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Anatomy of a Great Profile A tour of your Bolster profile and tips to make you stand out.
Profile Snapshot
Short Bio
Jennifer Lee helps pharmaceutical organizations
accelerate drug development pipelines from pre-
Additonal Roles
clinical to commercialization stages. She successfully
Corp Dev/Strategy launched 6 New Drug Application approvals
At the executive level, most people have
between 1-3 functional areas of expertise. This example does a great job of being very specific.
Your “Primary Role” should reflect your main Be clear about what type of company you are best
area of expertise, or desired role, and if you suited for and how they should plug you in to make the
have 1-2 others, you can list them under most of your expertise. Avoid generalized statements
“Additional Roles.” and trying to be everything to everyone
Industry Expertise
Biotechnology
Hospital & Health Care
Management Consulting
Pharmaceuticals
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Availability Life Sciences
98% available
Keep this updated to reflect your true We recommend that you only add the industries in
availability for new commitments. which you have deep expertise, from 1 to a maximum
of 6. Specifying too many industries lacks credibility.
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Skills and Projects
Projects Superpowers
Chief Operating Officer CEO Coach Chief Diversity Officer Company Operating System Operational Excellence
Organizational Alignment
Business Operations
Data Science Facilities and IT Finance and Accounting
Go-to-Market What is a superpower you might
wonder? These are your top 3 areas of
Corporate Data
expertise. If we asked someone who
Business Intelligence Software Business KPIs Interest to Order Map knows you well professionally ‘what’s this
person good at,’ they would definitely list
Order to Cash Map
these three things.
Corporate Organization
Business Information Audit
Data Science
Establish Science Team
Deep Expertise
Select or add projects that you could hit the Data Science Facilities and IT Finance and Accounting
ground running on for a new company. This area is
particularly important for clients looking for project Go-to-Market KPIs Partners/Vendors Process Managment
or consulting work.
Product Development Revenue Operations Service & Success Operations
Systems
These are areas that you have the most knowledge and skill in.
Clients will be looking to you as the “expert.”
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User Manual
User Manual
Communication Style
Other
I like to think matters through based on both fact and experience(gut), and
if opportune discuss them with peers/LST members to get other qualified
POV’s. However, I am not afraid of making decision myself, assuming I have
the responsibility and authority. Once the facts are clear, and way forward
reviewed, I like to be direct, yet respectful.
Personal Approach to Work
Flexible start and end times
Work does not always end at the same time as the end of the day. It is just
a fact of life.
Preferred Communication Channels
Regularly scheduled team meetings
Regularly scheduled 1:1 meetings
Ad hoc meetings
Feedback Preferences
Very open - give me feedback in any form at any time
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator I firmly believe in constructive two-way feedback and development.
What is Important
That my team is open and honest with each other. Everything that needs to be said is said in
the room, and not whispered afterwards
I don’t worry so much about hours worked as about outcomes
I like fluidity in how I operate every day. Wouldn’t it be great if everyone came with a professional user
manual? This is your opportunity to help a client understand how
Management Style
I want to understand what people are working on, and give input when needed. you think, what motivates you, share your work style, management
Leaders need to lead. And not necessarily always by dominating oversight. philosophies etc. so they know how to make the most of you. Don’t
Teams need a certain amount of autonomy once they have been given
solid, focused direction, to get the job done. That’s their skin in the game.
feel intimidated by the length, it is super easy to fill out. Most of the
That may mean, veering off of an agreed-to path, but still reaching the end questions are check-boxes.
goal. I like to give my teams controlled autonomy.
Leadership Values and Principles
I like my people to have “The freedom to Succeed.
I believe in integrity. Doing what you say you are going to do.
I strongly believe in having a POV, and having the cultural comfortability to
articulate it, as long as it is professional, and not hurtful or insulting.
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Experience
If you’d like to give clients
Experience Upload Resume the option to view your
CV, upload it here.
