
Heather Hansma
COO
Nayak
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Heather Hansma is Chief Operating Officer at Nayak.ai, where she's building the category for real-time, AI-powered guidance that helps people build trust in live customer conversations. Before Nayak, she spent two decades leading customer experience, product strategy, and operational transformation at Twilio, Medallia, and Wells Fargo, scaling teams that supported billions of customer interactions. A Harvard MBA and certified mentor, Heather advises on product and CX strategy, scaling operations through high-growth transitions, and applying AI to human-centered problems like trust and communication.
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Content Marketer at Mentor Walks, Tess’s professional life is shaped by a desire to drive gender equality and build an inclusive society. Her passion and experience saw her lead the social media arm of the Teach Us Consent campaign, pulling mandatory consent education for Australian students over the line in March 2022.
She is currently completing her Bachelor of Communications (Social and Political Science) at UTS and is most energised and inspired when surrounded with powerhouse women.
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