Deborah Kops

Co-Founder

Alexandria, Virginia, United States33 yrs 11 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Expert in transforming global business services.
  • Proven track record in business turnaround strategies.
  • Innovative leader in sourcing and talent management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Business Process Outsourcing and Global Business Services.

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Skills

Core Skills

SourcingTransformationAdvisoryBusiness TurnaroundLeadershipBoard MembershipBusiness Process OutsourcingTurnaround ManagementSocial ImpactMarketingBusiness TransformationOrganizational TransformationBusiness Advisory

Other Skills

Talent ManagementConsultingInvestmentAnalyticsResearch FacilitationNetwork BuildingAI InnovationOutsourcingBusiness DevelopmentShared ServicesCost ManagementBranding & IdentityManagement ConsultingBusiness Process ImprovementChange Management

About

Unique perspective on the global business, shared services and outsourcing industry, having served in provider, buyer, business founder, board and advisory roles. Contrarian who sees beyond the current state of play and dares people to think out of the box. Now passionate about driving the talent necessary to respond to new business structures and ways of working through Sourcing Change.

Experience

Aistra labs

Partner and Board member

Jan 2024Jan 2025 · 1 yr · Global · Remote

  • Board member of innovative AI startup focused on making work work
Board MembershipAI Innovation

Antuit

Chairman, US, Member of Board and COO

Jan 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Global

  • Responsible for turnaround of global advanced analytics company focused on CPG and retail funded by Goldman Sachs. Led team to hit all KPIs in less than 1 year. Grew company 40% y/y 2 consecutive years.
Turnaround ManagementAnalytics

The conference board

2 roles

Senior Advisor

Jan 2015Present · 11 yrs 2 mos

  • Advisor to/founder of The Conference Board's Global Business Services (GBS) Council, facilitating research, discussion and sharing amongst F200 GBS and shared services leaders
AdvisoryResearch Facilitation

Program Director and Founder-Global Business Services Council

Jan 2013Jan 2023 · 10 yrs

  • Founder of The Conference Board's Global Business Services and Emerging Shared Services Councils. The GBS Council is one of the leading networks for GBS leaders within global 1000 companies; the Emerging Shared Services Council is designed to help newly appointed leaders accelerate their organizations' shared services maturity.
LeadershipNetwork Building

Liberty source pbc

Founder and Former Board Chair

Jul 2014Feb 2020 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Ft Monroe, VA

  • As a business process services outsourcing company, or BPO, Liberty Source is the first viable onshore alternative to traditional offshore business process outsourcing. We’re able to offer finance and accounting, human resources, customer care and specialized industry processes for clients seeking a flexible, cost-effective, and U.S.-based solution, harnessing the talents of military spouses. Sold company in 2021
Business Process OutsourcingLeadership

Various private equity firms and start ups

Advisory

Jul 2013Present · 12 yrs 8 mos · Dubai, London, Singapore, Boston, Cracow · Hybrid

  • Investor/Board advisor: dataops.live
  • As an advisor to Warburg Pincus, carved out Emirates' third-party IT operations into Mercator.com, now accelya.com; served as Chief Development and Strategy Officer
  • Former senior advisor to Goldman Sachs and Zodius-backed advanced analytics firm antuit.ai. Turned around the business and served as Chairman, US and Global COO. Sold to Zebra.com
  • Former chair of the advisory board of London-based AI start-up
  • Member of advisory board of paymentworks.com
  • Member of the advisory board of datalytics.com; sold to Mphasis
  • Investor and member of the advisory board of Sequoia-based samya.ai
  • Former member of the advisory board of TalentAlpha.com
  • Advisor to the CEO of alphastream.ai
AdvisoryInvestmentBusiness TurnaroundAnalytics

Digital divide data

Member of the Board

Jul 2013Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos · New York

  • DDD is a social impact outsourcing company that both educates and puts young people to work in Kenya, Laos and Cambodia.
Social ImpactOutsourcing

Compone services

Board Member and CEO

Nov 2011Nov 2012 · 1 yr · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

  • Member of the Board of CompONE, a leading healthcare practice management firm

Shared services and outsourcing network

Columnist and Member, Global and US Advisory Boards

Oct 2010Present · 15 yrs 5 mos

Sourcing change

Principal and Co-founder

Jul 2010Present · 15 yrs 8 mos · global

  • Sourcing Change helps leading enterprises drive transformation by designing, counseling, sourcing and connecting with the talent necessary to drive transformational change. We work with GBS leaders who want to move beyond delivery and cost as their north star, rethinking talent models, future-ready capabilities, and resourcing strategies. As industry insiders, we connect with the talent that can deliver.
SourcingTransformationTalent ManagementConsulting

Wns global services

Chief Marketing Officer

Feb 2007Jul 2010 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • As the first corporate CMO, drive the front end of WNS Global Services, one of the world's largest pure play BPO companies, responsible for marketing, thought leadership, business development support, deal strategy and coaching, and influencer relations. Drove sales to the tune of over $400 million of opportunities in 18 months, causing the closure of 11 out of 13 new logos, representing $90 million TCV, in one year alone. Centralized end-to-end business development, raising the shortlist rate by over 100 and the hit rate to 50% in less than one year. Changed perceptions of the company to be named to various top ten industry lists, and win awards such as best new outsourced shared services in consecutive years. Implemented an industry-recognized influencer program. Raised internet marketing to a new level, moving the Hubspot dial from 58-94 percent in nine months.
MarketingBusiness Development

Deutsche bank

Managing Director

Jan 2004Jan 2006 · 2 yrs

  • Head, Global Sourcing Transformation, responsible for rethinking the way the bank approached 'smartsourcing,' which included outsourcing and shared services. Developed and implemented tools and techniques to manage a global corporate portfolio of outsourcing and shared services, both leveraging existing best practices and designing new practices.. Established a network of corporate enabling functions to standardize and manage implementation on a straight-through processing basis. Also responsible for implementing industry's first global procure to pay outsourcing managing all corporate spend in the US, Germany, the UK and Asia-Pac.
SourcingShared Services

Fleetboston financial

Managing Director. Fleet Services Group

Jan 2003Jan 2004 · 1 yr

  • Managed a portfolio of administrative services for the US' sixth largest bank, including property, facilities, security and other support functions. Rapidly changed customer satisfaction levels while keeping cost in check. Upon the acquisition by Bank of America, served as Senior Transition Executive for administrative functions, reducing combined corporate spend by over $100million in one year.
Business TransformationCost Management

Pricewaterhousecoopers

Partner

Jan 1994Jan 2002 · 8 yrs

  • Founding partner of a pioneering global BPO organization scaling from a cold start to over $600 million in 5 years. Head of strategy and a key vertical where I grew a P&L which delivered 28% margin within 3 years from scratch. Recruited to start a consulting practice focused on organizational, cost and process transformation of administrative functions
Organizational TransformationConsulting

Arthur andersen

Partner

Jan 1990Jan 1994 · 4 yrs

  • Partner, Business Advisory
Business AdvisoryConsulting

Education

Virginia Tech

Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) — Architecture and Urban Design

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Bachelor’s Degree — architecture and urban planning

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