Senior Director Sales Operations & Strategy at Applied Systems

Christian has dedicated his career to mastering the art and science of building high-growth Sales and Marketing organizations. He has extensive experience leading global Revenue Operations, Sales Operations, CRM Technology Strategy, Sales Enablement, Analytics, and Customer Strategy Consulting at Fortune 50 clients.  

Skills Include
-Sales Processes Optimization
-Sales Enablement
-BI & Analytics
-Sales & Marketing Technology
-Sales Support
-GTM Strategy
-Business Transformation 
-Leading global teams (50+)

Technology Proficiency 
-CRM (Salesforce, Dynamics) 
-Marketing Automation (Marketo, Marketing Cloud) 
-Sales Engagement (Outreach, Level 11) 
-Customer Success (ChurnZero) 

Previous clients include: Microsoft, Apple, Time Warner Cable, Verizon, EMC, Cisco, Coty, AbbVie, and others

Christian Fischer

Nano Banana 2 is out! 

Now I can create photos of my dog dressed as a colonial general...IN 4K! We are living through a revolution people.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is coming!  About time, Gemini 3 has turned into a hallucination machine. 

I'm just hope they can tap into some of the anthropic magic. Not just how smart the model is, but how easy it is to interact with seems to be a big emerging factor in model selection...

Open article: Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro to retake AI's top spot with 2X reasoning performance boost by venturebeat.com

Google launches Gemini 3.1 Pro to retake AI's top spot with 2X reasoning performance boost

...and here I am asking Claude how to cook a potato. I wonder if hacking state secrets is only the Max plan?

Open article: Hacker Used Anthropic’s Claude to Steal Mexican Data Trove by share.google

Hacker Used Anthropic’s Claude to Steal Mexican Data Trove

This is an odd decision.

Anthropic moving towards the walled garden approach. Personally disappointed, Opus 4.6 is my favorite day to day model by far... and their API pricing is just silly. 

I guess I'm back on the OpenAI train!

Let the AI model battles commence!  

OpenAI has some ground it needs to cover... Anthropic Opus 4.6 ran away with the last one...

Open article: OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model is a big step toward autonomous agents by share.google

OpenAI’s new GPT-5.4 model is a big step toward autonomous agents

Brand marketing ladyboss who builds your personal brand, LinkedIn strategy and confidence so you can change the world | LinkedIn Creator Program | Web3 Creator | Co-Owner & CMO| Lecturer & Public Speaker

Why do I call myself a ladyboss? Because I’m a powerful, loving, deeply human woman who believes real change happens one soul at a time.
 
I believe we are in the middle of a YOUman revolution.
I believe connection matters more than clout.
I believe service matters more than followers.
And I believe impact matters more than money.
 
Marketing has always been how I connect with people. I began my career at Walton Isaacson, working on brands like Unilever’s AXE and helping launch some of the earliest social-driven activations, including AXE One Nighty Only. That chapter taught me how deeply creativity depends on understanding real humans.
 
In 2016, I earned my MBA from the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. I later brought that strategic discipline into roles at Microsoft and Gartner, where I focused on scaling B2B and tech brands. I've been featured in places like The Washington Post and Branding Magazine and have been LinkedIn Top Voice since 2024.
 
Today, I’m a female founder, business owner, podcast host, mother and stepmother, building Standout Authority and YOUmanize alongside my husband, Joshua B. Lee. We help leaders and organizations find their voice and be chosen without selling.
 
How do I help leaders grow on LinkedIn without selling?
I build thought leadership strategies and social selling ecosystems that attract, engage, and convert the right people through trust, clarity, and consistent visibility.
 
What makes my approach different?
I don’t believe in scripts, hacks, or chasing algorithms. I believe in building real personal brands rooted in values, lived experience, and credibility that compounds over time.
 
Who do I work with?
I work with executives, founders, and corporate teams who want to stand out, scale visibility, and turn relationships into real opportunities, especially in B2B and professional services.
 
