Leif C Ulstrup

Leif is an experienced senior executive with a proven track record adapting emerging technology and management innovations to achieve significant business and mission results. His experience spans from general management of very large enterprises to consulting to senior executives faced with critical business and mission transformation challenges.

The scope and scale of his experience ranges from the launch of a new line of business for cloud computing to general management of a ~4500 person, $1.5B/year business unit. He started his career as a computational physicist and systems engineer at TRW. Leif’s strategic thinking, management experience, and leadership ability enable him to attract and energize top talent and empower them to achieve their goals.

Leif is an executive-in-residence at American University’s Kogod School of Business where he teaches MBA students how to leverage information and information technology (IT) to gain strategic advantage and capitalize on opportunities for profitable customer growth. He also serves on the Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Center (KCGC) advisory committee and Kogod IT Executive Council.

He is a member of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) external advisory board.

He advises business leaders on strategy, process improvement, data science, cloud computing, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology. He focuses on the mission and business needs of the public sector, healthcare, and technology services industry.

He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Business School (HBS) General Manager Program (TGMP).