Jennifer joined Snowflake in 2021 as Principal Data Strategist most recently having spent over a decade as an analyst at Forrester Research. She is passionate about encouraging data collaboration, ensuring proper data governance, developing data literacy, and building organisations that thrive in the data economy. Over her 30 year career, Jennifer has also held management positions in sales and marketing in the Silicon Valley; designed urban policy programs in Eastern Europe and Russia; and taught math as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central Africa. Jennifer earned a Ph.D. and an M.A. in organisational theory and comparative politics from Stanford University and a B.A. in econometrics from the University of Virginia.