Jenny (JCK) Cotie Kangas
VP InnovationGBS Worldwide
Jenny Cotie Kangas is the Vice President of Innovation at GBS Worldwide, where she helps brands reimagine the intersection of marketing, storytelling, and technology. A former HR and Talent leader turned technologist, she’s known for transforming complex ideas into human stories that spark action.
Her approach to AI is refreshingly different. She doesn’t see it as a replacement for creativity, but as a mirror that reveals how we think, learn, and imagine. That perspective was born from lived experience—when she had to completely relearn how to do all three.
What began as recovery evolved into mastery. Losing her memory unexpectedly became the catalyst that made her exceptional at working with AI. Jenny now teaches others how those same principles—curiosity, structure, and feedback—can make anyone a super-user.
Her sessions blend strategy and storytelling, leaving audiences inspired to see technology not as something to fear, but as something deeply, beautifully human.
