From Obstacles to Opportunities
Biography
Jack Chen doesn't just navigate obstacles, he transforms them into launching pads for extraordinary achievement. As a blind attorney who has conquered both Mount Kilimanjaro and the complex world of Big Tech data privacy, Jack electrifies audiences with his unique perspective on converting perceived limitations into unbeatable competitive advantages.
At Facebook, Jack wielded legal authority over a staggering $120 billion ad tech portfolio. At Google, he shaped privacy policies that now impact billions of users worldwide. This Harvard and Berkeley-educated tech visionary holds 40 patents and has revolutionized how leading corporations approach data privacy, turning what most see as regulatory headaches into trust-building gold mines.
Mission: When Jack speaks, audiences don't just listen, they experience a fundamental shift in how they view challenges. Drawing from his groundbreaking research with 50 extraordinary achievers with disabilities and his own remarkable journey, Jack reveals how the problem-solving superpowers forged through adversity create unstoppable business leaders.
Speaking Topics That Transform Organizations
Jack's presentations don't just inspire, they fundamentally rewire how organizations approach their most daunting challenges.
Data Privacy as Competitive Advantage
Transform regulatory compliance from cost center to trust-building goldmine. Learn how privacy leadership creates customer loyalty and market differentiation in the digital age, backed by Jack's $120B portfolio experience.
The Adversity Advantage
Discover how overcoming challenges creates problem-solving superpowers. Based on research with 50 extraordinary achievers with disabilities, learn to harness obstacles for breakthrough innovation and competitive edge.
Building Inclusive Innovation
Accessibility isn't just compliance, it's innovation catalyst. Learn how designing for diverse abilities creates products and services that dominate markets, with real case studies from Google and Facebook.
Leadership Beyond Limits
From blindness to billion-dollar portfolios: how perceived limitations become leadership assets. Reshape your team's approach to challenges and unlock hidden potential through adversity-trained thinking.
Digital Trust in the
AI Era
Navigate the intersection of AI, privacy, and consumer trust. Build sustainable competitive moats through ethical technology leadership and transparent data practices that drive business results.
Resilience That Drives Results
Mental toughness strategies from extreme endurance sports applied to business. Build teams that thrive under pressure and turn setbacks into comebacks, featuring lessons from 9 marathons and 2 Ironmans.
Previous Speaking Engagements
JP Morgan Leadership Summit
Data Privacy as Competitive Moat
Jack presented to JP Morgan's executive leadership on transforming privacy compliance into customer trust and market differentiation. The session included actionable frameworks for financial services privacy innovation.
Google Internal Leadership Conference
Inclusive Innovation Strategies
Keynote presentation to Google's product and engineering leaders on how designing for accessibility drives breakthrough innovation and creates products that dominate markets.
Facebook Privacy & Ethics Summit
Building Trust Through Transparency
Strategic session with Facebook's privacy team on leveraging transparent data practices to build sustainable competitive advantages and user loyalty in the digital age.
Fortune 500 CEO Roundtable
Leadership Beyond Limits
Exclusive presentation to Fortune 500 CEOs on how perceived limitations become leadership assets, featuring case studies from Jack's research with extraordinary achievers.
Tech Innovation Conference
The Adversity Advantage
in AI
Groundbreaking talk on how adversity-trained problem-solving creates breakthrough AI innovations, with practical applications for product development teams.
Harvard Business School
Resilience-Driven Business Strategy
MBA program guest lecture connecting extreme endurance principles to corporate strategy, featuring lessons from Jack's athletic achievements and tech career.