Helen Yu

CEO

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States26 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Founder of Tigon Advisory, driving responsible AI growth.
  • Keynote speaker on ethical AI and digital transformation.
  • Mentoring underrepresented leaders in technology.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in responsible AI and cybersecurity, with expertise in digital transformation and strategic governance.

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Skills

Core Skills

Risk AssessmentCorporate GovernanceCybersecurityStart-upsDigital TransformationStrategic CommunicationsBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyCustomer JourneysSolution ArchitectureStrategyCross-functional Team Leadership

Other Skills

HealthcareEnterprise Risk ManagementData GovernanceFundraisingExecutive TeamSoftware as a Service (SaaS)LeadershipBoard of DirectorsPublic SpeakingInnovation ConsultingBusiness StrategyAnalyticsRevenue GenerationMarketingProfessional Services

About

I'm passionate about human-AI amplification rather than replacement. As the founder & CEO of Tigon Advisory, I help tech companies multiply growth through responsible AI, cybersecurity, IoT, supply chain, and CX strategies. Offering CXO-as-a-service in digital transformation, risk management, GTM, and thought leadership. Clients include NVIDIA, Salesforce, Microsoft, Cisco and innovative startups in Cybersecurity, SaaS, Fintech, etc. Also serve as board director and VC advisor on ethical tech and governance. Credentials include cybersecurity certification from MIT Sloan, MBA from Loyola University Chicago, WSJ/Amazon bestselling author ("Ascend Your Start-Up"), keynote speaker, and host of CXO Spice podcast where I explore leadership in emerging tech. On LinkedIn, my daily posts (300+ in 2025, 136k+ reactions, 38k+ comments) share practical insights on ethical AI scaling, voice agents, bias mitigation, and building trust in human-AI teams. I'm passionate about mentoring the next generation, especially women and underrepresented leaders in tech. If you're shaping responsible AI strategies, navigating cyber risks in AI, or debating amplification vs. automation, let's connect. Comment below, share your take, or reach out. Excited to amplify together. #ResponsibleAI #HumanAI #AIEthics #Cybersecurity #DigitalTransformation

Experience

26 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 8 mos
Current Experience

Communications engineering company (cec)

Director Board of Directors

Feb 2024Present · 2 yrs 3 mos · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States · On-site

  • CEC is a security service integrator with focus markets in manufacturing, healthcare, SLED and Corporate Campus. Customers with complicated organizations and physical plants rely on CEC as extensions of their teams in making strategic investment and management decisions related to their technology and infrastructure. I serve as Culture and Compensation Committee Chair.
Risk AssessmentStrategic CommunicationsHealthcareCorporate GovernanceEnterprise Risk ManagementStrategy+1

Cybersecurity startup

Co-Founder

Oct 2023Present · 2 yrs 7 mos · United States · Remote

  • This startup is an alternate internet and an AI enabled cybersecurity solution. It is a Closed Loop Network that provides an environment for private anonymized and secure communications.
Risk AssessmentStrategic CommunicationsCybersecurityFundraisingStart-upsExecutive Team+2

Keenfolks

Member Board of Directors

Mar 2023Present · 3 yrs 2 mos · Greater Barcelona Metropolitan Area · Remote

  • Independent Board Director. KeenFolks is a global Integrative A.I. Agency to connect Business, Marketing & Technology to deliver efficiency and growth to multinationals.
Risk AssessmentStrategic CommunicationsCorporate GovernanceDigital TransformationStart-upsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)+4

Verras capital lp

Advisory Board

Oct 2022Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · Delaware, United States

  • Verras Capital is a venture capital that discovers and support technology startups with potential to create great value by making the world better and simpler. Investing in B2B SaaS, B2C and marketplace startups in proptech, fintech, martech, wellness, HR tech & mobility. We love the sharing economy, asset-light and sustainability-friendly models.
  • I participate in investment due diligence process, evaluate founding teams, provide risk analysis, market landscape analysis, competitive analysis and offer my investment recommendation base on collected data.
Strategic CommunicationsBoard of Directors

Global cybersecurity association - gca

Vice Chair Board Of Directors

Oct 2020Present · 5 yrs 7 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

  • Global Cybersecurity Association is a non-profit cybersecurity association. In our symposium of glabal thought leaders and CISO's, we devise strategies and plans to counter cybercrime and to advance cybersecurity resilience. Our learnings are presented to the corporate and governmental communities at our 3 annual conferences, live streamed around the world from Zurich, Switzerland. I am responsible for the strategic planning and providing oversight to corporate partnership.
Business StrategyStrategic CommunicationsCybersecurityBoard of DirectorsPublic SpeakingCorporate Governance+2

Pypestream

Board Advisor

Apr 2019Present · 7 yrs 1 mo · Greater New York City Area

  • Pypestream is an AI company that automates self-service and reduces customer services costs while maitaining the quality of customer interaction. Pypestream achieved over 250% growth during the past 3 years. I have been providing oversights on marketing strategy, operation optimization, strategic planning, leadership development, alliance partnership and leadership succession planning.
Strategic CommunicationsGo-to-market StrategyFundraisingStrategy

Tigon advisory corp.

