Laurie Kriesel-Roth

About Laurie Kriesel-Roth

Senior Program Manager with expertise in process optimization and program innovation. Proven ability to enhance project capacity, drive strategy, and lead cross-functional collaboration in complex environments. Skilled in managing change, exceeding expectations, and delivering impactful leadership.

Experience

1. Senior Regional Program Manager, Dc Network Security Pm Datacenter Operations

   Microsoft

   Sep 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Working in partnership with Security Engineering and responsible for projects in both the APAC and EMEA Regions.• Manage the portfolio of Zero Trust Network (ZTN) & other Data Center Operations security projects for the regional field operations organization.• Manage Security (ZTN) Growth Budget to support the ZTN requirements, infrastructure support to enable the implementation of security processes, and resource management.• Collaborate with partners to assess long range plans, determine capacity, and resource plans for both project delivery and ongoing operational support.• Foster an understanding of the various stakeholders, their interests and needs to ensure the teams can sustain and embrace changes through clear communications, engagement, and appropriate governance.• Support a strategic vision and implementation plan for regional data center operations that will position the organization for future capacity and growth.Program Management• Plan & execute the end-to-end delivery of IT infrastructure projects across Microsoft’s Datacenter portfolio.• Build project timelines, estimate of level of effort, manage milestones, & course correct projects to maintain overall schedule/cost/quality. • Coordinate with key points of contact to drive the procurement, installation, configuration, testing, & acceptance of IT infrastructure.• Manage deployment of technology upgrades to existing systems. • Provide leadership & direction in establishing security system roadmaps, staffing efficiencies, process improvements, and governance for DCOps strategy that will support our current & future growth.Ongoing Program Improvement• Drive service delivery excellence through benchmarking across industry best practices.• Drive continuous improvement in administration & documentation of tools. • Establish data analytics evaluating the process change efficiency & effectiveness.• Identify opportunities for improvement in existing processes & drive ideas to completion.

Education

• Colorado State University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

• Colorado State University

  Certificate, Project Management

• Ithaca College

  BS, Communications

• Scrum Alliance

  Certified ScrumMaster, Agile Project Management