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.