Why does this work?
Because people don’t buy from brands they don’t trust. I help leaders show up as real humans with clear authority, so opportunities come to them.
 
My work includes executive thought leadership strategy, LinkedIn implementation, done-for-you personal brand and content support as well as professional speaking and training. 
 
Receipts that matter:
• Led social strategy at Microsoft Inspire, driving over 1 billion impressions and earning a Speaker Excellence Award
• Recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice 
• Featured in The Washington Post, KXAN, CBS
• Co-Host of YOUmanize Your Brand podcast 
 
If you’re ready to stop blending in and start building trust that scales, let’s connect.

Rachel B. Lee

Women’s History Month has always asked us to reflect on the past, but this year I feel called to focus on the future we are actively building. 

The 2026 theme, “Leading the Change: Women Shaping a Sustainable Future,” lands differently in an era defined by AI, automation, and digital reputation. Only 22% of AI professionals are women, and just 18% of AI researchers are women, which means the systems shaping our careers and companies are being built without full representation at the table. 

💜 If we are not visible in these spaces, we are not shaping them. 

Leadership now requires more than competence; it requires intentional visibility. Your LinkedIn profile is not a digital resume, it’s your trust signal in an AI driven world, and it determines whether opportunities discover you or overlook you. 

In a time when algorithms summarize our expertise before a human ever speaks to us, clarity and positioning are no longer optional, they are foundational. I’m honored to be speaking 🎤 at Igniting Excellence 2026 with The WIT Network in San Diego, March 10-12. 

On March 12, I will lead a 90-minute interactive workshop, YOUmanize™ Your Authority: Building Trust, Visibility and Opportunity on LinkedIn in the AI Era, where we will refine profiles in real time, strengthen positioning, and unpack how Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is changing professional discovery. 

Last year, when I emceed this conference in Dallas, I witnessed what happens when women gather with intention and decide to own their voice in tech and leadership. The shift was tangible, the confidence was earned, and the momentum was real. 💜 

Women’s History Month is not only about honoring those who came before us, it’s about ensuring that when the next chapter of innovation is written, we are named as architects, not observers. 

If you would like a discount code to join me at Igniting Excellence, send me a DM, let’s lead the change together. 

I would love to see you in San Diego.
📍 Town and Country Resort
🗓️ March 10–12, 2026
🎟️ https://bit.ly/46dO4Si

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInTech #WomenInLeadership #IWD2026
#IgnitingExcellence #TheWITNetwork

Unpopular opinion alert 🚨 most people don't actually want an 8-figure business. They want to feel safe, supported, and in control of their lives, and I'm so tired of marketing that pretends otherwise. 
 
The constant “Do you want to know how I built an 8-figure company?” hook is lazy, it assumes the number is the desire, it's not.  
 
The desire is relief.  
 
💜Relief from financial stress.  
💜Relief from burnout.  
💜Relief from feeling like one bad month could take everything down. 
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Research on money and happiness backs this up. Studies from Kahneman, Deaton, and Killingsworth show that while income does increase life satisfaction, the biggest driver behind that increase is not the money itself.  
 
It's the sense of control over your life. In fact, for many people, emotional wellbeing tends to level off once basic financial security is in place, which today is roughly around the low 6 figures. After that, the returns are far more about autonomy than accumulation. 
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So when someone says they want 8-figures, what they often mean is that they want margin, they want options, they want to breathe. Marketers, we have to do better, stop selling the vanity metric and start speaking to the emotional truth underneath it.  
 
Stop promising that a bigger number will fix a nervous system that is fried from chasing. If the business does not create more control over time, deeper relationships, better health, and work that feels aligned, then the squeeze may not be worth it. 👍 
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The real question is not how do I get to 8-figures; it's what kind of life am I actually trying to build, and does this model support it? 

#Marketer #Marketing #Entrepreneur #CEO

For the first time in 50 years, college graduates are losing their edge in the job market, and as a business owner and a mom of 2 Gen Z teenagers and a Gen Alpha kid, I’m paying very close attention. 

