Lisa Gifford

Lisa Gifford has been working in the technology industry since 1982. Lisa began their career at Alliance Enterprises, Inc. as a Consultant, where they gained experience in various technical areas such as quality assurance/testing, software development, training, documentation, analysis, design, and project management. In 2008, Gifford took on the role of President and CEO of Alliance Enterprises, Inc. and over the next several years, they successfully transitioned the company from a work-for-hire based company to a commercial-off-the-shelf software development company. In this role, Gifford also honed their project management skills through working on many enterprise-wide system implementations. Gifford then went on to serve as Executive Vice President of Application Services and Business Development/Marketing. In their role as Director of Strategic Account Management, they oversaw all account management interaction and communication with customers, acted as a liaison between the customer and Alliance executive teams, and communicated upcoming Alliance releases to customers.

Lisa Gifford's education history began in 1971 when they graduated from Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. From 1975 to 1977 they attended UC Santa Barbara where they studied languages and psychology. In 1977 they moved to Grenoble, France, where they studied languages and travel at Universite to Grenoble until 1979. Lisa also attended the University of Washington at some point, though it is not clear when.