Marti Grimminck is a global business executive, social entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and futurist designer. As the Founder and CEO of International Connector, a multi-service consultancy that provides next generation insights and solutions, she leads projects for corporations and governments on ‘future of work’ research and workforce development programs. Through her leadership, the company has cultivated clients such as Microsoft, IBM, Viasat, Google, the Canadian Government and many more.
For 15 years, Marti has researched and designed products, programs and services for companies targeting younger generations (GenZs and Millennials) as employees and as consumers. She is known for her global and diverse reach engaging young people across 190 countries in the process.
With a strong belief in social responsibility, Marti has developed and designed a portfolio of social impact programs including: Your Big Year training young leaders, Innovative Resilience building connected resilient communities, and Future of Women in Tech elevating women leaders in business. Her trademark utilizes technology as an enabler for social change.
Marti’s keynotes, workshops and interactive studies are featured at events globally. She holds an MA and a BFA from New York University. After venturing through close to 60 countries and living in San Francisco, New York, Buenos Aires, London, Prague, Sydney, and Brisbane, she now resides in the Netherlands with her family.