Bio

Natalie is an entrepreneurial digital media executive with a proven talent for tech-driven innovation. She is the Head of Strategy and a founding executive at Hour One, an AI company that creates and commercializes virtual humans for the next era of customer experience and communications. Hour One was named Fast Company Next Big Thing in Tech in 2021. Previously, Natalie was Head of Futures at Publicis Groupe where she focused on emerging tech innovation and new products and services for clients, including Samsung. Prior, she spent 10+ years at Interpublic Group. There she served in a number of leadership roles, including Head of Digital at Universal McCann, and was key to winning and growing business with the likes of Coca-Cola, H&M, Hulu, Microsoft, and Sony. Natalie been recognized as an Internationalist Innovator, Cynopsis Top Women in Digital and to the Cynopsis Digital Hit List. She is a regular keynote speaker at global conferences including Web Summit and Collision, and a commentator for publications such as MIT Tech Review, The Information and TechCrunch.