Celerity Works

Manage your company, association or government agency more effectively

Michael Lisagor, Celerity Works' founder, has more than twenty-five years experience in the successful development and implementation of business and organizational development strategies as well as the management of complex technology and product development projects. Since 1999, Mike has facilitated planning retreats for over sixty commercial and government clients and coached numerous executives.

Clients benefit from the lessons learned from over 450 organizational situational assessment interviews Mike has conducted over the last nine years as well as over 200 coaching assignments. This experience provides the foundation of our management and business development consulting services to enable companies and government agencies to better manage their growth and reach their strategic objectives.

Mike has conducted successful engagements with numerous small and large technology contractors as well as several federal and local agencies. He has been recognized by several of his clients for his significant contribution to company growth as well as for his enthusiastic facilitation style. His commercial clients typically exceed a 35% annual revenue growth rate and experience increased teamwork and employee satisfaction.

As the vice president of business development for Advanced Technology Systems, Mike built the entire marketing organization and processes; developed the strategic plan; and marketed and won numerous contracts. As the vice president at Anstec, he managed over 200 engineers and $20M in technology projects. As director for international sales for the Martin Marietta information systems group, he was responsible for expanding professional services to new overseas markets. Mike has also developed the sales and project management training programs for several companies.

Mike has an MS in Management and taught marketing for managers at National Louis University. A 2002 Fed 100 awardee, he is the conference chair of the annual Governance, Risk and Compliance conference (Aug. 4, 2009 - Washington, D.C.), emeritus board member of AFFIRM, and writes a regular management column for Federal Computer Week.