Jenny Niemann
President and CEO of Forward Space
- Role
- President & CEO at Forward Space, Llc
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jenny Niemann
Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the commercial furniture industry. Skilled in Operations Management, Sales, Product Marketing, Leadership, and Marketing. Strong business development professional graduated from University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Bowdoin College. Experienced board member with for profit companies and not for profit organizations.Member of the Steelcase Inc Board of Directors (for profit public board).Member of Board of Trustees for Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) and chair of the board.Member of the Board of Trustees for Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and Chair of the Board of advisors for ID (Institute of Design).Member of Economics Club of Chicago (ECC), YPO Chicago Gold Chapter, Women Corporate Directors (WCD), International Women\'s Forum (IWF) The Chicago Network (TCN).and CoreNet.
Experience
President & CEO
Aug 2014 — Present
Jenny is the president, CEO and owner of Forward Space. Forward Space helps clients propel their organizations forward and realize the space and work environment that is precisely designed for their purpose. We offer comprehensive service and support for workspace planning, procurement, delivery, installation and on-going maintenance to support our clients’ vision and goals for tomorrow. With interior designs & products to meet any budget, our focus is on the greater Chicagoland and Milwaukee marketplaces and we offer local as well as national service support capabilities. We are a woman owned business and proud to represent the Steelcase Inc. product lines in the market.(Forward Space was formed in 2014 by the acquisition and merger of Office Concepts and OEC Business Interiors.)Visit us today at
Education
Bowdoin College
BA, Mathematics and Economics
1986 — 1990
University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business
MBA
1992 — 1996
Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Leadership
- New Business Development
- Interior Design
- Leadership
- Furniture
- Product Marketing
- Sales
- Manufacturing
- Business Development
- Process Improvement
- Marketing Strategy
- Family Business
- Marketing
- B2b
- Product Development
- Business Strategy
- Space Planning
- Space-Planning
- Operations Management
- Lean Manufacturing
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