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Bianca Welds is an creative innovation and transformation strategist, international speaker and coach who has presented to local and international audiences on business model innovation, community building, the intersections of the arts and technology, foresight and digital transformation. She is also the author of a chapter in the recently published book “Caribbean Intelligent Economy” entitled “Tomorrow People: A Caribbean Intelligent Economy Through Innovative Human Capital.”
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Bianca Welds is a technology professional with a passion for innovation and entrepreneurial thinking and the heart of a creative. She has worked in the public and private sector in technology, business and the arts. She has brought a background working with entrepreneurs and startups in technology and the creative industries to her current focus on corporate innovation and digital transformation as Manager – Digital Innovation for the VM Group. A creative thinker and passionate technology community leader, she has presented to local and international audiences on business model innovation, community building, the intersections of the arts and technology, foresight and digital transformation.
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An accomplished professional known for her systematic approach and breadth of knowledge, Bianca Welds offers a unique blend of business acumen and technology management which she is currently putting to work as Digital Innovation Manager at the VM Group.
Bianca is focused on helping purpose-driven and creative people and organisations achieve success through innovation and entrepreneurial thinking. This led her to initiate a chapter of Founder Institute in Kingston, Jamaica and become national partner for the Creative Business Cup out of Denmark. Prior to that, she spent a year managing the Caribbean Mobile Innovation Project, a regional tech entrepreneurship programme funded by the Government of Canada through the World Bank, which included developing online training in lean startup methods, running pitch competitions in Jamaica, Trinidad and St. Kitts as well as running a cross-regional incubation programme.
Bianca holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Studies from the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Kingston, Jamaica. She also obtained a Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Computer Information Systems, both from the University of Miami in Florida. She studied Arts and Cultural Enterprise Management (ACEM) at the UWI in St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, and received a Certificate in Arts and Culture Strategy from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition, she is a trained Project Manager, and certified in Digital Business Transformation and Strategic Foresight.
Bianca is an international speaker who has presented to local and international audiences on business model innovation, community building, the intersections of the arts and technology, foresight and digital transformation. She is also the author of a chapter in the recently published book “Intelligent Economies: Developments in the Caribbean” entitled “Tomorrow People: A Caribbean Intelligent Economy Through Innovative Human Capital” and created a variation on the Business Model Canvas specifically for creative artists.
She sees her purpose in life as helping others create purposeful impact by spreading powerful ideas and new ways of thinking to ignite change, and is currently pursuing a coaching certification.
