Jillian Alexander has more than 20 years experience managing and leading projects on behalf of companies which seek to remain or become MARKET LEADERS and TREND SETTERS, ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to early-stage start-ups in diverse industries.

Jillian’s client-specific confidential advice and efforts efficiently leading strategic initiatives have resulted in award-winning business plans and marketing campaigns; indemand products and services; start-ups achieving successful exits or continually operating as going-concerns; and clients realizing more than $3.4 billion in value via completing acquisitions, private placements, IPOs, and divestitures transactions. At PricewaterhouseCoopers, in addition to advising clients Jillian co-conceived the firm’s lucrative B2B marketplace e.Conomy business’ concept and created its strategic plan. As Vice President, Corporate Development at SONY, Jillian not only guided MovieLink’s development and secured its joint venture partners’ investment, but also led deals and advised on cross-business unit strategic initiatives as a member of the SONY US Ventures team. Using the same techniques, as head of Corporate Development & Strategic Planning at start-up venture eMemories, she structured and secured Eastman-Kodak's $4.2MM investment and revised business plan documents which facilitated raising $4.8MM from private investors. Jillian has assisted consulting clients to achieve similar successes.

From these assignments, she has developed proven approaches and tools to rapidly create and execute new strategies; devise new products & services, operating models and business plans; source, evaluate, structure, negotiate, and manage acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, licensing deals as well as other strategic alliances and purchase agreements; produce effective corporate and brand marketing campaigns; assess and improve performance; and plan and manage business transformation.

Clients consistently commend Jillian for being a quick study; providing strategic insights and innovative, pragmatic solutions; creating effective negotiating strategies; building consensus, often amongst conflicting stakeholder groups; maintaining professionalism, integrity and sensitivity to clients; and ensuring timely completion of accurate, relevant and robust deliverables. Clients have included Public Corporations, Government, Private Enterprises and Non-Profit Organizations spanning the BioPharmaceutical, Consumer Products, Energy, Entertainment, Financial Services, Healthcare, High Technology, Internet, Media, Paperboard, Professional Services, Retail, Telecommunications, Travel and other sectors.

Being committed to both helping businesses compete in a global economy and creating jobs to bolster regional economies, Jillian teaches International Business as an Adjunct Professor at Santa Monica College and has been actively involved with professional associations and community organizations, including providing entrepreneurship, general management and leadership development oriented programs for the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors (AM&AA), Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Cornell Entrepreneur Network (CEN), Junior Achievement (JA) and Rotary International. Additionally, she serves as a Commissioner on the City of Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women.

As a professional full-time Management Consultant and part-time Educator, the courses Jillian develops and delivers are structured in ways to teach methods and provide a forum for course participants to practice their application. Jillian has authored methodologies focusing on strategic partnership analysis, merger integration, organizational performance assessment, strategic sourcing and procurement, shared services organization, corporate governance, merger & acquisition due diligence, valuations, and intellectual property rights management in addition to training materials.

Jillian received her M.B.A. from Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management where her studies concentrated on Finance and International Business. After majoring Marketing at Arizona State University’s undergraduate Business school, Jillian completed her product design and marketing studies at American College of the Applied Arts’ Los Angeles and London campuses and received her B.F.A., cum laude, in Design. Her professional qualifications include Certified Merger & Acquisition Advisor, CFA Institute Regular Member, and Certified Human Resource Consultant.

An avid traveler, Jillian’s adventures spanning five continents include trekking in Nepal, SCUBA diving the Great Barrier Reef, kayaking amongst Orcas in the San Juan Islands, and structuring acquisition plus planning privatization and integration of a Paperboard Mill in the former East Germany.

This dynamic businesswoman founded international award-winning boutique Strategy, Corporate Development, Transaction Advisory, and General Management consultancy firm Conduit Consulting LLC in 2002. Both are based in heart of the Creative Capital of the World, Los Angeles’ westside beach community -- Santa Monica, California, USA.

International award-winning firm Conduit Consulting LLC provides Strategy, Corporate Development, Transaction and General Management advisory and support services to help our clients scout for opportunities; identify challenges early; then navigate complex, uncharted and rapidly changing business environments to cross the chasm and reach their goal destination.

Conduit Consulting LLC helps our clients to raise capital, grow revenue, bolster operational performance, increase profitability, improve customer satisfaction, gain market share as well as enhance their businesses’ intrinsic and shareholder value through providing independent advice and efficiently supporting our clients strategic positioning, development and growth initiatives.

I chose this career path because this is what I do best!

I participate with the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors, Rotary International where I am the Senior Assistant Governor for Communications and Public Relations for Rotary District 5280 and I am the Commissioner for the City of  Santa Monica Commission on the Status of Women.

I support Rotary International.

I enjoy Iyengar yoga, hiking, films and traveling especially adventure traveling!