Roni Leeds Shapiro - Senior VP of Operations

It is with much pleasure that I announce Roni Leeds Shapiro is joining Excell Puget Sound, taking on the role of Senior VP of Operations. 

Roni brings a wealth of experience, including her recent participation as a member of an Excell Group.  Roni is enthusiastic and excited to be focusing on operations, business development, and market development/awareness.

Roni brings a breadth to business operations, sales and customer experience developed during 30+ years of experience working in diverse industries, for Fortune 100 as well as startup companies, in US and international sites.

She has a sharp interest in the underlying processes for reaching operational excellence, cultivating high-performing teams, and building long term business value. Roni’s career includes growing and managing profitable and sustainable sales and service organizations in four continents for such companies as Microsoft, Cisco, 3Com, Tandem Computers (now H-P) and Jonckers T&E.

Roni holds a BA from SUNY at Buffalo and MS from Iona College, both in Spanish. She also speaks French and Portuguese and at last count has traveled to 44 countries of the world.

Roni has an Executive MBA from Wharton and is a certified PMP by the PMI organization and CPIM by the American Production and Inventory Control Association. Roni was awarded her Culinary Diploma from Le Cordon Bleu during a break from technology and she recently published a book about her passion for eating healthfully as a family, The 10-Minute Menu, available on Amazon.com.  Roni is a past Board member of Bet Alef Meditational Synagogue and currently volunteers with the Puget Sound PMI Chapter.

Roni lives in Seattle with her husband, David and their two four-legged joys, Kodak and Sylvie.  In her leisure, Roni loves to cook, walk around the lake, travel and visit her family.

I hope you will join me in welcoming Roni to the team and wishing her well.

KEDA and Excell Puget Sound Join the Kitsap Business Forum

Posted on January 30, 2014

The Silverdale Chamber of Commerce and PMR Business Coaching & Consulting recently announced the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance (KEDA) and Excell Puget Sound will be partnering with them to expand the Kitsap Business Forum.  

“We have had great success in bringing some incredible business programs to the Kitsap peninsula in 2013” says Kathleen Knuckey, Executive Director for the Silverdale Chamber and co-founder of the forum. “With John (Powers), Kathy (Cocus), and Shannon (Bruce) coming on board, we will be adding more dynamic speakers, panels and workshops for large and small businesses.”

In addition to the forum taking on new partners, the area chambers will also be supporting the effort. Those that have added their support are Poulsbo, Port Orchard, Bremerton, and Bainbridge Island and Kingston.

Dave Mitchell, Principal with PMR and co-founder of the forum adds, “We recently met with many key influencers in local business and have gained new direction and ideas for the forum going forward. We will be moving beyond basic business intelligence and creating in-depth business education that will develop business leaders to improve communication, create collaborative teams and shift culture within their realm of influence. This will also create a uniting point for large and small companies throughout Kitsap.”

Morgan Stanley Wealth Management hosts the forums on the Cavalon Building’s 3^rd floor (2011 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale) every second Tuesday morning at 7:30 AM.  Panera Bread provides bagels and coffee.  More information on the forums and scheduled subjects can be seen athttp://KitsapBusinessForum.com or by calling the Silverdale Chamber at (360) 692-6800.

Click HERE to view the Press Release.