Liyah Thao has a strong background in project management, with experience in various industries. Liyah currently works as a Senior Project Manager at DDB Health since February 2021. Prior to this, Liyah worked at Havas Life Chicago as a Senior Project Manager from August 2020 to February 2021 and as a Project Manager from March 2019 to August 2020. In these roles, they successfully led cross-functional teams, managed budgets, and developed process improvements for workflow systems. Liyah has also worked at PRECISIONvalue as a Project Coordinator from July 2018 to March 2019 and as an Associate Project Coordinator from June 2017 to June 2018. In these positions, they efficiently managed multiple client deliverables, developed project plans, and trained new team members. Before entering the project management field, Liyah gained customer service experience as a Guest Service Attendant at Target from November 2015 to June 2017 and as a Guest Service Attendant Intern from June 2016 to August 2016. Liyah also worked as a Sales Associate and later as a Sales Lead at Ann Taylor from May 2013 to February 2016. Liyah has experience working with various clients in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry, including Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Optinose, Collegium Pharmaceutical, BioMarin, Zoetis, Astellas, Seattle Genetics, and AbbVie. Liyah is skilled in using software such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Office Suite, Veeva, and JIRA.
Liyah Thao attained a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a focus on Marketing, International Business, and Retail Management from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, completing their studies between 2011 and 2016. Prior to that, they pursued General Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay for the duration of 2009 and 2010.
February, 2021 - present