Luminus

Sophie Lapaire guides her clients toward specific planned deliverables and success metrics. She has spent more than twenty years consulting software companies in all aspects of global product management, including customer profile analysis, industry and market segment analysis, software program management, software localization planning and organizational leadership modeling. Her clients have included Sun Microsystems, Microsoft Corporation, NASA Ames Space center, Lotus Corporation and Electronics for Imaging, among others. Sophie also has her Masters degree in Conference Interpreting and has interpreted for such personalities as Pope John Paul II, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Supreme Master Ching Hai, and Michel Courvoisier, just to mention a few. She was also staff translator for the Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. She is fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and English. Sophie has a keen eye for optimizing organizational efficiency within business planning systems. She has a talent in unifying processes across multiple divisions and organizations, standardizing workflow, eliminating redundancy in process, and specifying exact timelines and deliverables. She has worked very actively with product teams to increase time to market while keeping an eagle eye on quality metrics. She has vast experience in architecting repeatable and efficient workflow systems and guiding her customers toward desired success metrics. An experienced diplomat, Sophie is a skilled business negotiator, successfully mediating cross-cultural and cross-divisional priorities. She is also versed at financial planning, budget tracking systems and financial reporting. In her private life, Sophie is an avid golfer, having played for years on the French National Golf team as well as competitively representing UCLA on a Fullbright scholarship throughout her college years before joining the mini-tour as a touring and teaching professional. She has a personal passion for urban gardening, permaculture and bringing back into our daily lives holistic systems based on the natural world. She has also been actively supporting numerous humanitarian causes since her early adulthood. She lived and worked in the Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, assisting the “boat people” with social and job skills and offering a source of moral support for their plight. She has also served as liaison and communications manager for numerous flood relief efforts in conjunction with the International Red Cross and has spoken before international audiences on the needs of refugees and the disenfranchised. She co-authored a book of Buddhist spiritual teachings which is now selling in 23 languages worldwide. She is also a field reporter for a satellite television station broadcasting only positive and inspirational programming around the world. Sophie is now president of Bridgemakers Consulting Corporation, a group of like-minded consultants and business coaches who offer a range of services including business planning, go to market strategies, and sustainable business modeling. www.bridgemakersconsulting.com