Laura Watson Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, New York, United States

•Manage various Technology Strategy, Data Strategy & Digital Transformation engagements focusing on how to harness data and better utilize technology to improve business processes and enhance value•Specialize in the Hospitality & Commercial Real Estate industries

New York, Ny

• Conducted a technology risk assessment of an innovative mixed concept (retail, dining, etc.) project in South Street Seaport on behalf of a large real estate development and management company • Designed an Operating Model for a specialized real estate and infrastructure owner-operator with $31.2B AUM that enabled the organization to better leverage technology and data to increase operational efficiencies • Developed a Technology and Data Strategy, which included the development of an actionable roadmap, for a large multi-national investment manager with a €902B AUM • Executed multiple IT Due Diligence efforts to identify transactional risk related to IT and Data

London, England, United Kingdom

• Developed a Data Governance and Information Management Strategy for a Real Estate Investment Manager with €17B+ AUM; enabled the creation of their data model leveraging the OSCRE framework • Assisted a Real Estate Investment Management firm with $59B+ AUM in creating their data dictionary for the purpose of implementing an enterprise data lake • Provided first-line support to UK-based Advisory clients

New York, Ny

• Executed IT Due Diligences and 100-Day planning to promote top-line value creation and bottom-line cost reduction initiatives • Advised customer experience strategy and design • Performed technology enablement to support overall IT strategies and IT roadmaps

New York, Ny

• Led webinars to instruct the partners of CR in the new CRM system • Provided first and second level support to all users of the new CRM system • Upgraded a client's billing and tax system using Salesforce • Co-authored certain firm policies and guidelines documents after researching industry best practices• Created decks used in pitch meetings and status update meetings

Greater Philadelphia Area

• RistCall is a healthcare engineering company and the maker of a wearable electronic call bell system • Collected, organized, and analyzed data from the product • Created marketing videos and informational pamphlets • Pitched the product to several potential clients• Helped run the satellite office in Philadelphia

Bryn Mawr College

• Worked as a TA in various STEM classes for children ranging from 8-16 years old

Major: Operations Research And Information Engineering, Minor: Classical Literature

Activities and Societies: Cornell Women’s Varsity Squash Team (Captain '18), Big Red Leadership Institute, College Mentors for Kids.

High School, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Varsity Squash Team '10-'14 (Captain '13, '14), Hotchkiss Girl's Squash Prize '13 '14, Varsity Golf Team '13.