Ainslie Simmonds

Ainslie Simmonds
Chief Operating Officer, LearnVest & Head of Client and Advisor Digital Products, Northwestern Mutual

In her roles as Chief Operating Officer of LearnVest and Head of Client and Advisor Digital Products at Northwestern Mutual, Ainslie Simmonds oversees product development for web and mobile, user experience & visual design and market research for both brands. Previously, Ainslie served as the SVP of Innovation at Maddock Douglas, a product innovation agency, as well as the chief marketing and product development officer at Investools/Thinkorswim, an online education and brokerage company that was acquired by TD Ameritrade for $850M. Ainslie has also served as a Partner at Markitecture, an innovation-focused research firm; and worked in marketing at Coors/Molson where she led strategy and execution as Vice President and at Campbell Soup Company’s soup division. Ainslie holds an MBA from Harvard University, and a BA from the University of Western Ontario.