A business consulting and technology innovation company.

Founder

Operational experience, applied.

Jennessa Hopson | Founder, Hopson Virtually Connected

My background is in operational leadership. I spent eight years working in large-scale operations for a top-10 Fortune Global 500 company, including leadership responsibility for an operation exceeding $88 million and more than 250 employees.

That experience taught me a lot about how businesses actually operate. I've worked through the challenges that come with leading teams, managing daily operations, identifying problems, and finding ways to make things work better.

Before I founded Hopson Virtually Connected, I had already started exploring technology, building websites, learning CRM systems, and developing web applications. I was curious about what technology could do and how I could use it to solve real business problems.

But after starting HVC, that curiosity grew into something much bigger.

I started discovering just how many possibilities technology could open up, not only for my own business but for other businesses too. And the more I learned, the more I realized that sometimes the solution you're looking for isn't something you can simply go out and buy.

Sometimes, the system you need doesn't exist yet.

That's where things really started getting interesting for me. Instead of limiting myself to the software already available, I began learning how to develop customized systems from the ground up.

Nex UX is an example of exactly that. I recognized an operational need, had an idea for a system that could address it, and started building it from scratch. It's still in development, but it's being shaped by the experience I've gained working in real business operations and by what I've continued learning through HVC.

That's also a big part of why I founded Hopson Virtually Connected.

I wanted to take my experience in operational leadership, combine it with the technical knowledge I'm continuing to develop, and use both to help other businesses.

Sometimes that means improving an existing process. Sometimes it means helping a business make better use of the tools it already has. And sometimes it means developing something new because the right solution isn't already available.

I don't believe technology should dictate how a business operates. I believe we should first understand the business, identify what it actually needs, and then figure out the best way to move forward.

That's what HVC is built around: better business operations, smarter technology, and finding new ways to make progress possible.