Yana Tornoe
About Yana Tornoe
Yana Tornoe is a member at Women Defining AI and the old girls club, and serves as Co-Founder and COO of Question Base in Miami, Florida. With a background in product management and strategy consulting, she has extensive experience in the tech industry, including her previous roles at iPaper, Monolig, and Swipes Incorporated.
Work at Women Defining AI
Yana Tornoe has been a member of Women Defining AI since 2024. This organization focuses on empowering women in the field of artificial intelligence, promoting diversity and inclusion within the tech industry.
Current Roles and Responsibilities
In addition to her role at Women Defining AI, Yana Tornoe is a member of the Old Girls Club since 2023. She serves as Co-Founder and COO at Question Base, a company that participated in the Techstars Fall 2023 program, focusing on automating internal support in Slack using AI. Her work in Miami, Florida, emphasizes innovation in tech solutions.
Previous Work Experience
Yana Tornoe has extensive experience in various roles. She worked as a Senior Product Manager at iPaper from 2020 to 2022 in Aarhus, Denmark. Prior to that, she was a Strategy Consultant at Monolig from 2017 to 2020. She also co-founded Swipes Incorporated, where she developed an award-winning task manager that reached 1 million users.
Educational Background
Yana Tornoe studied at Business Academy Aarhus, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in International Sales and Marketing Management from 2011 to 2013. She also obtained an AP degree in Marketing Management from the Danish Academy of Business and Technology from 2009 to 2011. Her early education includes a Secondary Degree in Mathematics and IT from 91 NEG German Language Highschool from 2004 to 2009.
Achievements and Contributions
Yana Tornoe has made significant contributions to the tech industry, including pivoting a company from B2C to B2B to enhance team collaboration. She has advocated for AI's role in improving company wikis and envisions a future of work characterized by increased collaboration between humans and AI. Her participation in the Techstars program highlights her commitment to innovation.