Lisa Ekman is a proven information technology executive with extensive responsibility in leading IT organizations across multiple industries, focusing on managing IT from a technical and business perspective.  Ekman’s breadth of experience spans 31 years working in both domestic and multinational companies.  During her career, Ekman has earned a solid reputation for being business focused, results oriented and committed to excellence in execution. She has held many senior level roles including the office of CIO and has developed IT teams ranging from 50-250 people with significant budget responsibility.

Ms. Ekman’s expertise crosses diverse industries such as Entertainment, Banking and Investment Management, Consumer Packaged Goods, Nutraceutical CPG, Internet Service Provider, Real Estate, Insurance, Health Care, Hospitality, Retail, Development and Construction, and Foodservice.

As President of Ekman Associates, Inc. Ms. Ekman is engaged in all aspects of project assignments and complete oversight to ensure program / project success.  This includes vendor management, application design, process design, configuration, data cleansing / migration, transformation management, training, and infrastructure operations.  Additionally, Ms. Ekman has accomplished and expertise in the following areas:

    Program / Project Management

    Big Data / Data Analytics

    Software Implementation

    Infrastructure Operations

    Business Analytics / Business Intelligence

    Enterprise Architecture

    Software Development

    Merger & Acquisitions

Ms. Ekman has served on several Boards in addition to lecturing and public speaking.

Education

·       MBA, BA