8 Steps to Career Liberation: Online Career Change Course

Jeff Hittner is co-founder of Project X, a social venture dedicated to helping 1 million people build purposeful careers and lives. He has 20 years experience as an entrepreneur, consultant and coach. He is the founder of five social ventures, including IBM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consulting practice globally. Jeff is executive coach to CEOs and senior executives in more than a half dozen countries on three continents. In 2011, he developed the curriculum for one of the first MBA’s in Sustainability in the US, at Bard College, where he was the Leadership professor.

Jeff is a partner to global organizations focused on entrepreneurship and youth development. He has built career discovery, leadership and startup programs around the globe. Prior to your Project X, he ran a career transition program for 64 New Yorkers, built global education programs including a blended learning initiative for high school dropouts in Latin America and career discovery programs for youth in Europe.

Jeff received his Masters in Cultures and Development Studies from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from The College of William and Mary in Virginia where he was an elite gymnast. Jeff speaks globally on the topics of purpose, empathy and 21st century careers and has been published in a half dozen major publications, including Forbes and Quartz (qz.com). Jeff lives in NYC with his wife, Grace, and two-year-old son, Rivington.