Andrea Zahlis

Managing Director

Arena Strategic Advisors LLC

Office Phone:

(703) 872-7516


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Bio

Former Chief of Staff of a $500M public company that delivered advanced cyber, mission IT, and counter-terrorism solutions to government customers. Planned and managed 10+ successful Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) integrations and divestitures including leading Integration Management Office (IMO) teams for a $500M merger and two $800M+ acquisitions. 20+ years leading transformative corporate initiatives across internal and customer-facing operations including M&A facilitation, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) program remediation, and operational improvement and cost realignment projects for multiple $250M to $1B companies. Extensive experience leading Cyber Security, Information Technology, Facilities, Quality, and Security teams and initiatives including NIST SP800-171 implementation, ISO 9001, 20000 and 27001 certifications, and insider threat and cyber incident response programs. Actively managed design and implementation of COTS and custom software to automate processes across PMO operations, Security, BD, Contracts, Governance, IT, Legal, Purchasing, HR, and Accounting operations. Three decades of technical leadership and operations optimization roles working with executive teams and boards in government contracting, university, and non-profit businesses.

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