Recognized as one of the top 100 global CDOs, a “Power-Lady” of the German economy, and a leading Health Tech Influencer, Jessica Federer is adept at translating digital developments into meaningful advancements for business and society. Federer is an American executive, speaker, and writer. She was the worldwide head of Digital Development at Bayer, the largest company on Germany’s blue-chip Dax and a global life sciences leader. Federer is on the boards of both the MedicAlert Foundation and the UN Agency for Information and Communications Technology (ITU). She previously held positions in Global Regulatory Affairs, Market Access, Communications and Public Affairs, and at US DHHS-AHRQ. She earned a Bachelor of Science from the George Washington University, and a Master of Public Health from Yale. Jessica and her husband live in New York City.
Why I 
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Tech enables us to see the signal through the noise. It connects people, ideas, concepts. Tech is a rising tide that can lift all ships, but that depends on us.
My personal tech/IT-trend 2017
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My tech prediction is that we will finally stop talking about digital and just do it. When digital is integrated into what we do and how we work, we can stop talking about it. Digital marketing and digital manufacturing will go back to being just marketing and manufacturing.”