Jenn Flaa
High Tech CEO, Author, Speaker, Trainer, Vixen Vox
About Me
I'm a serial entrepreneur with deep roots in technology and a passion for music. A kind of Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde, if Hyde can be a rocker chick/song writer/author instead of a lunatic!
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I started my career as an engineer at NASA and a stint in Silicon Valley as a Quality Assurance Manager, then started my first company, which eventually became Vettanna. Our first job was to setup the QA department at eBay and train testers. During the last few years Vettanna has expanded to provide IT Staffing, Projects and Consulting.
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I recently started The Bird Commission to deliver online & live training.
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I sing and play flute in three bands. Urban Fiction is a predominately 80s rock/dance band, The Zippy Katz is vintage jazz and Wild Life Drive is poolside fun.
I'm public speaker and have written two books, The Happiness Handbook and the children's book White Fawn. My story about Hurricane Ian is included in Storm Stories.
Vettanna & The Bird Commission
In 1996, a fledgling eBay asked me to start their QA department. I did that very first project and then handed this client over to my brothers to manage while I started to work to build the company.
We've expanded now into IT Resourcing, Project & Consulting; providing engineers, testers, taxonomists, writers, project managers to high tech companies around the world.
In 2017, I bought the rights to Vettanna's training and rebranded under the new company, The Bird Commission. We are currently hosting multiple course authors teaching a variety of business and personal development topics.
What Interrupting Feels Like
The Secret Conversation Styles of Men Women and Bosses
Rocking Saks - Make The Media Love You Media Training Event
On Camera Training By Vettanna ToGo
Media Training By Vettanna ToGo
On Camera Training Testimonial - Michelle Dench
Media Training Testimonial - Lori Cheung
Speaker Topics
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Rock Your Videos - Present Professionally & Confidently on Zoom, Webinars, Videos & Live Streams
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3 Steps To Rockin Your Happy Dance
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The Happiness Hour - Cocktails + Happiness!
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Your Happiness Journey
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Smart Negotiating for Women
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Secret Conversation Styles of Men, Women & Bosses
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Decide Already! Your Guide to Fearless Decision Making
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Becoming Human: Creating a Code You Can Live By
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Improv Games for Relationship Building
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Writing Games for Writers and Wanna Be Writers
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Bands
I grew up in the arts: acting, singing, shaking my booty (by no means can we call it dancing!), playing guitar, flute and french horn. I was even drum major and band conductor.
But my musical destiny was put on hold when I abandoned the arts and began a career in software development thats seen me work on projects from NASA to eBay.
In 2005, I decided that the music had been on the back burner long enough and began studying, song writing and performing again.
Urban Fiction
Interactive dance rock favorites from the '50s to now
Urban Fiction
Urban Fiction Town Square 2021
Urban Fiction Sampler
Urban Fiction Video
The Zippy Katz
Vintage Jazz Standards from '20s-'60s
Wildlife Drive
When you find yourself in SW Florida, with a drink in your hand and sand on your toes -
​Head on over for some rockin beach tunes from Wildlife Drive
A gaggle of musicians from Sanibel and all over tarnation playing the beachin songs you love.
Roadhouse Blues Wildlife Drive Clip
Wildlife Drive 2022
Books
The Happiness Handbook
One night I sat down to write a song and the book started tumbling out. At first it was written from my perspective and to help my sweetie succeed at evoking my happiness.
As he read the book and followed the recipe for bringing out my best, I realized just how powerful the clarity and communication aspects of this book are.
So, I tweaked it a bit, so you can use it too! It even hit the Amazon #1 Best Seller list when it launched!
One Sheet
"Home Sweet Sanibel" Contributed by Jenn Flaa
Storm Stories
August 2021 I made a life long dream come true and bought a condo on the sweet island of Sanibel Florida.
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Thirteen months later the dream became a nightmare as the 150mph winds of Hurricane Ian hit Sanibel and took 8 hours to leave!
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During the recovery I was lucky to meet the folks of the Gulf Coast Writers Association. They asked me to contribute my story to this collection. Putting it on paper was a turning point for my internal recovery.
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The book has stories from 80 survivors and refugees both the islands and mainland of Southwest Florida. A portion of the proceeds goes to The Cajon Navy, a heroic group of first responders that you will meet in several of the stories.
White Fawn
A Children's Story by Jenn Flaa
Take this visually gorgeous journey of self discovery with White Fawn as she meets charming and scary characters that teach her how to stand up for herself and embrace self confidence and self esteem.
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***I'm currently looking for a water color artist that creates whimsical animal characters similar to the one on the left. Send me a note if you're interested.
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