Jennifer Byrne

Co-Founder & President at Quesnay Inc.

Jennifer Byrne is the Co-Founder and President of Quesnay Inc. Jennifer has over fifteen years of experience in the technology and finance industries, including executive roles at American Express, Verizon Wireless, Lettuce, and Vouchr.

Jennifer started their career in technology as an engineer at Verizon Wireless. Jennifer quickly transitioned into business development and partnerships, eventually becoming the Executive Director of Business Development, Partnership Management, and Innovation. In this role, they were responsible for developing and executing Verizon Wireless’ strategy for partnerships and investments.

In 2011, Jennifer left Verizon Wireless to join American Express as the VP of Business Development & Investments for Global Enterprise Growth. In this role, they were responsible for strategy development, business development, sourcing, and investments for American Express’ mobile & online payments platform, Serve.

After a successful stint at American Express, Jennifer joined Lettuce as an investor in 2012. Lettuce was acquired by Intuit in 2015.

In 2016, Jennifer co-founded Quesnay Inc., a financial technology company that provides software and data analytics to help investors make better decisions about where to allocate capital. Quesnay Inc. has been recognized as one of Canada’s top 50 FinTech companies and one of North America’s top 500 FinTech companies.

Jennifer Byrne attended Duke University, where they earned a BA.

Ryan Kao - Strategy & Innovation Manager, Fernando Marzo - COO report to Jennifer Byrne.

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