Val Vacante Bio
Val Vacante is an award-winning global innovator; as the VP of Solutions Innovation at Dentsu, she uncovers cultural trends, commerce dynamics, and emerging technologies to shape next-generation product innovations, and solutions impacting the way people connect and experience in the physical and digital world.
Val is the co-creator behind Dentsu NXT Space, a virtual co-space designed to rapidly test, learn and explore emerging technologies and experiences – created in collaboration with Microsoft, LinkedIn, and HeadOffice.space, named, “Top Debut in the Metaverse.” She also co-created ShopNXT™ — Dentsu's award-winning retail innovations named “top product picks,” at CES by PCR Magazine, “top tools shaping the future of retail” by Adweek.
Additionally, Val architected NXT Intelligence™ an innovation platform designed to rapidly explore, evaluate and evolve business growth opportunities. Her latest initiatives focus on connected experiences, emerging technologies, gaming, retail, and play.
Val’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Fortune, Forbes, VentureBeat, Adweek, CNET, The Drum, PSFK, eMarketer, Digiday, and MediaPost among others.
Her portfolio includes over 50+ brands namely, Microsoft, Hasbro, Mattel, Disney, Bandai Namco Entertainment, PepsiCo, P&G, Nestlé, Mercedes-Benz, MINI, AT&T, Vodafone, Honeywell, Dell and more.
Named Top 25 Women in Tech, 40/Forty, The Most Powerful Women in Technology -- she serves on Fast Company and SXSW Board.