Laura Neira

Laura Neira has over 10 years of professional experience in Operations Management, PMO & Management Operations, and Process Optimization. Laura started their career at American Express in 2012 as a BFT Corporate Reconciliations Analyst and then moved on to become a Disputes Analyst. In the same company, they then held the roles of GOCM Project Analyst, Global New Accounts Team Leader, and GOCM Team Leader. In 2020, they joined Givaudan as a Regional SC Control Tower, where they were responsible for leading a regional team in charge of the E2E Supply Chain Processes monitoring, improvement and automation. In 2021, they were appointed as Operations Manager at Avaya and in 2022 they became PMO & Management Operations Lead at Finalis.

Laura Neira has an extensive educational background. Laura obtained a Technical degree in Personal & Professional Informatics from Instituto Técnico San Judas Tadeo in 2006-2008. Laura then went on to study Computer Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina 'Santa María de los Buenos Aires' in 2009-2011. In 2012-2018, they pursued a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from UADE and then completed a Data Analytics course at Digital House in 2018. Laura also obtained a Six Sigma Yellow Belt from The Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC) in June 2020, a Certified Professional Facilitator (CPF) from American Express in January 2020, and a Neuro-linguistic programming Practitioner from Escuela Argentina de PNL y Coaching Oficial in January 2010. Currently, they are completing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Business Administration and Management, General, and is also enrolled in a course at Indiana University - Kelley School of Business titled "In the Wake of #MeToo".