Stein Laxo, Managing Director, Technology

Stein brings 15 years of conceptualizing, selling and managing the delivery of technology-based business solutions to Working Excellence. As a two time recipient of the Ernst & Young Award of Excellence (1994 and 1996), he is an experienced executive serving in roles with P&L responsibility in consulting, business development, alliances and finance.

Stein is widely recognized as a “thought leader” in IT systems and strategy within the financial services and commercial leasing industries. He is particularly effective in bridging business communities and technical groups.

His career history includes:

  • Developed and closed $35M in business and technology consulting opportunities as Vice President of the Western Region for ThoughtWorks, Inc in San Francisco, California.
  • Managed program and project-level consulting engagements totaling more than $10M while designing and developing transactional systems for the Financial Services and Bio Technical Industries as Senior Manager of Information Technology at Ernst & Young in San Francisco, California.
  • Founding visionary behind Seismiq, Inc., a leading software and services provider for the commercial lending industry. Company developed and delivered the next generation of software products for equipment leasing. Developed the business concept, strategy and alliances reporting to the Board of Directors. Grew the business to over $3M in revenue in less than 2 years.
  • Oversight of Operations, Accounting, Customer Service, Information Technology as Executive Vice President of Advantage Enterprises in South San Francisco, California where he reengineered several key processes, reorganized and recast Accounting and Information Technology and managed the budgeting process and P&L.
  • Managing Partner for startup consulting and venture partnership, focusing on commercialization and investment activities for clean technology companies based primarily in Europe for Norroc Venture Partners in Redwood City, California.

Stein is an accomplished speaker. His speaking credentials include: Equipment Leasing Association Technology Conference 2002, Annual Conference 2001, eLNA 2002, Structured Finance Institute 2001, Microsoft Developer Days 1997.





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