Recent federal labor data highlighted by The Washington Post shows that skilled trade workers outpaced college educated professionals in employment outcomes last year, marking the first reversal of that gap since the early 1990s. 

At the same time, LinkedIn’s Jobs on the Rise for 2026 list shows AI engineers and consultants at the top, but what really stands out to me is the growth of founders, independent consultants, and strategic advisors, which signals that value creation is shifting beyond traditional corporate ladders.  

💜 AI is reshaping white collar work.  

💜 Infrastructure and data center expansion are driving trade demand.  

💜 The market is shifting in real time. 

This is not an argument against college; I’m a huge advocate for higher education. It’s an argument against complacency. If you have a degree and cannot find the role you thought you would land, and you don’t want to pivot into a trade, the answer is not panic, the answer is positioning. 

A degree is no longer the ONLY differentiator; applied skills, alignment with growth industries, and clear positioning are. If my kids were entering this market tomorrow, I would NOT tell them to rely on a credential alone.  

I would tell them to study where demand is growing, reverse engineer job descriptions, build adjacent skills quickly, and make sure their visibility reflects where they are going, not where they started. 

The market is not broken; it’s evolving. The real question is whether you are willing to evolve with it. 💜 

#JobEconomy #CareerAdvice #FutureOfWork #College

Your LinkedIn profile is not a digital resume, it is your trust signal in an AI driven world, and most women are still positioning themselves like they are job seeking instead of authority building.

I am honored to be speaking at Igniting Excellence 2026, where I will be leading my workshop, YOUmanize™️ Your Authority: Building Trust, Visibility and Opportunity on LinkedIn in the AI Era.

This will be a working session, not a motivational talk. We will refine your profile in real time, clarify your voice and positioning, unpack how Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is reshaping discovery, and make sure your presence aligns with the level of opportunity you want to attract.

This is the same trust based visibility strategy I used while generating over a billion impressions at Microsoft and the framework I now use with executives and founders who are ready to lead visibly and credibly in the AI era.

If your profile does not reflect the room you want to be in, it is time to recalibrate. 💜

I would love to see you in San Diego.
📍 Town and Country Resort
🗓️ March 10–12, 2026
🎟️ https://bit.ly/46dO4Si

#IWD2026 #IgnitingExcellence #TheWITNetwork #WomenLeaders #WomenInTech #AI #AEO

Most founders think their brand lives in their logo, their pitch deck, or their company page, but investors 💰 are vetting you long before you ever get a meeting, and when the market gets competitive, your credibility either stacks in your favor or it starts working against you.

On March 18 at 12PM CST, Joshua B. Lee, Maryam Taheri, and I are hosting a LIVE conversation, From Invisible to Investable: How to Build Your Founder Personal Brand and Attract Investment, and this one is specifically for early stage and growth stage founders who care about long term leverage, not short term noise. 

💜 If you are raising capital, planning to raise, or operating inside the YC ecosystem, this matters more than most people are willing to admit. 

We are also talking about how to build authority without looking performative, because savvy investors can smell forced thought leadership a mile away, and how to protect your brand when you are scaling fast and everything feels reactive. 

Maryam brings real experience to this conversation, having built and sold 3 startups to public companies and navigated fundraising, hypergrowth, and restructuring firsthand, and that perspective is rare and earned. 

This is not a motivational webinar; it's a strategic conversation about how to become investable before you ever ask for the check. 

Join us March 18, 12PM CST. 
https://lnkd.in/gdgJe9hB 

Let’s build a personal brand that raises capital. 💜

International Women’s Day is not a vibe; it’s a vote for the kind of world we are willing to build together. 

This year, you will hear 2 themes repeated, and I want to hold both at the same time because women don’t need more applause without access, and we don’t get access without community. 

