Turing Fest

Chief Operations Officer

Responsible for operations and production for the Turing Fest team, which puts on Scotland's biggest tech gathering, the Scottish Tech Startup Awards, and Startup Dinners.  Supporting the Scottish Tech startup ecosystem as it grows.

Head Of Operations

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The University of Arizona

The UA is a Research 1 institution and Arizona's land grant university. It has over 43K students, 12K staff, and an annual budget of $1.8B.  I led the Community Relations team, which included responsibility for building and maintaining relationships with elected and appointed city and county leaders, as well as the local business and non-profit community.  I also oversaw neighborhood relations.  I acted as an advisor to senior leaders about issues that impact the community, and consulted on communications efforts in collaboration with the leader of the Communications team.  
Special project:  Appointed by the president to lead a campus-wide task force to address issues raised by student activism regarding diversity and inclusion.  This task forced spanned all areas of the university and included over 100 participants.  The final report was accepted by senior leadership for implementation. 
Special Project:  Helped to create and chaired the Diversity Advisory Council, a group of campus leaders who advise the Provost and other campus leaders in regards to issues of diversity and inclusion.  Led the creation of the UA Diversity Strategy, which supported the organisation's broader business and academic strategy.

Assistant Vice President of Community Relations

While in this interim position, I managed the new brand development project for the UA, a research I land-grant institution with 40K students and 12K staff.  I led the Marketing team and helped the university begin the transition from a decentralised marketing function, to one that had a cohesive look and feel across colleges and departments.

Interim AVP of Marketing

My responsibilities includes advising the president and other senior leaders on issues of importance to the community, especially local elected leaders and business community leaders.

Special Advisor to the President on Public Outreach

Community Provider of Enrichment Services (CPES)

Member of the Board of Directors of the for-profit ESOP Community Provider of Enrichment Services (CPES).  Member of the Finance Committee and Governance Committee.  
CPES is one of the leading providers of services for children and adults with issues related to behavioral health and for those who experience developmental disabilities. They have over 1,000 caring staff, and provide services in California and Arizona.

Member Board of Directors

QuikHelp

Started and managed a retail legal services firm that offered low-cost legal document services for the Southern Arizona community. Certified by the Arizona Supreme Court, QuikHelp had two retail locations and a fully bilingual staff.

President and Founder

Bain & Company

Worked with and managed case teams across a variety of industries.  Case work involved developing full-potential domestic and international growth strategies, analyzing competitive dynamics, and developing action strategies.  
Main responsibilities included: Managing consultant work-teams and project workflows to develop and execute analytic plans, creating recommendations for clients. Working collaboratively with C-suite and other high-level clients to identify issues and develop solutions. Creating presentations to communicate results and drive client action. Managing, developing, and mentoring consultant teams.

Case Team Leader

Consulting intern researching the financial models of Pharmacy Benefit Managers and Pharmacy-By-Mail

Summer Associate

AOL Latin America

As a direct report to Corporate Controller and CFO, I worked with Sales and Legal teams to structure advertising deals so that they were financially beneficial to the company. I was responsible for ensuring accounting treatment of sales contracts for our US and four Latin American offices were GAAP compliant.
Special projects included: Led 20 member cross-functional, international team that developed and implemented company-wide accounting system for tracking and analyzing signed and pipeline contracts. Trained in-country finance and sales teams to use new system. Reduced Accounts Receivable Days from greater than 90 to approximately 65 days.
And I led interdepartmental team (approx. 80 people in 4 countries) that planned for and implemented Sarbanes-Oxley 404 compliance. Developed work plan, allocated resources, and monitored progress of implementation.

Revenue Assurance & Financial Analysis Manager

Diveo Broadband Networks

Financial Analyst

Citi

I never met a business problem I didn’t like.  
Strategy, finance, marketing, people ops, communications, sales, government relations, and community relations.

I don't accept LinkedIn requests from people I have never met. Better to message or email if you'd like to meet.

I know I bang on about how there’s some sort of magic that happens at our events, but it’s TRUE 🪄

Can’t wait to see this double roundtable tomorrow 👯✨with Kat Wendelstadt  Bobby Moesta  

Two brilliant business minds coming together to collaborate. 

It’s gonna be epic!
Turing Fest  Matt Lerner

Tannya Gaxiola

I help founders build GTM | 2x Founder, 3x CMO

Founder | President & CEO of the Re-Wired Group | Partner at The Majesty Fund

Founder @ SYSTM, Ex PayPal, 500 Startups VC

Turing Fest: community and conferences for curious tech minds. Harvard MBA, ex-Bain, ex-Citi, ex-AOL. Normally in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, in Berlin at the moment 🇩🇪

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