Jill Rasmussen is an innovation-driven leader whose work weaves together technology, design thinking, and digital trust to create human-centered solutions in both corporate and academic settings. She excels at framing ambiguous challenges, rapidly prototyping hypotheses with end users, and translating insights into scalable strategies that balance risk, usability, and impact. In her current role, Jill champions Identity and Access Management best practices across the higher education sector, advancing cybersecurity, privacy, and digital experience optimization while ensuring that every technical decision remains grounded in real-world user needs.

As adjunct faculty at Bryant University and Brown University’s School of Engineering, Jill mentors master’s students through their capstone Critical Challenge Projects, guiding teams to apply design thinking principles to complex problems, align diverse stakeholders, and deliver actionable, stakeholder-informed outcomes. Her passion for teaching sparks curiosity and resilience, helping both emerging engineers and business management majors navigate uncertainty with confidence and creativity.

For more than five years, Jill has volunteered as a mentor and advisor for RIHub and MassChallenge, where she’s supported dozens of founders and graduate students in validating ideas, refining customer-centric designs, and building sustainable execution plans. Now, as lead mentor at MAGICademy, she shapes programs that cultivate adaptive leadership and systems-level thinking, empowering learners to connect technology and humanity in meaningful ways as they tackle the digital challenges of tomorrow.

Before turning her talents to education and mentorship, Jill built and led Insurtech innovation programs that delivered multimillion-dollar digital transformations for a century-old Property and Casualty carrier. Under her leadership, the company reimagined its customer experience, earning #1 J.D. Power rankings for Digital Experience, Digital Service, and Shopping. Jill’s thought leadership extends to national forums—she contributed to the EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity and Privacy Horizon Report and speaks regularly on identity, digital trust, and the human side of security. She holds a master’s degree in Cybersecurity, a certification in Identity and Access Management, and is pursuing a PhD researching Digital Trust and Identity.