Founder & CEO

Sep 2017Present · 8 yrs 8 mos · Greater Chicago Area

  • Tigon Advisory is a fractional CXO-as-a-Service growth accelerator that multiplies growth opportunities for companies at any size.
  • We guide organizations through digital transformation, strategic planning, succession planning, enterprise risk management including cybersecurity risk assessment, go-to-market optimization as well as influencer marketing. Enterprise customers include SAP, Salesforce, NVIDIA, IBM, Microsoft.
Business DevelopmentRisk AssessmentStrategic CommunicationsGo-to-market StrategyPublic SpeakingDigital Transformation+5

Jebbit

Advisory Board Member

Nov 2016Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Greater Boston Area

  • In this role, I advised the CEO and co-founders on business growth strategies including go-to-market strategy, customer experience strategy, strategy planning, risk management, leadership development, compensation and key leadership succession oversight. Jebbit was named one of the Top 25 Most Promising Companies in the World by CNBC, and their co-founders are Forbes 30 Under 30 honourees. During my 2-year advisory service, the business achieved tremendous growth, with 2018 revenue more than doubling the revenue for the past 2 years combined.
Strategic CommunicationsGo-to-market StrategyFundraisingStart-upsStrategy

Adobe marketo

Group Vice President

Oct 2013Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

  • I joined as VP, North America Professional Service. After building the enterprise consulting business from the ground up, I was promoted to GVP of Global Services, with the responsibility of global professional services and global training, and later on was given the responsibility of Account Management, overseeing the P&L and a 200+ team in license renewal, consulting sales, consulting delivery, project management, solution architecture and education curriculum design, delivery and sales.
  • I led my team to attain the highest customer retention dollar and percentages in Marketo’s 10-year history. During my 3.5-year tenure, both enterprise and overall company ARR grew significantly, while the service margin increased substantially before the acquisition by Vista Equity.
Business DevelopmentStrategic CommunicationsExecutive TeamCustomer JourneysStrategy

Adobe systems

Regional Director, North America Consulting

Aug 2011Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 2 mos · San Jose, CA

  • I joined Adobe to manage the profitability and drive growth of the West and Central regions and to work with sales leaders to build strategic and retail verticals from the ground up. I partnered closely with three sales VPs and alliance partners in driving solution sales and achieving overall customer success.
  • In this role, I drove 3x revenue growth in the first year and 5x growth the second year.
Business DevelopmentCustomer JourneysStrategy

Oracle

4 roles

Solution Architect, North America Strategic Accounts

Aug 2008Aug 2011 · 3 yrs

  • Oracle tasked me with driving application suite software license sales by providing thought leadership and execution support to the strategic account management team, with strategized account planning, industry-leading practice, resource alignment, value selling into CIO, CPO, CTO and CFO, packaged solution sets, strategic partnerships and customer relationship management.
  • I managed financial services, communications, media and energy verticals and substantially contributed to license sales in one year, growing the license pipeline >30% and consulting pipeline more than 20% YoY. After Oracle acquired 83 companies, I worked with App-related financial services and telecom verticals to create relevant go-to-market messages to highlight the business impact of each of the acquired solutions. I worked with the account team to build business cases that converted opportunities to deals.
Solution Architecture

Consulting Director, North America Consulting

Jul 2007Jul 2008 · 1 yr

  • I was promoted to lead Business Intelligence (BI) consulting practice post Oracle (Hyperion) acquisition. I was overseeing $25M P&L while managing a team of 35 and delivery through offshore Partner ecosystem. In addition, I led the team to double consulting sales within a year, grew the BI practice by +50% and exceeded both revenue and margin targets every quarter.
Strategy

Director, National Consulting Practice

Apr 2004Jul 2007 · 3 yrs 3 mos

  • I was promoted to lead the Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Business Intelligence (BI) solution selling team for financial services, communications, media and energy verticals, overseeing a team of 35. In addition, I led the team to double consulting sales within a year, grew the BI practice by +50% and exceeded both revenue and margin targets every quarter.
Cross-functional Team LeadershipStrategy

Senior BPM Principal

Jul 1999Jun 2004 · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • In this role, I led 100+ IT system implementation projects with multiple software products at 50+ Fortune 500 companies including UBS, Principal Financials, Abbott, AT&T, MasterCard, JP Morgan Chase, MetLife, Allstate, Wells Fargo, AOL, Hilton and Hyatt. I joined Hyperion in 1999, and the company was acquired by Oracle in 2007.
Digital TransformationAnalyticsStrategy

Education

Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago

MBA — Finance

Jan 1994Jan 1997

MIT Sloan School of Management

Cybersecurity Certification

Jan 2019Jan 2019

Cornell University

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