certified Human Resource Consultant. Additionally, after majoring in Marketing at Arizona State University, Jillian went on to study at American InterContinental University's Los Angeles and London campuses where she graduated cum laude, receiving a B.F.A. in Design.

An avid traveler, Jillian's adventures spanning five continents include trekking in Nepal, scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef, kayaking amongst Orcas in the San Juan Islands, and structuring acquisition plus planning privatization and integration of a Paperboard Mill in the former East Germany.

*Note: Fortune 500 according to Fortune, May 4, 2009. Fortune Global 500 according to Fortune, July 21, 2008.