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Education
MBA, Project Management, Walsh College
BBA, Walsh College (Magna Cum Laude)
ABA, Business Administration, Oakland Community College (Summa Cum Laude)
Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certification, Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certification, ITIL Foundation (Globally recognized certification form the Institute for Information Science for IT support expertise)
Expertise
Project Management
Awards / Honors
Presidential Scholarship, Walsh College
Member, Delta Mu Delta National Honor Society
Professional Activities
Member, Outreach Committee, PMI Great Lakes Chapter
Director of Outreach, Women in Project Management SIG
Member, American Association of University Women (AAUW)
Member, General Motors Employees Chorus
Member, National Association of Female Executives
Member, Project Management Institute (PMI)
Outreach Director, Women in Project Management (WiPM)
Biography
Lisa Foster is a senior program manager in the Project Management Delivery group at EDS leading a team of technology experts who provide technical services for a large legal document management operation in Detroit, Michigan. Lisa joined EDS in September of 1984 and has held various positions in IT management. In the past, she led a number of large networking projects and technology implementations in network management centers located at Auburn Hills, Michigan and Wellington, New Zealand. Her philosophy is to focus on integration of business processes using supportive technology. In 1997, Lisa joined IKON Technology Services as a Vice President to assist IKON with the development of a technology team to support copier technology transitions from analog to digital systems. There at IKON, she led the Great Lakes Technology team for the next three years creating various service offerings and growing a profitable practice in IT management services. In 2000, Lisa decided to return to EDS as a senior managing consultant, when asked to support the newly formed consulting group called eSolutions.