Jeanette DePatie

"At last, my weird and happy variety of experiences have come together at a time when this kind of convergence is in vogue. New communications call for a blend of marketing, PR, entertainment, new media and massively geeky technology skills. Now people don't think I'm erratic, they just think I had incredible foresight. And you know what? I'm OK with that."

--Jeanette DePatie

As a professional techsplainer, propellerhead whisperer, licensed fitness professional, and Hollywood producer and Jeanette has learned to juggle a lot of projects and wear a LOT of hats. She has had a wide and varied career that has brought her a slate of Fortune 500 clients, led her to a multitude of national and international media appearances and allowed her to walk a fair number of glitzy red carpets with the Hollywood glitterati.

As a professional techsplainer and propellerhead whisperer, Jeanette knows how to talk and write about technology and helps engineers learn to do the same. For over two decades Jeanette DePatie has served as a pioneer in marketing, interactive technology and content development; combining three different yet uniquely complimentary skill sets. She has a deep and abiding love for all things technical. She has a clear understanding of marketing including how to explain really complicated stuff and how to get people to buy incredibly complicated stuff. And she knows how to create compelling content. She has put this unique collection of skills to work in projects at all levels from helping an executive team at a Monsanto subsidiary roll out an international technical product launch, to writing patent applications for and executive producing the Dance2It mobile application platform to explaining technology trends to C-suite executives from McDonalds, AJ Reynolds, Meredith, Warner Bros and many other Fortune 500 companies at the CES and NAB shows in Las Vegas.

While Jeanette is comfortable explaining technology to tech newbies, she's a pretty experienced propellerhead in her own right. Jeanette has co-founded and raised capital for three successful software companies. She has a unique perspective on what it takes to make and keep engineers happy not only from her decades of work in the software industry, but also in part due to her 20-year marriage to a high-level engineer. Jeanette has a deep understanding of what it takes to get engineering projects done quickly in today's fast-paced environments. She's been practicing Agile Development and Lean Startup since long before either of these terms were coined, and she has worked with some of the field's great visionaries including Alexander Osterwalder and Eric Ries.

Beyond walking the halls of major tradeshows like CES and NAB Jeanette has also walked the Red Carpet with some of Hollywood's leading talents: including Joss Whedon, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and Martin Scorsese. Since her early days in the software industry, DePatie has created all forms of linear and interactive content—from CD-i to DVD, Blu-ray, Mobile Apps, Web Sites, Webisodes and more. She's managed everything from postage stamp-sized video to HD, 4K, HDR, stereoscopic (3D) and even VR videos. Jeanette has produced, managed, marketed and created materials for a wide range of clients including Apple, Disney, Fox, HBO, Heuris, Hitachi, HP, Intel, Microsoft, Monsanto, Panasonic, Paramount, Pulitzer Broadcasting, Sony, Southwestern Bell, Spruce, Sundance, Universal, and Warner Bros. Jeanette has also served as a committee leader and national board member for the Producers Guild of America.

In Jeanette's "spare time" she has indulged her other passion—helping folks of all shapes, sizes, ages and abilities learn to love their bodies and love exercise again. DePatie is a plus-sized, certified fitness instructor with a best-selling book (The Fat Chick Works Out!) and award-winning DVD. Over the past 20 years, Jeanette has helped literally thousands of people find their fitness happy place at everyBODYcanExercise.com. She frequently speaks for the American Diabetes Association, American Lung, Take Control of Your Diabetes, YMCA, YWCA, American Cancer Society and her local Head Start program.

Jeanette is frequently contacted by the media and has appeared on or in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Dr. Drew, The Katie Couric Show, ABC News, CBS Interactive, NPR, Psychology Today and The Huffington Post.