Jens Heitland
Year 1980
  • Born
Year 1980
Year 1997
  • Start as electrical engineer on construction site - Brockbals GmbH
Year 1997
Year 2001
  • Lived on the German Island Spiekeroog for 1 year
Year 2001
Year 2002
  • Electrical Engineer - Brockbals GmbH & Ruthman GmbH
Year 2002
Year 2004
  • Several positions in M+W Zander DIB Facility Management
Year 2004
Year 2008
  • Started working in IKEA
  • Several positions in IKEA Germany
Year 2008
Year 2010
  • Got Married
Year 2010
Year 2012
  • Global Project Manager “The Sustainable IKEA Store Project”
Year 2012
Year 2014
  • Moved to Moscow Russia
  • Head of Sustainability IKEA Centres Russia
Year 2014
Year 2016
  • Head of Innovation & Customer Experience IKEA Centres Russia
Year 2016
Year 2017
  • Moved to Sweden
  • Daughter is Born
  • Global Head of Innovation IKEA Centres
Year 2017
Year 2019
  • Moved to Denmark
  • Business Design Lead at Fjord
  • Founded Heitland Innovation
Year 2019
Year 2020
  • Moved back to Germany
  • Registered new Legal entity Heitland Innovation GmbH in Germany
  • Founded Heitland Clothing
  • Co-founded Ai-Fortuna
  • Co-Founded XYZ Playground
  • Started The Jens Heitland Show
Year 2020