Douglas Lepar

About Douglas Lepar

Innovative and influential board awarded leader known for driving multiple simultaneous, highly impactful and complex programs. Directly conceiving of and/or leading innovations that have generated billions of dollars with global impact. A collaborative and engaging cross-functional leader who brings disparate teams together to deliver meaningful results to the organization and its customers and attracts, retains, and grows exceptional talent.A rare blend, with a strong set of capabilities across both business and technology. Experienced in product & program management, process improvement, service quality & business operations, monetization, process improvement, tooling, automation, artificial intelligence / machine learning, robotic process automation, incident management, localization, accessibility, website management, marketplace management, and more.My most recent role was acting as the lead for the Operations Program Management team, under Microsoft\'s Customer Sales Organization, focused on increasing the efficiency and efficacy of all global, direct, consumer operations. The specific departments in my group included Security, Incident Management, Migration and Replenishment Management, Project Management Office, Process Management, Localization, WW Direct Sales operations, and Accessibility (sites and internal tools).

Experience

1. General Manager

   Laser Underground & Earthworks, Inc. Dbe, Mwbe, Sbe

   Oct 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

Education

• Wharton Executive Education

  Wharton Wednesdays Sr Leadership Training, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

• University of Cape Town

  BSc Hons (First Class), Computer Science

  2004 — 2005

• University of Cape Town

  BSc CS, Computer Science

  2001 — 2004

• Wharton Executive Education

  Wharton Sprint, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Skills

• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Software Project Management
• Business Intelligence
• Product Strategy
• Marketplace
• Sdlc
• Vendor Management
• Saas
• Planning
• Business Analysis
• Distributed Systems
• Sharepoint
• Partner Management
• Process Development
• Program Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Sql
• Business Intelligence Tools
• C#
• Project Planning
• Product Management
• Process Improvement
• Website Monetization
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Software Design
• Business Process Improvement
• Architecture
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Software Engineering
• Project Management
• Databases
• Monetization
• Requirements Gathering
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)