Jessica Duns
Director of Program Management, AI Programs @ Electronic Arts (EA)
About
Innovation lead with 12+ years of experience delivering high-impact AI and emerging technology programs. I specialize in turning ambiguous ideas into scalable products and strategies - whether that means operationalizing generative AI at a global gaming company, running a global hackathon for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, or evaluating emerging tech startups for investment. At EA, I spearhead enterprise AI transformation initiatives and collaborate with leading studios to develop ML-powered tools that adapt to player behavior. Earlier in my career, I co-founded PwC’s first startup accelerator and launched a rapid prototyping lab at Accenture where I oversaw the delivery of ML, Mixed Reality, and IoT products and developed a repeatable delivery framework to manage uncertainty in early stage ideation and product development. I bring a builder’s mindset to complex environments by combining human-centered design, AI product strategy, and venture development experience to scale what’s next.
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Canada
Computer Games
Start-up Ventures, Generative AI, Program and Portfolio Management, Program Management, Machine Learning, Design Thinking, Innovation Management, Corporate Venture Capital, Financial Modeling, Business Strategy, Start-ups, Due Diligence, Valuation, Strategy, Corporate Finance, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Analysis
Experience
Director of Program Management, AI Programs
Electronic Arts (EA)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Acted as a strategic operator to EA tech leadership, driving AI transformation by translating vision into execution, aligning cross-functional teams, and delivering insights that shaped executive decisions.
Senior Program Manager, AI Programs
Electronic Arts (EA)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Partnered with EA Technology VPs to turn vision into execution and drive alignment across global teams to deliver high-impact initiatives.
Founding Partner
Badhouse Ventures
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Led market scanning and thesis development to guide early-stage tech investments; sourced and evaluated startups aligned with portfolio strategy.
Business Development and Strategic Projects
NovoBind
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Identified and prioritised strategic areas of growth for a biotechnology start-up part of Mindset Venture Group’s portfolio (NovoBind), worked with the CEO to shape the company’s GTM strategy
Director of Investments and Business Development
Mindset Venture Group Ltd
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Performed quantitative and qualitative market research to evaluate investment opportunities; co-led the end-to-end investment process
Innovation & Inventions - Industry X.0 - Accenture Digital
Accenture
Singapore
Established an internal venture fund to build and incubate new assets in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, New IT and Computer Vision Managed the design and organisation of Hackathons and Accelerator programs for Accenture in South East Asia Responsible for defining and managing the product strategy, roadmap and design for a new product; worked with multidisciplinary teams to translate business needs into functional requirements and take the product from idea to market Planned and managed design thinking workshops both internally and externally for large enterprise clients
Manager - Special Projects
PwC Singapore
Singapore
Managed the design and organisation of Hackathons and Accelerator programs for PwC in Singapore Designed and executed open innovation programs and start-up Accelerators for large enterprise clients and government agencies Sourced and implemented global partnerships with leading start-up initiatives in Europe and in Asia Mentored and participated in the selection of teams for the most prominent corporate accelerator programs in Singapore including Startupbootcamp FinTech, muru-D and the Citi Tech 4 Integrity Challenge
Super Mentor
Startupbootcamp
Berlin, Singapore
Startupbootcamp is an industry focused early stage startup accelerator program. I was involved in various stages of the program from start-up selection through to pitch coaching and demo day preparation.
Member of the founding team
PwC's Accelerator
Luxembourg
- Built a new start-up program from scratch in a heavily regulated organisation - Coordinated workshops with leadership teams from growth stage start-ups to help them refine their value propositions, prioritise their go to market strategies and define their revenue models - Managed the end to end fund-raising process for 6 start-ups active in FinTech, Big Data, IoT and Cloud
Mentor
Seedcamp
London, Berlin
Seedcamp is a leading European start-up Accelerator with programs in Berlin and in London. At Seedcamp, I participated in mentoring sessions to select companies for the programs in both London and Berlin.
Senior Analyst - Mergers and Acquisitions
PwC
Luxembourg
Managed complex international M&A projects (valuation, due diligence and asset sales) in a wide range of industries, including Travel, Mining and Resources and Banking
Education
Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Finance, Strategy
IAE FRANCE - Écoles Universitaires de Management
Management, Business Andministration
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