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[[File:Jeni-W.jpg|thumb|Jeni-W.jpg]]'''Serving as UIF since:''' Fall 2016<br />
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'''Serving as UIF since:''' Fall 2016<br />
 
'''School:''' University of Alabama at Birmingham <br />
 
'''School:''' University of Alabama at Birmingham <br />
'''What she does now:''' Freelance Marketing<br />
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'''What she does now:''' lifecycle marketing for an education startup  <br />
'''What that means:''' manages digital marketing efforts and creates social media content for small businesses<br />
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'''What that means:''' she helps connect teachers with tools that make their lives better<br />
 
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'''Contact her about:''' marketing, startups, traveling, and designing your life after graduation!<br />
'''Contact her about:''' marketing, startups, art, coffee, makerspaces, and designing your life after graduation!<br />
 
 
'''Email:''' jeniweber19@gmail.com<br />
 
'''Email:''' jeniweber19@gmail.com<br />
  
  
Jeni Weber is a former University Innovation Fellow who graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in April of 2017. Her sophomore year of college, she worked for a tech startup, Satterfield Technologies, the first student startup of the Innovation Lab at Innovation Depot. This experience was her introduction to the world of innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology. It led to her joining her fellow students in creating the UAB MakerSpace, a student-run organization dedicated to giving users a place to bring their ideas to life. Her senior year, she became a University Innovation Fellow, continued to work at maintaining and improving the UAB MakerSpace, and worked with her cohort and faculty to try to reframe the freshman experience and implement changes in the university’s core curriculum. She has had the privilege of attending the March 2017 Silicon Valley Meetup and the ui5 design event at Stanford in November 2017.
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Jeni Weber earned her Bachelors degree in Marketing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She's spent the past 6+ years doing marketing for education technology companies, seeing two companies through to acquisition. She currently works for an AI education startup. <br /> <br />
 
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Jeni's introduction to startups was in 2015 when she joined the first student-created startup company of UAB's Innovation Lab, Satterfield Technologies. She worked on business models, branding, and outreach. This work allowed her to rapidly learn through the Innovation Lab's mentors and hands-on experience. It was her initiation to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. Jeni became a University Innovation Fellow in the Fall of 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley Meetups in March 2017 and November 2017. Her work as a Fellow while in school involved creating and maintaining the UAB Makerspace, a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship on campus.<br /><br />
Jeni has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing with a concentration in Marketing Management. Since graduating, she moved to Southern California, does marketing consulting for small businesses, works at a yoga studio, and is using design thinking to build her dream career and life.  
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But most of Jeni's work as a Fellow happened ''after'' graduating. Since 2018, Jeni has annually interviewed candidates for the University Innovation Fellows program. She's supported new fellows at campuses around the world through their 6-week UIF training and beyond. She helped host the Silicon Valley Meetups as a "FAB" in March 2022 and March 2023, as well as the first University of Twente Meetup in April 2024. She wrote the article "A Guide to Sharing Your Work" for the first edition of ''Change Forward'', a UIF publication. Jeni once took a personality test and discovered that 4 out of 5 of her top strengths have to do with empathizing with and supporting other people. She realized two things after taking that test: 1) what makes the UIF program so special to her is the human connection, and 2) her favorite way to contribute to the UIF program is by supporting incoming Fellows and their mentors.<br /><br />
  
  
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Latest revision as of 02:23, 15 August 2025

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Serving as UIF since: Fall 2016
School: University of Alabama at Birmingham
What she does now: lifecycle marketing for an education startup
What that means: she helps connect teachers with tools that make their lives better
Contact her about: marketing, startups, traveling, and designing your life after graduation!
Email: jeniweber19@gmail.com


Jeni Weber earned her Bachelors degree in Marketing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She's spent the past 6+ years doing marketing for education technology companies, seeing two companies through to acquisition. She currently works for an AI education startup.

Jeni's introduction to startups was in 2015 when she joined the first student-created startup company of UAB's Innovation Lab, Satterfield Technologies. She worked on business models, branding, and outreach. This work allowed her to rapidly learn through the Innovation Lab's mentors and hands-on experience. It was her initiation to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship. Jeni became a University Innovation Fellow in the Fall of 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley Meetups in March 2017 and November 2017. Her work as a Fellow while in school involved creating and maintaining the UAB Makerspace, a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship on campus.

But most of Jeni's work as a Fellow happened after graduating. Since 2018, Jeni has annually interviewed candidates for the University Innovation Fellows program. She's supported new fellows at campuses around the world through their 6-week UIF training and beyond. She helped host the Silicon Valley Meetups as a "FAB" in March 2022 and March 2023, as well as the first University of Twente Meetup in April 2024. She wrote the article "A Guide to Sharing Your Work" for the first edition of Change Forward, a UIF publication. Jeni once took a personality test and discovered that 4 out of 5 of her top strengths have to do with empathizing with and supporting other people. She realized two things after taking that test: 1) what makes the UIF program so special to her is the human connection, and 2) her favorite way to contribute to the UIF program is by supporting incoming Fellows and their mentors.


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