As a Strategic Advisor to SION60, Jen Baird brings her over two decades of experience founding and leading high-potential startups to help SION60 develop and commercialize its innovative carbon reduction as a service vision. As a venture and angel-backed CEO, she raised over $75M (seed-Series C), led strategy, product development and commercialization, compensation strategy, and scaleup. Her outcomes include startups that achieved global sales and 10x revenue exits (5-6x investor returns), fast FDA De Novo and 510(k) clearances, successful HITRUST/HIPAA-compliant clinical deployments, and renewable energy power generation. Jen’s earlier career focused on operations improvement consulting, selling and leading 37 projects for Fortune 50 to middle market clients across industries plus working in finance, technology, and regulated industries. In addition, she contributes to the entrepreneurial ecosystem as a Board member, strategic advisor, CEO coach, blogger, mentor/consultant, and speaker/panelist.
Jen has received many forms of recognition over the years, to name a few – twice named Crain’s Detroit Business’ 100 Most Influential Women in Michigan as well as Top 10 Artificial Intelligence Solutions Provider.