Lisa Breytspraak Jasper
Co-Founder and Chairwoman
Denver, CO
INTJ
Traditional:
Lisa has over 15 years of consulting experience focused in the intersection of organizations and technology. Her specialties include organizational design, process improvement, performance management and leadership development for technology organizations as well as technology planning for small to large companies spanning many industries.
Prior to co-founding Thought Ensemble, Lisa was the Managing Vice President of Pariveda Solutions’ Denver office as well as a national developer and leader of their IT Strategy practice. Her consulting career includes applications development and strategy roles with Accenture (Andersen Consulting), The Boston Consulting Group, Tactica Technology Group and Hitachi Consulting. She has an MBA from Duke University and a Computer Science degree from Trinity University.
Lisa currently serves on the board of the Denver Business Series and as the co-chair of the Colorado Software and Internet Association’s Education Committee. She is also on the Colorado alumni boards for Trinity University and Fuqua Business School. In her spare time, she enjoys a book club that reads books, wine class, golf, yoga, hiking and skiing.
Thoughtful:
My parents think it all started when I was two and spent hours on end reorganizing my Fisher Price people. Maybe so, but it officially came together over ten years ago when I found myself randomly staffed on an IT organizational strategy project. I finally knew what I was going to do when I grew up. I had enjoyed my career to date in systems development, but IT strategy was the perfect combination of business and technology, systems thinking and big ideas.
Since then, I’ve served in leadership positions at a variety of consultancies, mostly systems integrators, but I’ve focused almost entirely in the IT strategy space. What I appreciate most about Thought Ensemble is that we are focused on what we love: consulting and thought leadership around strategic planning for technology organizations. I strongly believe this focus makes us better at what we do.
Some of my favorite things include:
• Watching and helping technology change businesses and industries, faster and faster
• Designing solutions that consider organizational systems, including all the interdependencies between strategy, services, processes, people, culture and technology
• Making strategy actionable with unique approaches to ensure the great ideas don’t end up on the shelf
• Never forgetting a favorite quote: “Culture eats strategy for lunch every day”
If you know me, you know my eyes light up when I get going on technology and organizations. I’m grateful for the chance to do what I love, with colleagues and clients who challenge my thinking every day.