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Jillian Hufnagel

Jillian is the former Head of Culture & Human Capital at Slim.ai and former Chief of Staff at Duo Security, as well as a start-up advisor and an executive coach. She has been supporting and advising founders, executives, and ICs for the past two decades in a wide range of industries, verticals, funding stages, and functional areas. Her coaching business launched in 2018.  

As the operating “right hand” to multiple CEOs, Jillian was a strategic partner to their leadership benches, investors, and boards. She has been a trusted advisor during IPO preparations, multiple M&As, major leadership bench rotations, and product and brand pivots, as well as limited restructuring and company dissolution.