Denise Chaves Leer
Fractional Strategic Advisor | Founder | Growth, Strategy & Organizational Alignment
- Role
- Executive Board Member at Team Houston
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Denise Chaves Leer
I help leadership teams execute better by asking the questions that clarify priorities, expose misalignment, and enable real decisions.I work with senior leaders and organizations facing complexity, growth inflection points, or strategic uncertainty. I am a founder-trained strategic advisor with 15+ years of experience helping organizations translate vision into clear decisions, aligned execution, and measurable outcomes.As co-founder and executive director of a strategy and communications consultancy, I built and scaled the firm across seven countries, advising Fortune 50 and Global 500 clients. For seven years, I worked closely with Google across Latin America, supporting market entry, growth strategy, and ecosystem development in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. I later sold the firm, bringing a builder’s perspective to every role since.I have also held senior leadership roles in large organizations, partnering with executive teams to navigate transformation, portfolio shifts, and high-stakes decisions. Across these experiences, my value has been consistent: identifying friction early, surfacing what’s coming, and creating the clarity leaders need to move decisively.Much of my career has been spent working alongside engineering and technical teams, translating complex capabilities into clear commercial and strategic decisions.
Experience
Executive Board Member
May 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Advise on strategy, partnerships, and market readiness, positioning TEAM Houston as the local authority on soccer-related commercial opportunities in Houston, including fan engagement, watch parties, sponsorship activation, and event-driven revenue ahead of major global soccer tournaments, including the 2026 World Cup.Support the development of paid membership offerings that provide businesses with practical guidance, advisory services, and access to insights needed to prepare for and execute successfully in a rapidly growing soccer market.
Education
Texas McCombs School of Business
MBA, Business Administration
Universidad de Costa Rica UCR
Bachelors, Business Administration
Skills
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategy Development
- Process Engineering
- Strategy
- Start-Ups
- Business Transformation
- Energy
- Process Improvement
- Business Planning
- Supply Chain Management
- Change Management
- Business Development
- Business Strategy
- Strategic Planning
- Business Process Improvement
- Supply Chain
- Management Consulting
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