Jackie Glenn brings 25+ years of experience creating inclusive corporate cultures to help SmartBear retain top talent globally as company continues to scale for growth

SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and visibility tools, announced Dr. Jackie Glenn, the founder and CEO of Glenn Diversity Inclusion & HR Solutions, has joined the company’s board of directors. As the former VP, Global Chief Diversity Officer at technology giant Dell EMC, Jackie brings 25+ years of experience creating inclusive corporate cultures that attract and retain top talent and diverse workforces globally. She is the best-selling author of, “Lift as I Climb: An Immigrant Girl’s Journey Through Corporate America,” her instructional biography on how she journeyed from a nanny to a Global Chief Diversity Officer of a Fortune 100 company.

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Dr. Jackie Glenn, founder and CEO of Glenn Diversity Inclusion & HR Solutions, and member of SmartBear's board of directors. (Photo: Business Wire)

“With Jackie’s unique business experience, I look forward to the fresh business perspectives that she will bring to me, our board, and ultimately our SmartBear employees,” said Frank Roe, CEO of SmartBear. “Given the pace of our growth and scale, Jackie’s expertise will guide us in continuing to build a diverse workforce while creating an environment that will ensure we retain top talent from around the globe.”

Jackie joined the human resources department at EMC Corporation in 2000 and quickly progressed, overseeing a workforce of 60,000 employees worldwide. In this role, she conceived, planned, and enacted programs in organizational development, leadership consulting, and employee training. When EMC merged with Dell in 2016, Jackie served as Global Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion during the transition, supervising the melding of corporate cultures for the combined entity’s new workforce of 150,000 employees worldwide.

In addition to consulting, executive coaching, and helping corporations implement strategies and best practices, Jackie is a dynamic speaker, Harvard University instructor, hosts national and international conferences, and participates on industry panels. Her love for community advocacy and civic leadership includes service on the Board of the Museum of African American History (MAAH) in Boston and the Board of Overseers of Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital.

“My life’s work is helping companies to create corporate cultures that reflect our diverse world, breaking down culture and gender barriers and defying industry trends,” said Jackie Glenn. “I am thrilled to serve SmartBear as I continue working to empower organizations to build world-class employee experiences.”

Earlier this year, SmartBear solidified its commitment to Community, Sustainability, Governance, and Diversity with its global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiative, and has since achieved several goals. The company also recently announced the promotion of Christina McCollum to Head of ESG & Diversity, advancing the company’s ESG and diversity mission.

About SmartBear

SmartBear provides a portfolio of trusted tools that give software development teams around the world visibility into end-to-end quality through test management and automation, API development lifecycle, and application stability, ensuring each software release is better than the last. Award winning tools include SwaggerHub, TestComplete, Bugsnag, ReadyAPI, Zephyr, and Pactflow, among others. SmartBear is trusted by over 16 million developers, testers, and software engineers at 32,000+ organizations – including innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft. With an active peer-to-peer community, we meet customers where they are to help make our technology-driven world a better place. SmartBear is committed to ethical corporate practices and social responsibility, promoting good in all the communities we serve. Learn more at smartbear.com, or follow on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

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