Jennifer Z. Renaud

About Jennifer Z. Renaud

Jennifer Z. Renaud is a C-suite executive, CEO, and board director who drives enterprise value through digital innovation, commercial strategy, and customer experience leadership. She brings more than 30 years of leadership experience across enterprise technology, building products, medical devices, and consumer packaged goods, with deep experience guiding organizations through strategic inflection points including acquisition readiness, commercial repositioning, and post-integration growth. Jennifer currently serves as CEO and Board Director of Kradle LLC (Coolhouse Botanics), leading corporate strategy, operational expansion, and investor alignment while driving growth in market share and EBITDA. Previously, as SVP and CMO of Masonite International, she led enterprise commercial repositioning contributing to the company’s $3.9B acquisition by Owens Corning in 2024. She has also held senior leadership roles at Vertiv, Microsoft, and Oracle, including support of Vertiv’s NYSE public listing. Her board experience includes governance oversight across construction and education organizations, and service on corporate disclosure committees, with focus on enterprise risk, stakeholder alignment, and strategic growth oversight.+ Governance & Enterprise Risk: Corporate governance expertise with disclosure committee experience and strong grounding in enterprise risk oversight, audit alignment, and ESG communication.+ Commercial Strategy & Market Expansion: Enterprise brand and commercial repositioning driving value creation across B2B, B2C, and hybrid distribution environments.+ Digital Commercial Strategy: Expertise in digital enablement and customer experience optimization to modernize commercial operating models.+ M&A Brand & Communication Readiness: Experience supporting acquisition readiness through strategic positioning, stakeholder alignment, and transaction communication discipline.+ Operational Agility & Change Leadership: Leadership through integration, operating model evolution, and enterprise change across global and PE-backed organizations.+ Workforce & Talent Stewardship: Development of high-performing leadership cultures aligned to long-term growth and organizational performance. Recognitions: FT Agenda Future 50 (2025); OnCon Icon Top 50 Marketer (2024); Tampa Bay Business Journal Businesswoman of the Year (2024); Top Women of Hardware & Building Supply (2022) Innovation: Co-inventor, U.S. Patent No. 8,015,028 supporting data-driven patient engagement and clinical recruitment.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

   Kradle

   Jun 2024 — Present · US

Education

• Cardinal Stritch University

  BS, Management

  2002 — 2004