Elizabeth Orbison Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco, California, United States

• I rejoined TechSoup in a newly created leadership role, reporting to the COO. In this role I drive the design and implementation of improved business operations and enable a future-ready global workforce that embodies.
• Developed a new operating model which led to our recent restructuring
• Establishing an AI Working group, with our infrastructure and data leads, to ensure data and security compliance, training, and opportunities for embedding into TechSoup’s business practices.
• Focused cost management in a transitioning landscape, which includes many end user technology transitions, reducing operating costs by $1M year-over-year
• Re-imagining work/ staff enablement as we embrace a global hybrid work environment. This involves understanding TechSoup’s needs and challenges, gathering ideas, conducting research and then developing practices to.

• During the pandemic, I consulted and volunteered at various organizations: TechSoup, Invest In Women Entrepreneurs, Sugarlogix, and several Bay Area NGOs.
• Lead the operations and logistics teams for virtual events: TechSoup’s first virtual summit (ten days, 1000+ participants); CA Women’s Business Center’s “Women Shaping the New Economy” Event, and weekly zoom services.
• Formulated strategic plans, evaluated, and improved internal business structures, developed processes and augmented finance, human resources, and project management for start-ups and non-profits.
• Chaired recruitment committees/ efforts: two national leadership searches and various other essential roles.

Hayward, California

• In the spring of 2019, I jumped feet first into the management team at Nelumbo (a material science startup). I helped define our strategy and played a hands-on role in implementation. I managed the day-to-day.
• As the BizOps partner (aka the one non-engineer/scientist member of the team), I diagnosed the need for and established strategic frameworks to identify business metrics and resource staffing to ensure short- and.
• I launched the project management function through the implementation of productivity tools and process improvement. We increased collaboration and communication between internal and external stakeholders to meet our.
• After the Bay Area’s COVID-19 Shelter in Place, I led Nelumbo’s global response and adaptation to the pandemic and enabled the continuity of business operations. I developed protocols and managed our resource planning.

San Francisco Bay Area

• I was attracted to TechSoup for its global impact and leadership team and was thrilled when I had the opportunity to join the CEO’s Office to increase the to increase the executive leadership’s capacity through.
• I was an integral part of the growth capital campaign team, in helping develop the $45M+ year-over-year enterprise-wide projection and investment model that enabled the $11.5M Regulation A+ Direct Public Offering..
• Over time, I expanded my role to be the cross-functional lead for a variety of enterprise-wide initiatives: global employee onboarding and journey; monthly in-person and virtual staff meetings; vendor and lease.
• I find myself at home when I can cultivate enterprise-wide relationships, and advocate for employees needs as well as champion executive team actions and organization initiatives. My experience has taught me that that.

San Francisco Bay Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• I still remember the day when my MBA program offered me my first opportunity to pivot from law to an operations career. While still an MBA candidate, I created and led the Georgetown McDonough's MBA Career Center.
• I hired mission-oriented and lifelong learners and together we improved the career center operations by creating an Employee Recruitment Guide, re-engineering our recruitment and logistics processes and supporting the.
• With an eye towards SaaS platform improvements and data analytics, we created and transitioned to MBA CareerView (MCV). This first of its kind operating system was a one-stop shop for managing coaching appointments.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History