LYNDA TONERY
Founder and Chief Strategist
Founder and Chief Strategist Lynda Tonery has 20+ years of experience leading strategic initiatives across an extensive range of industries globally. Most recently, she spent close to 5 years guiding clients on data strategy to drive greater business value recognizing the significance of data in leveraging AI to drive business success.
Throughout her career Lynda has achieved success in over 50 strategic initiatives across media, finance, technology, healthcare and clean technology in the US, Europe and Asia. She thrives in environments with many open-ended challenges and leverages her uncommon depth of expertise in technology and business to work with any concept or problem irrespective of the sector. Download Lynda’s bio.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Strategic Planning and design
Lynda excels at strategic planning and design in the corporate arena. Examples include:
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Media
Delivery of a strategic solution for a business model redesign aimed at growing market share by 30% to add millions of dollars in revenue and grow profits;
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Technology
Design and development of a new service offering ready for market in just 4 weeks winning new client business worth almost US$1-million;
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Finance
Development of a comprehensive process reengineering strategy to handle the high-risk business process transformation of a $2-billion securities lending division.
Her expertise in both business and technology begets a rare ability to understand and communicate complex and technical ideas simply and clearly to all audiences. Organizations around the world, including many Fortune 500 companies, trust Lynda’s individualized approach and proven process to deliver exceptional solutions.
Creative and Data-Driven Insights
Lynda has studied analytics at post-graduate level, and is skilled at balancing creative insights with fact-based analysis. This enables her to produce grounded, actionable, measurable and integrated solutions that address organizations’ most demanding challenges. Examples include:
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Finance
Reappraisal and redesign of the cash management function of a US private investment firm (US$1-trillion AUM) revealing a business intelligence solution and implementation plan to streamline cash management and reporting activities;
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Healthcare
Delivery of a strategic solution that provided the actionable data and insights needed to build a data analytics platform to support the development of high-quality Medicaid programs costing US$6-billion for over 600 program members statewide.
Future-oriented Solutions
Lynda is energized by the unknown. Her wealth of experience often leads to never-before-seen insights for clients that expand the possibilities of innovation. She is particularly adept at crafting dynamic solutions that capture ever-evolving business opportunities. Examples include:
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Media
Guidance on the evaluation of current machine learning vendor solutions to assist in digitizing millions of un-labelled images while balancing the time-saving capabilities of model automation with the accuracy of human intervention;
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Education
Evaluation of the cost/benefit of a virtual reality (VR) pilot for US schools including options for fees, licensing, and integration with existing processes and technology platforms.
Education
Lynda earned her MBA from Babson College, ranked #1 in entrepreneurship by US News and World Report for 30 consecutive years. She also has a Certificate in Digital Marketing from New York University, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis from the National University of Ireland Galway, and a Bachelor of Arts in European Studies from the University of Limerick.
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