Glenn Eden is the Executive Vice President, Corporate and Technology Practice Lead at Weber Shandwick, one of the world’s largest and leading public relations firms.

 

As a twenty year seasoned veteran at Weber Shandwick, Glenn is responsible for the creation and implementation of strategic PR, corporate reputation and executive visibility plans for technology, financial services, manufacturing and government clients. He also has a proven track record of advising and counseling companies and government entities on media relations strategies to insure media coverage that successfully raises awareness, visibility, and understanding of their products/services, and favorably supports their overall business objectives.

 

Glenn has advised the City of Chicago’s Department of Innovation and Technology, City Tech Collaborative, IBM, Abbott, Nuveen Investments, the U.S. Department of Treasury, Motorola, Mattel, Lenovo, Google, Gogo, Qualcomm, and others.

 

Glenn is the board chair of Choose Chicago, the City of Chicago’s tourism and convention marketing arm. He is also a board member of World Business Chicago. Glenn is an advisory board member of the Illinois Technology Association’s (ITA) Midwest Internet of Things Council. Glenn is also an executive oversight committee member of The Array of Things Project, the world’s first urban sensing initiative based in Chicago. He also serves on the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Computer Science Department Advisory Board.

 

In 2016, he was named to Chicago Inno’s ‘50 on Fire’ honor roll for outstanding contributions to Chicago’s tech and innovation ecosystem. Glenn is a member of Chicago United’s Leaders Council. He is currently a member of Chicago International Film Festival’s Black Perspectives Committee. Glenn also served as the Chairman of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Evening Associates Board from 2007 to 2011 and was instrumental in helping the museum leadership launch the Modern Wing opening in 2009. Glenn received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.