Lynn Labieniec, Chief Executive Officer
Lynn has been helping the nonprofit sector apply technology to their business operations since 1980. Lynn's leadership inspires, motivates, and focuses Beaconfire on achieving organizational, client and project objectives. Her aptitude for developing practical solutions from abstract ideas has been utilized by both Beaconfire and clients alike.
Before co-founding Beaconfire, Lynn served on Commerce One's Nonprofit Leadership Team, as well as a leader within Commerce One's project management skill track. Previously, Lynn was a founding partner of RivCom Limited, in the United Kingdom, a consultancy firm specializing in applying XML technologies to knowledge and information management problems. She has also held various management positions at Blackbaud Inc. and Riverside Software Inc., with a particular focus on helping corporate and private foundations effectively implement and integrate grants management software.
Lynn's career started at IBM's Corporate Headquarters in Armonk, NY, with bringing operational efficiencies to the Corporate Support Programs department. Over the next six years at IBM she progressed into the programming career track and, among other projects, led the development effort of IBM's employee matching gift program.