Jeremy Gutsche, Trend Hunter

Jeremy Gutsche is an innovation expert and the founder of TrendHunter.com.  He holds an MBA from Queen’s University, is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and a former Management Consultant.  Today, he is publishes over a dozen online magazines, speaks about innovation around the world, and is Capital One Canada’s Director of Innovation.  Jeremy is frequently sought after by television programs, newspapers and radio shows for his opinions as a futurist on the next big thing.  MTV calls Jeremy ‘on the forefront of cool’.

In his speaking engagements, Jeremy speaks about how to methodically approach innovation to generate ideas, stimulate creativity and ultimately unlock cool.  With a background in management consulting and web 2.0, Jeremy brings a rare perspective on how to unleash innovation within a business context.

As a Director at Capital One, Jeremy heads innovation and the company’s Superprime and Prime lending business.  His team studies how to methodically approach customer focused innovation.  His development of an innovation pipeline has led his team to launch several market leading products and expand into new channels which have tripled monthly bookings.

Prior to Trend Hunter and Capital one, Jeremy spent the majority of his career as a Management Consultant at the Monitor Group.  There, he advised top-level strategy to Fortune 50 clients and government clients with a focus on scenario planning, creative innovation and the assessment of new ventures. 

Jeremy holds an MBA from Queen’s University and graduated as a Chancellor Scholar with a Bachelors in Finance from the University of Calgary.  He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a lifelong student of marketing, psychology and strategy.  Most recently, he studied Customer Focused Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and d.School.  He loves to teach and enjoys leading workshops in: competitive strategy, creativity and innovation.

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