Jeannie Walters is the Chief Customer Experience Investigator and founder of 360Connext, a Chicago-based consulting firm specializing in the cornerstones of customer experience: customer engagement, employee engagement and connections like social media. 360Connext serves mid-market companies and larger by helping them evaluate their true customer experience. The evaluations always lead to improvements which then lead to results like increased online conversions or loyalty.
Walters started her career consulting to some of the most prestigious institutions in education, the arts and healthcare to help them launch or improve their fundraising efforts. She later joined Vox, a customer experience consulting firm, and became President and partner by the time she left 12 years later, when she founded 360Connext. Walters has worked with a wide range of organizations, including universities and prep schools, banks and credit unions, technology companies, some of the largest financial services companies in the world and countless entrepreneurs.
Walters is a member of Faith Popcorn’s Talent Bank, a group of experts tapped for trend-setting information and Women Employed. As a member of Vistage International, she was selected by her peers as Member of the Year in 2007. She served as Executive Director of ChicWIT, part of a 25,000+ member women’s business network, and as an appointed member of former Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka’s Advisory Board for Women’s Issues. Walters was awarded the Businesswoman of the Year in 2001 by the Business Ledger and as An Outstanding Woman of Achievement in 2002 by the Girl Scouts of America.
Walters now speaks, writes, consults and generally thinks about how the small experiences we have each day – going to the bank, ordering online, tweeting – create the greater experience of our lives. She speaks on topics including employee engagement, social media and communications in corporate environments.
Walters lives in Oak Park with her husband Mike and their two young sons. As such, her current hobbies include cheering on distracted t-ball players and building impressive Lego villages.
