Kris Thompson Laseter

About Kris Thompson Laseter

Energetic Senior Executive with experience living and working in North America, Europe/United Kingdom and Asia Pacific with responsibility for operations, customer experience, and product strategy in 7 countries across 10 geographic locations for enterprise and Fortune companies. Known as a hands-on, motivating leader who excels at establishing strategic initiatives which repeatedly demonstrate both cost savings and revenue growth.Key Areas of Expertise• Leading Operations in Asia Pacific, Europe/UK, and North America with strong talent management skills for high performance, cross-functional, multi-site support teams• Business Strategy and Business Planning for multi-country operations including the formulation of key business and financial metrics to drive growth.• Program and Project Management for transformation, integration and quality improvement, through times of rapid change and in complex environments with a strong track record delivering cost savings and revenue initiatives• Demonstrated ability to integrate and restructure diverse operational functions through acquisitions and internal alignment which are focused on delivering a unified customer experience• Go-to-Market Strategy for Product Lifecycle Management & Process Re-engineering with significant revenue and margin growth. • Solution architecture and design to deliver aggressive revenue and cost plans for the Asia Pacific business and markets for the portfolio of managed and outsourced service offerings

Experience

1. President & Chief Operating Officer

   Pathwise

   Feb 2026 — Present

   Oversees the operational strategy and execution that enables Pathwise to support K-12 school districts at scale. Focused on aligning people, processes, and technology to deliver a consistent experience for school partners while strengthening long-term relationships with districts.Committed to building strong teams and developing leaders across the organization while creating the operational discipline needed to support continued growth.

Education

• The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2010 — 2012

• University of Virginia

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Psychology

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Operations Management
• Leadership
• Strategy
• Integration
• Strategic Partnerships
• Customer Experience
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Account Management
• Unified Communications
• Salesforce.com
• Telecommunications
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Saas
• Solution Selling
• Investor Relations Support
• Management
• Enterprise Software
• Product Management
• Professional Services
• Cloud Computing
• Mobile Devices
• New Business Development
• Video Conferencing
• Webinars
• Managed Services
• Voip
• B2b
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Development
• Business-to-Business (B2b)
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Voice Over Ip (Voip)
• Business Process Improvement
• Team Building
• Cross Functional Team Building
• Customer Service
• Project Management
• Training