Jen Hope

Jen Hope is an Executive Leadership Coach and Head of Marketing at ORCA HR Solutions. Jen leans on more than 20 years of executive experience, business acumen, and empathy to create a safe coaching environment where leaders can grow and thrive.

Before launching her executive coaching practice in 2013, Jen held marketing leadership roles at B2C tech companies. As Head of Marketing, she led the Cheezburger humor network through stages of rapid growth. At Trover, a lifestyle travel app developer, Jen was Vice President of Marketing and engineered the rise of the brand from startup to acquisition by Expedia in 2015. Jen has a degree in Marketing from Arizona State University and is a GXCP USA Executive and Leadership Coach.

Jen partners with leaders responsible for scaling organizations and has a wealth of experience in growing start-up companies. Her business acumen and hands-on executive experience allow her to create a culture of courage in high-performance environments, hone leadership skills and empower the next generation of leaders to maximize business outcomes.

Jen has experience in growth marketing and is an expert at scaling businesses. She keeps coaching clients and teams moving forward with clarity, focus, humor and structure built on trust and positivity. Her clients include leaders and managers from Amazon, Trupanion, Simple Bank, and King-5. In addition to coaching, she is a workshop facilitator and speaker for organizations like Microsoft, F5, Washington Society of CPAs, Moss Adams and Infoblox, as well as conferences like Seattle Startup Week and the Women in Tech Regatta.

Over the past 20 years, Jen has been active as both a coach and passionate participant in group programs like OrangeTheory Fitness, Les Mills BODYCOMBAT, BODYATTACK, and SH’BAM. She has built cult-like followings in big-box gyms and participated actively in specialty gyms, including Crossfit, Barre and Seattle’s Community Fitness.

Jen volunteers with JFS Seattle and has past experience volunteering with ACT-W Conference, ChickTech Seattle, Seattle Startup Week, FBomb Breakfast Club, The Riveter, #GirlsClub, and the University of Washington MBA Program and MCDM.

Jen helped me cultivate compassion for myself, think through things with a different lens, and get clear on what I wanted and how I was going to get there. After every session, I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. She helped me to really know how to help myself. Jen is great at asking the tough questions and helping you connect dots in ways you haven't done before.

Jen helped me to develop personally as a leader, she supported me in areas needing growth, suggested new approaches for managing my team and issues, and helped me play to my strengths. Last (but not least!) Jen has a super positive attitude that raises the bar, builds confidence, and encourages all around her to achieve excellence. If you get a chance to work with Jen, do it!

Jen has done a tremendous job working with me to help me find my true self. Coming into it with an open mind, she's allowed me to be the best version of myself all the while helping me find the hidden nuggets of understanding that was always trapped inside me! The work that we've done together has helped me immeasurably for my professional and personal future!

Working with Jen has been a game-changer for my professional and personal development. She helped me tremendously to get up and out of the day-to-day weeds to see the higher strategic thinking that's made such an impact on my efficiency, clarity, and the results I produce. I'd hire her again and again!

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