Jeanne Glass is Founder and CEO of VirtualZ Computing and the visionary behind the company’s mission to deliver new levels of automated optimization and cost savings for mainframe customers. Appointed to the Board of Directors of SHARE, Jeanne chairs the organizations Industry Influence and Editorial Committees, and is a Senior Associate with the Service Profit Chain Institute, an affiliate of the Harvard Business School.

Jeanne is a senior sales leader and recognized industry expert in software sales and management, global sales operations, growth markets, information technology and customer experience. She is known for building profitable relationships with F500 companies, especially those with complex technical and business implications.

Appointed as a senior leader at Kleiner Perkins-funded and other tech start-ups and prominent companies such as CA Technologies, FICO, Tripwire and 1E, Jeanne successfully built and launched several high-performing businesses, many focused on mainframe customers, products and services: new multimillion-dollar sales regions, a regional customer advocacy organization, a worldwide client relations organization and new national vertical markets including all metrics, systems and operational processes.

Due to high impact results in positions such as Vice President Sales, Vice President Client Relations/Global Accounts, and Vice President Investor Relations Jeanne is frequently invited to keynote and speak at industry conferences.

Jeanne earned a master’s degree in International Management, a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems and participates in executive programs at the Harvard and Stanford Graduate Schools of Business. Jeanne is a sustaining member of The Junior League of Minneapolis and volunteers with Good Karma Animal Rescue. She serves on committees for several philanthropic organization such as The Children’s Crisis Nursery, The Minnesota Orchestra and The Minnesota Zoo.