Dave Lash & Company: About Us: People

Dave Lash		Dave is a strategy and innovation consultant with 30 years of experience in designing and implementing new initiatives. His key skills are as: strategist – including business, marketing, and project strategy; designer/developer – project leader responsible for over 100 project teams spanning many industries and technologies; facilitator – specializing in business and project strategy, and cross-disciplinary settings; researcher and information architect – working visually with complex concepts. Dave has consulted to organizations of all sizes including United Technologies, Proctor & Gamble, Massachusetts General Hospital, and MIT. He is an overseer of the Boston Architectural College, a commissioner of the Essex National Heritage Commission, a founding director of the Creative Economy Business Council, and a board member of the Chebacco Lake and Watershed Association. BACKGROUND Dave’s first career was in real estate development and project management. From 1983 to 1994, he held several development and executive positions with The Beacon Companies, a leading Boston real estate firm. In the early 1990s, Dave created a consulting division advising commercial and institutional owners on complex facilities projects. In 1994, he founded Dave Lash & Company with an initial focus on helping organizations to develop Internet strategies and create Web-based products. In 1997, the firm migrated into online learning and business education. Dave played a major role as project leader and “content architect” for Go Figure! – the first online learning course developed for United Technologies. Through his work in online learning, Dave began a long-term consulting relationship with the Kauffman Foundation. Through Kauffman and other entrepreneurship organizations, Dave became part of a national research-based initiative to identify and disseminate patterns of entrepreneurial success to entrepreneurs and business leaders throughout the country. In this capacity, Dave has worked with leading entrepreneurs, researchers, and educators. He has played a senior development role in the creation of new products, programs, and resources. In 2006, Dave co-authored a research study of entrepreneurship and innovation for the United Kingdom’s HM Treasury. To merge these collaborations with his strategy and innovation consulting, Dave has launched The Enterprise Project, a research and dissemination initiative. Dave is a popular public speaker and workshop leader on innovation, business improvement, and collaboration. Dave blogs on business strategy at Recessioneering.com. EDUCATION Tufts University: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (environmental planning and design). Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Master of Science in Civil Engineering (management).

Lynn Stevens		Lynn contributes writing and editorial expertise to our projects, along with extensive experience in education, multi-cultural communication, and event planning. She began her career in educational publishing at Houghton Mifflin, then studied education and linguistics, and began a successful career in teaching, specializing in ESL (English as a Second Language). Widely traveled and a speaker of multiple languages, Lynn has studied multi-culturalism and has extensive experience working in multi-cultural settings. She currently teaches in the English Department at Tufts University where she is Director of ESL Composition. Lynn is a graduate of Duke University with a B.A. in English. She earned a Masters in Education from Harvard University.
Project Specialists		"You have an awesome rolodex!" is how one client put it. Whatever your project or strategic initiative, if additional talent is required, we have proven working relationships with dozens of business, technical, and creative professionals. We can help you source and/or manage the talent you need. Our project specialists are our “Mission Impossible Force” -- each incredibly talented in a needed specialty but also a well-rounded veteran of business problem solving.

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