Lisa Eklund, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Medway, Ma, Us

Weston, Massachusetts, United States

At Advisor360 we continue to disrupt the wealth management industry for the better, providing modern, scalable solutions and eye-opening insights. Senior ember of a high powered team who's primary focus to deliver quality service and support through the application of talented people, optimized and scalable processes and state of the art technology. 'Client obsessed' is our tag line. As chief of staff, my primary focus is to align the organization to strategy with clear OKR's driving desired outcomes. Strategy, execution and accountability - JOB #1.

Massachusetts

CIO Sensei is an IT advisory firm comprised of former CIOs, IT Practitioners, and Business Executives with “real world” experience successfully leading organizations and delivering business results. Our experienced team accelerates measurable benefits and value realization for our clients.Solving business problems involves people, process and technology. I am passionate about helping our clients embrace the opportunity, tease the problem apart, align operations to strategy and mobilize their teams to meet and exceed their goals. With every engagement I bring my proven track record, offer my operational experience, and passion for customer success. I would love the opportunity to gain your trust!

Lowell, Ma

Develops and manages customer enablement programs readying an organization with the launch of next generation workforce management software based on a SaaS paradigm. Led cross functional initiatives enabling people, process and technology insuring SLA's and quality standards are met. Led team of engineers responsible for resolution of critical customer defects and delivery of enhancements securing customer go live.Selected Accomplishments:- Developed 3 year mission, vision and strategic goals supporting 100+ organization - Operationalized a framework transitioning 'new product' development team to customer 1st paradigm focusing on agility and adaptability- Developed strategic alliances with Cloud Operations, Professional Services and Global Services supporting a cohesive customer experience- Managed programs to drive feature delivery and availability of metrics providing transparency to assess market readiness

Durham Center Of Excellence (Coe), Durham Nc

Manages $20M P&L, 450K sq. ft. Data Center, and services delivery organization of 150+ engineers, architects, delivery specialist and program managers globally. Monitors critical business functions - highly virtualized data center running mission-critical applications. 150K sq. ft. of hosting and cloud infrastructure supporting global R&D operation, with emphasis on sustainability and energy efficiency. Leads a senior leadership team executing to an operating model ensuring delivery excellence, meeting or exceeding customer service level agreements. Selected Accomplishments:- Awarded Manufacturing Leadership (ML) Innovation award for increasing engineering agility by creating transformative innovations focused on people, process and technology.- Reduced engineering prototype demand by 50%, improved dev/test environment deployments from hours to minutes and reduced physical host demand by 40%. Leveraged VMWare virtualization, core infrastructure and automation solutions, advanced sharing practices and automated reservation systems.- Retained $3M major client relationship by setting up environment for Proof of Concept to host client’s complex test env. Hosted 486 Customer Briefings, 90+ customer tours.

Hopkinton, Ma

Led multi-disciplined, shared-services team managing cloud operations, business partnerships, big data and analytics. Oversaw 24/7 availability of compute, storage, and network for global ‘follow the sun’ model.Selected Accomplishments: - Awarded ML 2012 ML100 Game Changing Technology Innovation award for leading development of self-service, virtualized, and automated cloud platform, enabling thousands of engineers worldwide to operate in centralized self-managed environments. Netted 30% reduction in upfront capital expenses, 20% improvement in deployment, increased speed to market and improved end user experience.- Co-led corporate business transformation initiative targeting global engineering labs to enable optimal resource utilization, engineering agility, and operational efficiencies.- Netted 65% space reduction, 54% power-cost reduction, and 51% relocation to lower cost energy in Durham, NC by establishing power, cooling, and space optimization programs.

Southboro, Ma

Managed cross functional program of new product development enabling EMC to compete in entry level storage market. Drove end to end lifecycle process from concept to launch. Co-led recruitment and development of global team 300+. Oversaw all program and project management activities for engineering, managing daily operations, budgets, schedules, reporting and executive briefings. Selected Accomplishments- Recipient of EMC President's Award - highest honor for innovation on VNXe product launch.- Consulted new division VP of strategic partnerships and co-led newly formed team through established new product release process, achieving healthy balance between process and startup.- Briefed execs on product quality and go-to market readiness, soliciting support to eliminate barriers and consult on risk-mitigation plans.- Served as primary point of engagement between IT and business, co-leading development and go-live of new end-user online ecosystem awarded by Channel for ease of use, innovated look and feel, and channel centricity.

Hopkinton, Ma

Spearheaded operations and programs reporting directly into CTO. Managed Industry Technical Advisory Board, a collaboration of CTO's of Fortune 500 companies. Accountable for $10M budget supporting University and Strategic affiliations. Oversaw operations of Technology Acquisitions insuring holistic view by technologist and business.

Hopkinton, Ma

Led program management team accountable for the business unit governance of a $500M software business. Coached and mentored staff members on best practices, negotiation techniques, risk mitigation strategy, and go-to-market readiness insuring consistent, repeatable and fact based program reviews to executives.

Hopkinton, Ma

Engineering and global program manager leading cross functional teams on execution of end-to-end life cycle process in accordance with company standards. Briefed executives on product quality and go-to-market readiness soliciting guidance to remove barriers and advice on risk mitigation strategies.Additional experience:- Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, advancing to Founding Engineer of a start up

Master Of Science (Ms), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics, Business Administration