Lesley Jesseau Email & Phone Number

Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

I lead strategic initiatives by fostering connections among diverse individuals, teams, and processes, all aimed at delivering exceptional customer success. Leading a high-performing team, dedicated to providing valuable research, insights, and diverse perspectives to develop innovative approaches, overcome challenges, enhance collaboration, and drive tangible business impact. Operating in a time of significant change and disruption, I excel at simplifying complex problems, identifying strategic imperatives, and navigating through ambiguity. By focusing on the human aspect, I empower teams to build confidence, embrace calculated risks, learn from failures, and ultimately enhance customer outcomes. One of my proudest achievements is enabling a culture that encourages individuals to step out of their comfort zones, experiment, acquire new knowledge, and foster personal growth. I firmly believe in empowering people to take bold steps, learn from their experiences, and continuously improve.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Operations and Strategy lead for Consulting and Support business unit. Led strategic planning from annual planning to creation and execution of net new strategic programs driving change as we evolved both our GTM and strategic direction to industry. Introduced creativity into business development and operations team by building an environment where experimentation was encouraged and failure accepted as part of the path to getting to great. Improved internal rhythms of the business (ROB) to reduce internal meeting time by 28% and improve outcomes for our customers. Established a broad network across the Microsoft ecosystem to drive strategic insight and change.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Created and connected strategic programs to tactical execution to deliver predictable revenue in key industries and solution areas for Microsoft consulting and support services. Drive go-to-market planning, alignment and execution for $200M business unit. Built and led a diverse team of account and territory-based business development professionals to drive demand generation for transformational customer projects. Drove change, strategy to execution across the entire Services business in Canada.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Developed go-to-market strategy and account-based engagement plans for key financial services customers. Drove customer planning with account teams, acting as both challenger and coach to ensure plans articulate customer challenges and drive digital transformation programs forward. Provided industry insights and developed tactics to drive specific Services priorities such as the Digital Advisor thought leadership program. Acted as mentor and coach to team members to drive outside-in thinking. Worked with and through other segments such as area Marketing to develop joint plans, integrate Services into local activities and drive customer advocacy opportunities.

Oakville, Ontario, Ca

Led product marketing for innovation team creating Internet of Things (IoT) service platform for the connected home. Managed marketing team developing launch plans for market introduction. Drove collaborative process to create key messaging and positioning with product management, innovation and UX leads. Responsible for understanding the market potential of innovation projects including market intelligence and analysis and developing go-to-market plans and potential business models. Acted as industry and product expert for business development activities with potential partners. Managed relationships with external creative agencies, including the selection process and contract negotiations for PR firm and brand agency.

Stockholm, Se

Led operational excellence practice strategic planning and revenue generation activities. Created global thought leadership program leveraging in house experts to increase both organic and paid engagement.

Freelance marketing and communications consultant focused on helping technology companies with key message creation and white paper writing and editing.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Marketing & Customer advocacy leader for innovation team working on B2B security products including partner engagement, customer engagement, marketing communications management and go to market execution. Built market assessments, assesses market potential, and business case for business model evolution. Worked with customers to unblock deployment challenges to create super-fans who would act as evangalists with other customers and at key events.

Account and project manager for application development projects with federal agencies.

Account manager for digital design projects for large, global technology company customers.

Mba, Marketing, Technology

Ba, English, Communication Studies