Ann Hiatt – Silicon Valley Veteran

Ann Hiatt is a best selling author, executive consultant, speaker, and investor.

She is a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years’ experience reporting directly to CEOs Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Eric Schmidt (Google/Alphabet).

Ann now consults with CEOs and their leadership teams across the globe on c-suite optimization as well as speaks to audiences and organisations across the globe.

About Keynote Speaker Ann Hiatt

Ann Hiatt is a best selling author, executive consultant, speaker, and investor. She is a Silicon Valley veteran with 15 years experience reporting directly to CEOs Jeff Bezos (Amazon) and Eric Schmidt (Google/Alphabet).

Ann consults with CEOs and their leadership teams across the globe on c-suite optimization. She has worked with executive teams at organizations such as Netflix, Starbucks, AWS, Google, Amazon, Prudential, Lockheed Martin, Siemens and more.

Ann has also been a featured speaker at major conferences such as SXSW in Austin, Texas, The Growth Faculty in Sydney, Australia, The Emirates Festival of Literature in Dubai and the Valencia Digital Summit in Spain.

Ann has written articles for publications such as Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and CNBC. She has also contributed to articles in The New York Times, Economic Times, The Financial Times and Forbes. Her bestselling book, Bet On Yourself, was published by HarperCollins in 2021.

TALKS & TOPICS

LESSONS IN INNOVATION FROM SILICON VALLEY ELITE

Ann Hiatt shares both the daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working side-by-side with the CEOs of Amazon and Google.

She translate the best practices of these super performers for the rest of us “normal people” to make our own dreams a reality.

THE WIN-WIN-WIN MODEL

In this presentation Ann Hiatt shares the keys to injecting passion, energy and cohesive growth across all levels of an organization.

Ann Hiatt draws from lessons she learned working at Amazon and Google for 15 years during periods of hypergrowth, pivots and rapid change.

She shares how using the win-win-win model aligns and empowers individual contributors to what their teams and organization need from them most.

She shares the keys for receiving meaningful feedback, setting effective growth goals and assembling a team of mentors and sponsors to empower growth.

WORKSHOP: BET ON YOURSELF – THE PLAYBOOK FOR CAREER EMPOWERMENT

Take charge of your career and create a life full of learning, adventure, joy, and success utilizing these never-before-shared leadership principles Ann Hiatt learned working alongside the world’s top tech CEOs—Google’s Eric Schmidt, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, and Yahoo!’s Marissa Mayer.

Whether you’re feeling stuck in your current role, starting your first job and wondering how you can use it as a steppingstone towards your dream career, or mid-career and wanting to finally be recognized for promotion or a leadership role, this course is for you.

For the first time, Ann Hiatt shares both the daily habits and long-game strategies she learned working side-by-side for decades with the giants of technology at Amazon and Google.

Keynote presentation (45 minutes) followed by a Workbook session (15 minutes) and concluding with an Ask Me Anything Q&A session (30 min)

TESTIMONIALS

STARBUCKS
Ann Hiatt was a favorite speaker in our Starbuck’s Women Impact Network EMEA events.
Her presentation was full of incredible stories from her work with foundational tech companies and legendary entrepreneurs that entertained as much as they educated and inspired.
She presented us with a full playbook of best practices that left our team with a renewed enthusiasm and intrapreneurial spirit that is still thriving today. We look forward to welcoming her back in the future.

NETFLIX
Ann Hiatt was the keynote speaker at the Netflix Paris team offsite.
She inspired and reinvigorated our team by not only sharing her professional journey with infectious energy and passion but by giving us immediately actionable tips for our own development.
We came back from our offsite more energized and empowered than ever.

LOCKHEED MARTIN
Ann Hiatt’s seminar for the Lockheed Martin Leadership Association displayed her Silicon Valley experience with lessons learned applicable across multiple organizations.
Her knowledge of the technical industry, leadership skills, and organizational behavior was eagerly absorbed. Ann’s ability to engage an audience through a virtual speaking event came with poise and ease.
Ann’s enthusiasm and passion for sharing her methodology of goal setting and having an intrapreneurial mindset was inspiring to all.