Shannon Lyons
Chief Operating Officer
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer Partner at Flashstarts, Inc
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Shannon Lyons
Shannon is a tech entrepreneur, operations enthusiast, and angel investor. She is passionate about building customer-centric products and helping organization to grow. She spent three years as COO of a MedTech venture- building product and the organizational infrastructure required to go to market. Prior to her work at BetterMedics, Shannon ran Flashstarts, a micro-VC and technology Accelerator. Shannon has run seven accelerator programs since 2012 and was influential in pioneering one of the first for-profit Accelerator partnerships with NASA to discover alternative methodologies for technology commercialization. She creates high-performing teams and is intensely focused on multiple bottom-line results.
Experience
Chief Operating Officer Partner
Apr 2015 — Present · Cleveland, OH, US
Micro-VC and startup Accelerator devoted to building the next generation of healthcare IT, enterprise SAAS, data and analytics, AR/VR, IoT, and FinTech companies. Currently managing investor relations, serving as a board member for portfolio companies and ongoing fiduciary responsibilities to Limited Partners.
Education
Cleveland State University
Doctor of Business Administration, Business Strategy
2013 — 2017
Youngstown State University
BS, Political Science
2000 — 2004
Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
Masters of Organizational Development and Analysis, Organizational Development & Analysis
2006 — 2008
Skills
- Organizational Design
- Product Development
- Entrepreneurship Development
- Business Planning
- Strategy
- Start-Up Support
- Voice of the Customer
- Strategic Planning
- Change Management
- Innovation Management
- Leadership Development
- Interaction Design
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Competitive Analysis
- Start-Ups
- Rapid Prototyping
- Social Media
- Business Modeling
- Organizational Development
- Business Development
- Strategic Customer Development
- Spatial Planning
- Management Consulting
- Entrepreneurship Education
- Entrepreneurship
- Research
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