"Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude."

Anastasia Abuya is adept at conceiving the big picture and leading through ambiguity. A natural born leader and strategist, she has designed and led digital transformation and effective change at Fortune 50 such as GE, Dell, Medline and The Walt Disney Company.

 

Having the unique opportunity to grow up in Trinidad & Tobago, Anastasia attended the Holy Name Convent High School in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad.  Upon completion of high school, Anastasia returned to the United States where she accomplished her undergraduate degrees in International Business and French at Wesleyan College.  She later on achieved her Masters of Science, Information Technology at Loyola University Chicago.  

 

Anastasia is a seasoned Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt specializing in the conversion of complex, high-stakes, digital experiences and processes into scalable, intelligent, value-driven systems.  

 

Her career in Technology Program Leadership and Lean Six Sigma started off at GE Healthcare where she spearheaded the enterprise data architecture for a high-stakes $1.8B regulatory program.  Later as IT Program Manager - Customer Experience, Anastasia spearheaded planned maintenance service delivery improvements that leveraged Machine Learning algorithms predicting part failure. 

 

In her role as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt at Medline Industries, Anastasia built a Quality PMO that delivered a portfolio of +60 improvement projects and $3.8M in cost savings.  In this role, Anastasia designed and directed organizationally layered process improvements that were compliant and in alignment with regulatory requirements  She also trained, coached and mentored Six Sigma Green Belts through the accomplishment of their ASQ Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification.  

 

As Director - AI Strategy and Customer Journey PMO, Anastasia advanced the North Star vision for Dell Technologies by driving an AI and digital experience portfolio projecting $108M in new and additional revenue.  This portfolio included the use of Generative AI to improve the Customer Support experience and an AI recommendation engine designed to increase sales in untapped target markets.

 

At Walt Disney, Anastasia leads the program strategy and AI technical delivery for an $18M guest safety computer vision program.