Manja Thessin
Chief of Staff, Data Center Business @ AFL | Bridging Vision & Execution | Strategic Program Leadership | US Army Veteran
- Role
- Chief of Staff at AFL
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Manja Thessin
Curiosity and a relentless drive for real-world impact have shaped every step of my career. I am most energized when I am dropped into complex, high-stakes environments and asked to make sense of the noise—connecting patterns, people, and ideas that others don’t immediately see. Building bridges between ambitious vision and mission-critical execution is not just what I do; it is how I think.My work lives at the intersection of strategy, operations, and human dynamics. I thrive on bringing structure to ambiguity, translating bold concepts into clear roadmaps, and creating the conditions for talented people to do their best work. I am as interested in how decisions feel to the people in the room as I am in what the spreadsheet says, and I believe sustainable results come from aligning both.Over the years, I’ve gravitated toward roles where the mandate is simple but not easy: take something important, complex, and slightly undefined—and make it real. That has meant guiding large programs through inflection points, shaping new growth bets, and serving as a trusted thinking partner to leaders navigating change. I’m comfortable behind the scenes, orchestrating the moving pieces and making sure the right conversations happen at the right time.
Experience
Chief of Staff
Jan 2026 — Present
Partner with SVP to execute strategic business plan targeting profitable growth and market leadership in hyperscale and AI/ML data center infrastructure sector- Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, sales, operations, and supply chain teams to optimize go-to-market execution- Lead strategic initiatives including competitive market analysis, portfolio strategy development, and organizational effectiveness programs to maintain sustainable competitive advantage- Optimize executive decision-making through synthesizing information, preparing executive communications and materials, stakeholder management, and coordination of business unit leadership team priorities- Enable organizational effectiveness by facilitating collaboration, managing change initiatives, and developing talent to support the business unit\'s ambitious growth objectives
Education
University of Maryland, S. Korea APO AP
General Studies
1995 — 1995
Michigan State University
Master Certificate in Business Leadership & Management, Business Administration and Management, General
2019 — 2019
Fort Myers High School
Diploma, General Studies
1991 — 1994
Skills
- Power Meters
- Visio
- Construction
- Splicing
- Lessons Learned
- Digital Recording
- Ms Project
- Engineering
- Fiber Optics
- Outlook
- Pmbok
- Grounding
- Telecommunications
- Quality Oriented
- Bid Analysis
- Cabling
- Navigation Systems
- Change Orders
- Autocad
- Structured Cabling
- Customer Relations
- Word
- Customer Driven
- Project Closeout
- German
- Problem Solving
- Customer Service
- Sight Reading
- Cat5
- Troubleshooting
- Excel
- Lightning Protection
- Documentation
- Estimating
- Cat6
- Bilingual
- Testing
- Signal Generators
- Digital Graphics
- Integration
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