Laura is president and founder of Peritius Consulting, Inc., a premier boutique consulting firm specializing exclusively in portfolio, program and project management services. Peritius serves Fortune 1000 clients and government clients.

 

Since its founding in 1989 as Integrated Systems Management, Peritius has gained a reputation for providing high-end project delivery services to our clients. They have come to expect Peritius's success when delivering critical, complex objectives to the business when failure is not an option.

 

Prior to founding the company, Laura worked as a Big Five management consultant and for Microsoft Corporation. With more than 20 years of information technology experience, she has successfully provided the hands-on leadership necessary to guide project teams through the life cycle of complex initiatives and to help organizations develop and improve their project management competency.

 

Laura has shown that delivery can be successful for even the most chaotic, challenging initiatives. Laura is known for her practical approach to problem solving and ability to think outside the box that has helped deliver multimillion dollar, global initiatives within budget, on time and within scope and in many cases, below budget or ahead of schedule. Laura is a firm believer that any project can be successfully delivered with the right mix of mechanics and soft skills.

 

She has been a featured speaker about project, program, and portfolio management for many international, national and local organizations, including Comdex, PMI, Camp and Omicron.

 

 

Alisa has more than 20 years of program and project management experience. Prior to joining Peritius, she was employed by Ernst & Young, McDonald's Corporation and Deloitte & Touche.

 

Alisa has a reputation in the industry for delivering results and is recognized for proactive leadership, value mind-set, and solid technology and business acumen. She is a strategic and visionary leader who provides informed and objective advice to top management on technology-enabled business concerns. Alisa also has experience in ERP integration, business and IT alignment, business and technology strategy, portfolio management, quality and risk management, business development and client relationship management.

 

Alisa has spoken on various project management topics at venues such as Lawson Software's CUE Conference & User Exchange and Hackett Benchmarking Solutions (AnswerThink) Best Practices Conference. She is a member and certified professional of the Project Management Institute.

 

 

Cara is a demonstrated and accomplished professional with over 10 years of experience executing strategic initiatives for her customers. She has worked on both sides of the IT / business divide and has helped C-level executives and senior management leverage technology to enable business strategy and corporate vision. Her significant overseas work experience arms her with a global perspective.

 

Cara’s key areas of expertise include: Project/Program/ Portfolio Management, Organizational Change Management, Business/IT Alignment, & Business Process Redesign. Cara spent her early career in Management Consulting delivering complex projects for multinational organizations. Prior to joining Peritius, she worked as the Director of Program Management at both Amcol International and Komatsu America Corp.