“Give to Gain” is the reminder that investing in women is not a loss, it’s a multiplier. It’s mentorship that turns into sponsorship, and credit that is given in the room, not after the meeting. It’s funding that is approved without requiring women to perform certainty, and introductions that open doors instead of polite encouragement from the hallway. 

“Rights. Justice. Action.” is the reminder that equality is not a slogan. It’s policy, protection, pay, safety, and the removal of structural barriers that keep women stuck proving their legitimacy before they ever get to contribute. 

As a woman, as a mom of 2 girls, as a business owner, entrepreneur, and as someone who has lived inside of corporate and outside of it, I can tell you the most exhausting part is NOT the work. 

It’s the constant requirement to justify your seat before you are allowed to speak. So, my stance this year is simple and specific: 

💜 If you have access, give it. 

💜 If you have influence, spend it. 

If you have a platform, use it to make women more discoverable, more trusted, and more supported, because visibility is not vanity anymore, it’s infrastructure, and the systems that decide who gets chosen are increasingly automated. 

Where are you willing to give this month in a way that actually changes the trajectory for a woman in your world, whether that is your time, your budget, your voice, your referral, or your sponsorship? 💜 Be part of the solution.  

#IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay #GiveToGain #WomenInLeadership

“Alright, alright, alright.” Matthew McConaughey turned 3 words into a global identity, and recently he trademarked elements of his likeness and “being” because in the age of AI, even your essence can be replicated at scale.

If an Oscar winning actor is thinking about protecting his voice, what does that mean for you? In our latest podcast episode, we tackle one of the most urgent questions in personal branding today, which is who really owns your voice when AI can sound exactly like you. 

The conversation was sparked after one of my Instagram videos crossed 100,000 views, and what started as a growth milestone quickly became a deeper reflection on scale, likeness, and control.

We unpack the McConaughey trademark moment, celebrity authorization deals generating billion view reach, and real examples of AI likeness misuse. Then we bring it back to founders, executives, and LinkedIn creators who are training AI on their own words without thinking long term about ownership.

💜Personal IP is the foundation of modern authority.
💜If your brand is surface level, AI will flatten it. 
💜If your voice is not clearly defined, it will be easy to replicate. 

AI should enable your brain, not replace your lived experience, because experience will always carry weight that prompts cannot manufacture. If you're building on LinkedIn, using AI for content, or scaling thought leadership, this episode will challenge you to stop outsourcing your voice and start protecting it.

Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple. In this next era, your voice is not just content, it's intellectual property. 💜 https://lnkd.in/gwuiHW_r

#AI #WomenInTech #PersonalBranding #WomenInLeadership

Is a successful career worth it for women in business today? This Women’s History Month, I am not asking whether women can succeed in corporate or entrepreneurship, we’ve already proven that.

I’m asking a different question. Is success actually worth it if it costs you your nervous system, your presence at home, or your sense of self in the process?

Women are starting businesses at record rates, yet female founders still receive a fraction of venture capital funding, promotion gaps persist, and the pressure to “do it all” has not disappeared, it has simply evolved.

And for women who remain inside corporate systems, the tension is just as real. Women continue to be promoted at lower rates than men at key leadership levels, often take on more of the unspoken responsibility at work, and often feel the need to edit or “cover” parts of themselves in order to advance.

The conversation this month is about sustainability for women at every level of leadership, whether you’re building your own company or navigating someone else’s. 

Inside this month’s WERK Your Brand, I’m starting the conversation as to why so many millennial women are not opting out of ambition, but redefining what leadership, motherhood, and success need to look like in order to feel sustainable.

💜Read the full newsletter and let me know if you can relate.

#WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInBusiness #WomenFounders #WomenInLeadership #FemaleEntrepreneur #Motherhood

A successful career is only worth pursuing if it does not cost you your health and well-being and personal fulfillment. I keep coming back to this que

Open article: Is a Successful Career Worth It for Women in Business Today? by Rachel B. Lee • 8 min read

Is a Successful Career Worth It for Women in Business Today?

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