Leda Csanka has spent more than 30 years in Technology and the Financial Services Industry ten years as a CIO, CTO and Independent Consultant/Business Owner. She has led two corpor...view moreLeda Csanka has spent more than 30 years in Technology and the Financial Services Industry ten years as a CIO, CTO and Independent Consultant/Business Owner. She has led two corporate Spin-offs to become IT organizations for Stand-Alone Companies successfully. Her first opportunity to drive one of these efforts was as a newly "minted" CIO promoted from middle management at ING and selected to be one of 12 executives asked to sell and lead three of the Broker/Dealer firms through the sale and divestiture process. The second time around was as a seasoned executive turned Independent Consultant leveraging her experience to bring best practices to the effort.
Her passion is to share the lessons of technology leadership from the perspective of someone who learned the hard way, day today combat in the trenches, with the team, successfully executing 100s of projects through shifting priorities and the changing demands of the corporate world. Her book, How to Lead a Corporate Spin-Off, reached number one International Best Seller within 48 hours of being published on Amazon. Leda is a speaker, consultant and executive coach available to help you and your managers transform your organization through change. Her experience can help you by having a trusted advisor available to you as your partner. You don’t need to tackle your next big project alone.
Leda has a program management background and has been responsible for leading programs as large as $35 million and up to 150 people across multiple physical locations. She has extensive experience in staffing and creating teams to implement strategic projects and a proven ability to lead the strategic planning and technical road-mapping process for a 900-employee organization.
Since retiring from corporate positions in mid-2016, she has started her own consulting company, Strategic Tech Consulting and Executive/Transformational Coaching Practice. Her latest passion is teaching people how to meditate as a Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor with the Chopra Center.view less