Laila Māra Pesoa is a process and knowledge management expert with a focus on organizational learning and continuous improvement. Having started as CAPM certified by PMI (Project Management Institute) and graduated in Business Administration in lbmec Business School, Laila developed for her final Bachelor’s project the Model BPM 6×5 (BPM 6 by 5: a self-assessment model to measure and
develop action plans for the company to grow in Maturity in Business Process Management (BPM)). However, her focus has gone beyond structuring the company’s processes. By combining concepts of BPM, Knowledge Management, and Project Management, she works to enable the company’s growth in Maturity in Business Process Management by developing on people a knowledge-sharing and process-oriented mindset to enable and strengthen a Continuous Improvement culture. This approach has led to the creation of the consulting firm Process-U (Process-u.com). Her Master’s studies at the University of Latvia in Strategic management & Leadership concluded with a Master’s thesis proposing the use of the Super User role (both process and knowledge specialist) to enable the company’s growth in maturity in Business Process Management. Now Laila is an ambassador of the Super User concept, and part of the Leader Board of SunSource (
https://www.sunsource.io/), a community dedicated to Super Users and their leaders. This goes hand-in-hand with her experience in systems development. In Cabot Corporation, Laila had a key role in the upgrade of the company’s ERP system by supporting testing, progress follow-up, quality control of testing evidence, and improvement of testing scripts master for all company’s process areas. Laila has led projects both in non-governmental associations and companies, in Brazil and Latvia, on National, European (Erasmus+ projects), and Global levels. She is fluent in Portuguese, English, Spanish, and Latvian.