IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Talking through the talent aspect of the commercial real estate space at JLL Technologies with a focus on transformation
April 2022
Culture, career trajectories, career development and hybrid work are becoming the key criteria for talent to consider when making a transition. How does JLL Technologies navigate these requirements that candidates are considering today?
Yen Lee, Chief Strategy Officer, at JLL Technologies, speaks with Sanjay Sama, Vice President, Kingsley Gate Partners.
About Yen Lee
Yen Lee is the Chief Strategy Officer at JLL Technologies (JLLT) and President of JLLT China, a Fortune 500 global commercial real estate company. At JLLT, Yen helps determine investment initiatives in data, analytics, and technology to grow JLL’s core businesses and extend into new businesses and markets. These initiatives include sustainability, strategic investments, and global expansions.
Before joining JLL, he helped lead product and go-to-market teams to disrupt other industries like local (CitySearch), travel (WorldRes, Yahoo, Uptake), commerce (Ebates & Rakuten) with a specific interest in vertical applications of machine learning, building customer loyalty, and new customer experiences.
He occasionally invests and serves as a CEO advisor, helping scale teams and culture and planning and executing growth and exit strategies. A first-generation Canadian, he is committed to helping grow the Canadian technology ecosystem as a mentor and an investor.