Alariss
CEO and Co-Founder 2017-current
• Founded technology company that leverages Alto match young
Americans to opportunities in the emerging markets
• Partner organizations include some of the largest tech unicorns based on
six continents and in multiple countries
• 30,000+ candidates and hundreds of introductions made with the goal of
fostering greater international collaboration
• Collaborate with government stakeholders including Singapore’s to
promote inclusive development
Verdig
Co-Founder 2018-2019
Human Interest Verdiq is a crowd voting and social media platform that promotes active
VP of Sales and Business engagement with current events. Verdiq enables communities to have more
2015 - 2017
Development thoughtful, productive, and respectful discussions around issues that matter,
especially with those who had different perspectives.
First employee of B2B FinTech company backed by top investors, including Y
Combinator, SV Angel Wing VC Our nine-member team includes machine learning engineers, public opinion
• Grew company from zero to tens of thousands of small business clients experts, an information systems PhD, and behavioral economists.
across the entire country and first $1 million ARR
• Formed original business units-sales, account management, operations, All data is given to users in the form of charts, maps, and filters. Our unique
marketing-now with over 200 employees methodology allows users to visualize and discuss how people of different
religions, nationalities, ages, genders, and income levels view important
issues.
Groupon
Western China General Manager
2011-2012
• Responsible for entering the new market of Western China with a total
market size of 200 million consumers
• Managed 100+ employees across different functional departments, Be sure to include specific consulting experience and
including sales, marketing, operations, and compliance
• Increased sales by 300% for region; first manager to achieve profitability
large projects completed during full time work. Think of
and promoted twice during tenure this as a deeper version of your LinkedIn profile, where
clients can see the companies you worked for, and your
Microsoft
accomplishments there. Hope that’s helpful
Asia Pacific Projects
2012-2012
· Reported directly to the Area Vice President of Microsoft Asia-Pacific who
oversaw 12 countries in APAC
. Collaborated with local governments and education NGOs for Microsoft’s
Citizenship and Partners in Learning initiatives
· Formulated recommendations for new employee on-boarding and
subsidiary expansion strategy across Asia Pacific
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Board Experience
If you have a board bio
Board or Equivalent Experience Upload Board Bio that you’d like clients to
see, upload it here.
Lightspeed
Board of Directors 2020-current
Public
Chair of the Risk Committee and member of the Compensation,
Nominating and Governance Committee at Lightspeed where the board
is guiding the global commerce leader in its high-growth expansion
phase. International board experience. (TSX and NYSE: LSPD)
Your Board Working Style
Gitlab
Presentation Board of Directors 2020-current
I excel at bringing out differing viewpoints and values a Private
collaborative style of problem-solving.
Independent non-executive director of this private venture-backed
Awards/Recognition company. GitLab is a DevOps platform built from the ground up as a
Recognitions & certifications include: - 2019 Most Influential single application for all stages of the DevOps lifecycle. This enables
Corporate Board Directors by Women’s Inc., - Board product, development, QA, security, and operations teams to work
Candidate Member, NYSE Board Advisory Council - Women concurrently on the same project, significantly reducing cycle time and
of Influence 2017 by Silicon Valley Business Journal, - Business focus exclusively on building great software quickly.
Insider: #6 of the 22 Most Powerful Women Engineers in
the World, - Lifetime Achievement Award by Girls in Tech She
has been quoted in many major publications, including WSJ,
Forbes, Fortune, CNET, CIO Review, Diligent Corporation, and
Business Insider.
If you’re interested in board roles, this is the place to feature all of your experience from past and
current board work. CEOs today are broadening their requirements for private board members.
They used to insist on previous board and/or CEO experience. Today, they still want qualified board
Include your strengths, style, and philosophy members to help guide their companies, but are changing the definition of ‘qualified’ to account
too where relevant. Remember, just because for other senior leadership experience that could add value and bring more diversity of thought to
you haven’t served on a corporate board does the table. If you haven’t been a prior corporate director, but have held other types of advisory or
not mean that you aren’t “board ready.” board roles that provided familiarity with boards and corporate governance, then that is the type of
experience you want to highlight (ie. senior exec at a company preparing for, and participating in,
board meetings; nonprofits; community, etc -- parent volunteer leadership roles count!).
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