Lakeshia Grant Shephard

Lakeshia Grant Shephard is the CEO of Virtual Enterprise Architects. Lakeshia has over fifteen years of experience in the business world, and their vast experience has allowed their to become an expert in their field.

Lakeshia began their career as a management intern at Nissan North America. Lakeshia then moved on to American Management Systems (AMS), where they worked as a business analyst for three years. During their time at AMS, they were responsible for analyzing the company's business practices and making recommendations for improvements.

In 2003, Lakeshia joined Booz Allen Hamilton as an associate. Lakeshia spent three years at Booz Allen Hamilton, during which they worked on a variety of projects, including the development of a new customer relationship management system.

In 2006, Lakeshia left Booz Allen Hamilton to join Virtual Enterprise Architects, where they have been the CEO for the past four years. Under their leadership, Virtual Enterprise Architects has become one of the leading providers of enterprise architecture services in the United States.

Lakeshia Grant Shephard has a CEA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Morgan State University. Lakeshia has also been certified by AWS in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Business Professional, The Open Group in Enterprise Architecture, and Carnegie Mellon University and IBM in Enterprise Architecture.

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