Lee Ann Akaji — Strategic Software Advisor

Background

Lee Ann Akaji is a Strategic Software Advisor — the strategic liaison between engineering, operations, and business development. She excels at translating technical jargon into everyday language for non-technical team members and vice versa. Lee Ann supports teams through coaching, planning, roadmapping, removing barriers, and filling gaps to ensure project success. She is currently cleaning data for a project utilizing RAG, agents, and prompts — leveraging recent learning to stay current with the technology used. Lee Ann recently completed an MIT No-Code AI and Machine Learning course to better understand the work her teams are engaged in.

Lee Ann is a customer-centric, results-driven leader and change agent focused on delivering transformative business value outcomes. She has over 20 years of experience leading and organizing teams, and 35+ years as a writer and editor. Her experience spans from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies in areas such as AI/ML, bioinformatics, biotechnology, wet lab, business operations, software, hardware, networking, and IT operations. Lee Ann takes tactical information, elevates it to the strategic level, and connects impacts across teams and organizations to communicate information effectively. She bridges communication barriers by translating technical concepts into more familiar language.

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