Michelle Keenan
Chief Operating Officer, Financial Advisor at Darnall Sikes Wealth Partners LLC- Claim this Profile
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Molly von Mitschke-Collande
I worked for Michelle two times during my Microsoft career, once to build a global organization and the next time to grow that organization to achieve a size and scale than we could have never dreamed possible. This kind of legendary growth was possible thanks to her fierce determination and exceptional leadership. Michelle excels at grasping a vision, creating a plan and structure to achieve it, and mobilizing the people to make it happen. She can do this on an enormous scale, across a global team, across cultures and diverse leadership styles. Michelle is truly an incredible force for change and made it possible for the team to align around a common goal to reach our vision. What's more amazing is that she does this all with an amazing grace and sense of humor. Her capacity for enthusiastic leadership under extreme pressure is inspiring. I'm grateful for the opportunity I had to work for Michelle and would welcome the chance to do so again.
Molly von Mitschke-Collande
I worked for Michelle two times during my Microsoft career, once to build a global organization and the next time to grow that organization to achieve a size and scale than we could have never dreamed possible. This kind of legendary growth was possible thanks to her fierce determination and exceptional leadership. Michelle excels at grasping a vision, creating a plan and structure to achieve it, and mobilizing the people to make it happen. She can do this on an enormous scale, across a global team, across cultures and diverse leadership styles. Michelle is truly an incredible force for change and made it possible for the team to align around a common goal to reach our vision. What's more amazing is that she does this all with an amazing grace and sense of humor. Her capacity for enthusiastic leadership under extreme pressure is inspiring. I'm grateful for the opportunity I had to work for Michelle and would welcome the chance to do so again.
Molly von Mitschke-Collande
I worked for Michelle two times during my Microsoft career, once to build a global organization and the next time to grow that organization to achieve a size and scale than we could have never dreamed possible. This kind of legendary growth was possible thanks to her fierce determination and exceptional leadership. Michelle excels at grasping a vision, creating a plan and structure to achieve it, and mobilizing the people to make it happen. She can do this on an enormous scale, across a global team, across cultures and diverse leadership styles. Michelle is truly an incredible force for change and made it possible for the team to align around a common goal to reach our vision. What's more amazing is that she does this all with an amazing grace and sense of humor. Her capacity for enthusiastic leadership under extreme pressure is inspiring. I'm grateful for the opportunity I had to work for Michelle and would welcome the chance to do so again.
Molly von Mitschke-Collande
I worked for Michelle two times during my Microsoft career, once to build a global organization and the next time to grow that organization to achieve a size and scale than we could have never dreamed possible. This kind of legendary growth was possible thanks to her fierce determination and exceptional leadership. Michelle excels at grasping a vision, creating a plan and structure to achieve it, and mobilizing the people to make it happen. She can do this on an enormous scale, across a global team, across cultures and diverse leadership styles. Michelle is truly an incredible force for change and made it possible for the team to align around a common goal to reach our vision. What's more amazing is that she does this all with an amazing grace and sense of humor. Her capacity for enthusiastic leadership under extreme pressure is inspiring. I'm grateful for the opportunity I had to work for Michelle and would welcome the chance to do so again.
Credentials
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Has passed FINRA Series 66 exam
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Has passed FINRA Series 7 exam
FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)
Experience
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Darnall Sikes Wealth Partners LLC
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United States
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Financial Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Operating Officer, Financial Advisor
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Oct 2015 - Present
In my role as Chief Operating Officer, I manage the business and its systems end-to-end, leading change to improve how we work, and improving our ability to serve the needs of our clients and their families. I find great satisfaction in helping to paint a strategic vision for an organization, and more importantly, putting in place the business systems required to achieve the vision. Over the course of my career, I’ve developed a strong skill set that has helped me interconnect the right people, technology, culture and processes within an organization to help it prosper. As a financial advisor, I have the privilege of helping clients understand their financial picture and working with them and our team to help them realize their financial goals.
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Darnall, Sikes & Frederick CPAs
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United States
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Accounting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Operating Officer
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Oct 2015 - Jul 2018
As Chief Operating Officer of Darnall, Sikes & Frederick CPAs, I was focused on making strategic improvements to the core business systems to make the internal operations run more effectively. From people to finance to risk management functional improvements, and to process and technology changes intended to help the accountants work more efficiently, I helped put in place strategic changes that have hardened the operational foundation. As Chief Operating Officer of Darnall, Sikes & Frederick CPAs, I was focused on making strategic improvements to the core business systems to make the internal operations run more effectively. From people to finance to risk management functional improvements, and to process and technology changes intended to help the accountants work more efficiently, I helped put in place strategic changes that have hardened the operational foundation.
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Director, CSS Operations PMO
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Dec 2013 - Oct 2015
As a Sr. Director in Microsoft's Customer Service & Support Operations organization, I focused on making customers' support experience great. I lead a strategy and program management team responsible for driving strategic change and accelerating vision into business results.
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Sr. Director, WW Business Strategy and Communications, Premier Field Engineering
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Dec 2004 - Dec 2013
As the Business Strategy and Communications leader of the Premier Field Engineering team, I helped grow the business from ~300 to ~3000 people over the course of eight years. During this time, I was responsible for Strategic Planning and Business Management, Event Management, and Communications Management. We built the organization from a small team and scaled up the infrastructure, people, systems and operations to grow with the business. We reached size and scale (operating in over 120+ countries) and delivered tremendous business value to customers through a focused vision, innovative leadership and motivated employees who executed on a common set of priorities.
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Accenture
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Ireland
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Business Consulting and Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager
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1998 - 2004
I served as a business and consulting manager focused on delivery and management of strategic and technical solutions for Fortune 500 clients (EMC, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Guidant, Applied Materials) spanning multiple industries. My specialization was in process and system design, development, testing and implementation. I was experienced in leading clients and global teams through complex program design and delivery. I served as a business and consulting manager focused on delivery and management of strategic and technical solutions for Fortune 500 clients (EMC, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, Guidant, Applied Materials) spanning multiple industries. My specialization was in process and system design, development, testing and implementation. I was experienced in leading clients and global teams through complex program design and delivery.
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