Christian Leman

Christian Leman has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Christian is currently the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Corporate Development at ZenBusiness PBC, where they are responsible for driving platform partnerships and managing M&A deals. Christian is also an Investor and Advisor at tubular.network.

Prior to their current roles, Leman worked as the Managing Partner of Growth & Innovation Consulting at CPLC Global, where they coached and advised startups and growth companies. Christian also served as the Vice President of Innovation at WorldStrides and held multiple senior positions at Expedia Group, including Senior Director of Global Business Development and Senior Director of Global Channel Operations.

Leman has also served as a Board Director and Advisor for Product Strategy and Business Development at Foundation Analytics - Mosaics. Additionally, they have experience as a Board Director of Kale Softech Inc. at Accelya and as the Head of Product at The Marketing Store, North America.

Before these roles, Leman worked as a Senior Partner in Online Services Consulting at célé IT & Knowledge Management LLC.

Lastly, they have also represented the United States as a delegate for ISO 56000 - Innovation Management Standards at ISO TC 279 - Innovation Management.

Christian Leman holds an MBA in International Business from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Master of Science (MS) in Software Engineering & Project Management from CentraleSupélec. Additionally, they have obtained various certifications, including ISO 56002 Innovation Management Lead Auditor from IAOIP - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INNOVATION PROFESSIONALS, Creating a Wordcloud using NLP and TF-IDF in Python from Coursera, and Lead Auditor ISO 56002 from IAOIP. Other certifications include CPI - Management of Innovation Certification from IAOIP, De-Mystifying Mindfulness from Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities, The Science of Well-Being from Yale University, and COVID-19 Contact Tracing from John Hopkins University, among others.