Lori Contorer

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About Lori Contorer

Lori Contorer is an accomplished technology executive, nonprofit leader, finance expert, and leadership consultant. She is CEO of Thriving Blue Dot, a consultancy focusing on effective deployment of capital and focused strategy for change-making organizations. Notable Skills *Visionary and inspiring leadership. Long track record of on-boarding brilliant, powerful supporters & doers to specific visions, plans, and teams *Accurately forecasting industry, technological and economic transitions *Expertise in evaluating and implementing internet security, including blockchain *Board-level and C-level strategy and oversight, asking the hard questions and driving the creation of more effective plans *Cross-disciplinary leadership success between policy, technology, finance, and business strategy *Senior executive-level outreach including fundraising, public speaking, media appearances, lobbying and relationship development with very senior figures *Business development at 7 and 8 figures with both private and public clients *Integrating public-benefit and corporate-profit strategies. Driving projects with both a social impact mission and a sales growth mission *Tactical and strategic capital management, including multi-part funding strategies and disciplined investment allocation *Demonstrated persistence & determination to successfully drive results Lori is best known for her work as founder and CEO of election technology firm Everyone Counts, working for 15 years on the modernization of election systems using secure digital technology. After raising the standard for elections globally, it was acquired by a competitor. Lori created the firm, acquired technology spun off from KPMG, raised over $40 million, and built the team that delivered modernized registration for millions of US voters, securely delivered digital ballots for elections in England, Australia, the US, Europe and Canada, conducted the votes for both the Oscars and the Emmys, and provided secure, real-time digital voting systems for overseas military voters and voters with disabilities.