Kate Leisses is responsible for Strategic Business Consulting for an Multinational Telecommunications and Systems Integrator headquarted in the UK.
A frequent speaker and contributor to industry forums regarding the emerging complexities within the work environment, Kate speaks to the practical use (and non-use) of converging voice and data services, including social media.
Since 1987, Kate has developed “people + technology” solutions for the Fortune 1000. Supporting these solutions, she provides facilitation and oversight to multidimensional programs emphasizing business analysis, process reengineering, and organizational design. These activities ultimately support technical communication systems implementations for the Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Hospitality, and Financial industries. Results seen by firms who pursued these programs include overtime reductions exceeding 60% in a hospital setting, positive inventory management impact of nearly $100M for an international luxury retailer, and in-house cycle-time reductions of 40% for hotelier certification process.
She resides in Saint Paul, Minnesota with her family.