Lorrie Pate

About Lorrie Pate

Strategic finance and shared services leader with a record of success in leading world-class teams from start-up, through significant implementations, acquisitions, and divestitures, to stabilization focused on process excellence, continous improvement, and team development. Collaborative and valued partner across customers, suppliers, peers and employees to deliver value for customers, stakeholders and employees. Each day brings a new opportunity to enrich our lives and the lives of others. I approach each day eager to seize these opportunities, learning and improving from each experience, and leading to inspire others to understand and leverage their strengths, are key to collective and individual success. My services are differentiated through the way I engage and inspire the team with what is possible together and how to turn challenges into learning opportunities and realized improvements for both the company and the individual.Contact information: l••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Leader for Partner Success for Global Delivery

   Crete Professionals Alliance

   Sep 2025 — Present

   Lead global delivery readiness initiatives ensuring U.S-based offices and partners are fully prepared to leverage Crete Professionals Alliance’s technology and AI-enabled global delivery model. Serve as a trusted advisor and primary liaison between onshore partners and offshore delivery leaders, aligning people, processes, technology, and expectations to drive seamless collaboration and high-quality outcomes.Partner with global delivery leadership to design scalable engagement models, issue-resolution frameworks, and performance metrics that support consistent execution and sustainable growth. Champion change management efforts by identifying readiness gaps and risks, implementing mitigation strategies, and continuously monitoring delivery performance and partner feedback to strengthen accountability, adoption, and cross-border collaboration.

Education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

  MAC, BSBA

• Financial Accounting Standards Board

  Post Graduate Technical Assistant

Skills

• Integration
• Financial Accounting Standards Board (Fasb)
• Strategic Planning
• Procurement
• Business Transformation
• Microsoft
• Strategy
• Us Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Project Management
• Leadership
• Statutory Accounting
• Process Consulting
• Business Process
• Sap
• Process Automation
• Change Management
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Technical Accounting Research
• Budgeting
• Microsoft Word
• Accounting
• Financial Reporting
• Shared Service Center
• Program Management
• Business Development
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Accounting
• Payroll Services
• Process Improvement
• Analytics
• Shared Services
• Finance
• Erp Software
• Service Delivery
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Consolidated Financial Statements
• Business Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership