Liz Lynch started her profitability consulting firm, Liz Lynch Ltd., in October 2000 after "doing corporate time" at some of the top firms in their industries to hone her strategic, analytical and financial expertise. Although not a born networker, she’s grown the company successfully exclusively through networking, no cold calling required!

In 2003, Liz published the 102 Secrets to Smarter Networking booklet to share her tips with other professionals who need to network to succeed in business. Because of her background, she brings a practical and insightful perspective to networking that has connected with people throughout the world. 102 Secrets and related products have sold on six continents!

In 2005, to keep up with growing demand for her unique networking voice, Liz started the Center for Networking Excellence as a separate business from her profitability consulting firm and became its executive director. The Center creates products and programs to help business professionals build profitable relationships, helping them network smarter, not harder.

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Name-Brand Experience

At DoubleClick, Liz helped launch a new division by developing relationships with partners, defining the customer value proposition and providing product input on innovative, targeted e-marketing products.

At Money Magazine, Liz managed the P&L of a $100 million ad sales organization to record profitability. She set financial goals and maximized income through smart pricing strategies and expense management. Prior to Money, Liz worked in Time Inc.'s corporate strategy group where she identified and evaluated potential acquisitions and new business ideas to maintain the division's double-digit earnings growth.

As a consultant at Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Liz developed business strategies and redesigned key processes for a variety of service companies in the U.S. and abroad, to generate higher net income for a major New York bank, a Fortune 50 oil and gas company, and the largest telco in Australia.

Liz also worked at Goldman Sachs, where she evaluated financing options for owners of major commercial real estate properties valued over $75 million, and at Disney/Touchstone Pictures where she assisted with financial planning and control of over 50 talent contracts and 150 film projects in development.

Liz holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley.

A Growing Platform

Liz is author of 102 Secrets to Smarter Networking, the first in a series of guides that help simplify a complex business process so that readers can make immediate improvement. Upcoming topics include team building, goal setting and profitability.

She was a columnist for TheSquare.com, an online networking site for students and alumni of the world's top universities. Her writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal Online and several business books, including Work It! by Allison Hemming and Life Balance by Alan Weiss, author of Million Dollar Consulting.

Liz created and hosted the live radio talk show, Analyze This, from which her newest product, Accelerating Profitability is based. She has been featured in USA Today and is a frequent speaker and seminar leader on business issues. She co-developed the popular workshop Preparing for Growth: A Strategic Process and is a guest lecturer at New York University's Center for Management, School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

Liz served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Women Business Owners, New York City Chapter as Vice President of Financial Development.