Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Yana is an experienced innovation practitioner specializing in digital health and open innovation. As a manager open innovation at DayOne, she fosters collaborative ecosystems that shape the future of healthcare. With a strong background in managing international innovation communities and orchestrating high-impact events, she actively connects stakeholders across sectors, facilitating impactful collaborations that drive healthcare transformation. Committed to accelerating innovation, she supports startups, researchers, and industry leaders in co-developing solutions that address healthcare’s most pressing challenges. Yana holds a Master's degree in International Business. Before devoting her heart and soul to innovation, Yana launched her career in the manufacturing and construction industries, where she performed various senior roles in business development, marketing, and sales in both B2B and B2C sectors.
At DayOne (part of Basel Area Business & Innovation) we are shaping the future of health by accelerating digital transformation in Europe’s leading healthcare and life sciences hub.
OUTCOME is a boutique innovation advisory firm founded by Cris Beswick and Dan Toma, where combining thinking and approaches from their two bestselling books results in a different way of helping leaders in global organisations drive innovation and shape the future. - STRATEGY - GOVERNANCE - PROCESSES - CULTURE - LEADERSHIP -
EnterpriseUp is a collaboration platform for scalable innovation ecosystems. I was engaged at agile management (Product Owner Role) in developing a PaaS aimed to manage innovation ecosystems digitally.
- Project lead at for international Conferences focused on corporate innovation (such as Corporate Startup Summit & Award and Corporate Acceleration and Incubation Summit) including Business development, Event-Management and Marketing. - Community building, online events and content management (under the name “Corporate Innovators”).
International sales and mediation, Marketing consultancy, Business empathy and development