# Charlene B.

> Chief of Staff to the Exec team at Planet Labs PBC ■ Author, Patent Holder ■ Ex: PwC, E&Y, CSC, Autodesk

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/charleneb

Outcome-oriented leader energized by solving hard problems, unlocking potential energy within organizations, and connecting resources where needed to create “flow.” Deep experience in professional services, consulting, product development, & strategic planning. Strong history aligning business & technology investments with operations & processes to create enduring value.

## Work Experience
### Sr. Director; Chief of Staff @ Planet
Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### PRODUCT DESIGN & MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS: Director, Chief of Staff & Business Operations @ Autodesk
Jan 2019 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States
•	Chief of Staff to VP-GM and 17-person matrixed leadership team unifying & innovating our solutions portfolio on to our Fusion 360 platform to change the future of Design and Manufacturing worldwide.
•	While an Incubation Zone business, since “graduated”, helped drive commercial subscriptions to >200K in under three years, billings to >$1B & beat top competitors in new volume for 12+ consecutive quarters.
•	Responsible for overall operations, health, communications, and effectiveness for organization of 750+/- people. Lead strategic planning workstreams and detailed fiscal year execution planning.

### BUSINESS STRATEGY AND MARKETING: Chief of Staff, Head of Planning, Programs, and Operations @ Autodesk
Jan 2014 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco, CA
[2016-2019] Design & Manufacturing (D&M) Industries (2 yrs.)
[2014-2016] All Industries: AEC, D&M, Media & Ent., AutoCad (2 yrs.)
[2014] Architecture, Engineering, Construction (AEC) Industries (1 yr.)

•	Chief of Staff to SVP, who became CMO. Drove consistent business results during Autodesk’s business model transformation from perpetual licenses to recurring subscriptions and named users.
•	Led strategic planning & quarterly business reviews (QBR) for CEO Staff.
•	Managed a team for metrics, reporting, & business modeling.
•	Developed strategic presentations, tailored to specific external audiences, for high profile, customers, prospects, and newsworthy events including Board of Directors and Investor Relations.

### ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SOLUTIONS: CIO Staff Member, Chief of Staff, Head of Planning and Metrics @ Autodesk
Jan 2011 – Jan 2014 | San Rafael, CA
•	Reporting directly to CIO, defined & led planning, metrics, and org health processes to modernize and align IT with company strategies.

### Co-Founder @ Bit Economics, LLC
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | San Francisco Bay Area
Co-founded this design and development consultancy and holding company focused on project portfolio management software products & services, content & publishing, data analytics, business intelligence, as well as AI/ML research.

BOROUMAND MEDIART [current]
A publishing company on a wide variety of topics.
■ Co-authored a business book, “Escape Velocity: Fighting the Gravitational Pull of Failure”.
■ Edited several other books including a children’s book on AI/ML, “A Machine’s View: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series”, and a fictional series consisting of three thrillers; “The Minders”, “Autarky”, and “Digital Darkness”.

9DIMENSIONS, LLC [6 years]
•	Developed service methods & delivered services for clients, supporting over $2B in aggregate, annual investments in people, process, & technology, and reducing project failure rates from >60% to <12%.
•	Core offerings included B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions and professional services for risk management, benefits realization, & measured contributions to business objectives using adapted Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT).
•	Authored & received U.S. Patent No. 10,748,100 for Method & Apparatus for Enterprise Investment Delivery & Value Assurance.

### Professional Consulting Experience @ Previous Companies
Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 | Global
■ Computer Sciences Corporation (now DXC) | Principal (4 yrs.)
■ Ernst & Young (now Cap Gemini) | Manager (2 yrs.)
■ Price Waterhouse (now IBM Global Services) | Senior Consultant (3 yrs.)

•	Developed expertise in designing and aligning enterprise-wide business & technology strategies, investments, and operations for multi-billion dollar public & private companies. Led projects worth >$10MM in revenue with 10+ people in financial services, high-tech, healthcare, wireless services & telecom, government, and utilities.
•	Experience in M&A feasibility and integration planning with NPV >$100MM; organizational restructure in $1.3B+ healthcare technology division; operating model redesign with annual savings >$15MM; improvements to correct shortfalls from a Baldrige quality evaluation; definition and launch of value creation strategies with NPV >$70MM; CRM program leader across 7 states for testing, training, and deployment of custom-developed wireless services customer acquisition & customer care system.


## Education
### S.B. in Applied Math, Astrophysics, Cognitive Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

### MBA in Business and IT Management
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/charleneboroumand

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Last updated: 2026-03-25