FIVE MINUTES WITH ...
JESSICA NORDLANDER
COO , THOUGHTEXCHANGE
EXGOOGLER , MELTWATER MD AND AWARDED SWEDEN ’ S MOST INNOVATIVE LEADER , JESSICA IS AN ADEPT SPEAKER , A FORBES AND INC COLUMNIST AND HAS ADDRESSED EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAMS AT TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS INCLUDING WARWICK AND COLUMBIA .
Q . WHAT IS THOUGHTEXCHANGE ?
» One of Canada ’ s fastest-growing tech companies , enterprise crowdsourcing firm Thoughtexchange is an almost 100 % remote-first organisation with over 150 people working from 145 + offices . I have overall responsibility for our company operations and lead all of our internal operational functions including IT , BizOps , RevOps and legal , plus engineering and Customer Success Operations .
Q . WHO ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS ?
» We have two main verticals , US K12 school districts and large corporations . Companies like GE , SAP and Oracle / Netsuite trust us to help them involve their employees in important decisions .
Q . CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS BEFORE THOUGHTEXCHANGE ?
» It was definitely being trusted with my first international opportunity , when my previous employer , SaaS company Meltwater , transferred me from my native Sweden to lead their Dubai office that covered the Middle East and North Africa . The combination of being completely outside of my comfort zone but at the same time knowing that someone believed in me enough to let me take on such an assignment supercharged my development . It taught me that I can do hard things . Another difficult journey that taught me a lot was when I took on my first job outside of digitally native companies
24 May 2022