Debby Hopkins is Citi’s chief innovation officer and CEO of Citi Ventures. Based in Palo Alto, California, she is responsible for accelerating and scaling innovation across Citi by imagining and developing new products, services, business models, and ways of working. Her mandate also includes analyzing market signals and trends to identify new ideas and activities in the fin-tech space as well as seeking investment opportunities in core domain areas relevant to financial services. Prior to Citi, she held senior-level positions at several global firms, including chief financial officer for both Boeing and Lucent Technologies, and vice president of finance for General Motors Europe. Debby serves on several boards, including Qlik Tech Inc., Citizen Schools, and Green Music Center. Fortune magazine has twice named her one of the most powerful women in American business. She was also named to the Institutional Investors Tech 50 list in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Citi, Coke, IdeaLab: Preemptive Innovation
Chui: We’re going to talk a little bit about preemptive innovation. As we were thinking about this, we were trying to figure out what the opposite of preemptive innovation—I guess it’s reactive innovation. But I’m joined by a terrific panel of folks who are practitioners of innovation at different types of companies, different companies. I want […]
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Techonomy 14
This year Techonomy moves to the beautiful Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay, November 9-11, on the cliffs south of San Francisco, near Silicon Valley.
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Techonomy 11
Techonomy is about the centrality of technology to business and social progress and the urgency of embracing the rapid pace of change brought by technology. Every major issue going forward will be affected by how it intersects with tech innovation. We believe that only those leaders who keep this conviction at the forefront of their […]
