Helen Kolpakov's Email & Phone Number

💼 Past Experience

For Helen Kolpakov, most of her career has been spent working within the corporate development and strategy sectors, specifically at respective companies such as Medtronic and WellnessPro. Her most recent role was as a Strategic Planning Director at Medtronic, where she was responsible for providing strategic guidance to the company and working as a key mouthpiece for the company’s marketing efforts. She also worked at WellnessPros for 2 years, where she was also responsible for a number of Strategistic Projects within the firm’sCommercial Duties. Finally, Helen Kolpakov was also a Founding Member of WellnessPro, where she worked for 10 years as a Sales Representative. Ultimately, her experience within the corporate development and strategy field has resulted in her vast knowledge and experience in this particular field, which she invaluable for her current role at Medtronic.Helen Kolpakov has a background in business strategy and relationships. She spent her early formative years working as a Business Consultant for a company named ZS Associates. Whilst at ZS Associates, she generated a commercial dicussion offering to analyze and validate commercial viability, market size, competitive landscape, and go-to-market strategy of Private Equity and Venture Capital client targets. Her efforts resulted in 2 engagements and a new Practice at Medtronic. In her free time, Helen Kolpakov enjoys spending time with her family, and playing video games or reading.

🎓 Education

Helen Kolpakov is a business executive and education advocate who has a background in finance and strategy. Kolpakov holds a BS from International Business at HEC Paris, and an MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles. She then completed the The Anderson School of Management at University of Southern California. Kolpakov was accepted to the Marshall School of Business at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in October of 2015, and began her academic term there in January of 2016. Kolpakov is a current member of the American management consulting and communication society, IMS, and has been a visiting scholar at the Austrian Academy of Management Science since 2018. She is also a visiting scholar at the Center for European Business Analysis in Weimar, Germany. Kolpakov’s current project focuses on igniting large-scaleups and driving innovation in the Turkish pharmaceutical industry.

💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills

Professional:Helen Kolpakov has over 10 years of experience in the corporate development and strategy field. At Medtronic, she serves as a Strategic Planning Director / Aortic Chief of Staff, a Principal Corporate Development & Strategy Director at Medtronic from July 2016 to June 2018 (2 years), and a Business Consultant at ZS Associates from 2015 to 2016 (1 year).Since starting at Medtronic, Helen has worked on a variety of projects, including creating a commercial diligence offering to analyze and validate commercial viability, market size, competitive landscape, and go-to-market strategy of Private Equity and Venture Capital client targets; efforts resulted in 2 engagements and a new ZS practice. Helen has also managed a global market research engagement across the US and EU, delivered a recommendation to change target audience and messaging to a new client, and led a multi-national team to develop a sales strategy and compensation structure for a rapidly growing public company.Outside of work, Helen enjoys playing the violin and spending time with her husband and two young sons. She is passionate about helping other businesses grow, and she has a strong interest in business strategy, partnerships, minority investments, and acquisitions. interpersonal:Helen Kolpakov is an extremely friendly person who is widely known in her field. She is known for her ability to build relationships with new corporate clients and manage initial consulting engagements which built credibility and led to additional projects of over $1M in service value. Helen is also highly knowledgeable in the nutritional and skincare spaces and has helped numerous startups grow their businesses. In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing the violin, and spending time with her family.