Lisya brings over 18+ years of leadership experience in Program Management, Strategy, Operations, Technical Hiring, and Talent Management across Fortune 500 companies including PayPal, Johnson & Johnson, Sanofi-Aventis, British American Tobacco, and most recently, Google, where she worked for 14 years. While at Google, Lisya led diverse initiatives, including training 25,000 support agents globally across 80+ Google products. 

Born and raised in Istanbul, Lisya has worked across three continents and five cities, leading multifaceted teams in North America, Asia Pacific and EMEA. While at Google, Lisya's roles included Chief of Staff and Strategy, where she pioneered an innovative framework for sourcing talent within Google’s Auto business, which uniquely blended the technology and automotive industries. Lisya also served as Head of Training Operations within Global Technical Services, a role that encompassed both hard and soft skills training, and as Risk and Fraud Strategist & Program Manager, in Trust and Safety, a role she executed while in Ireland.

Lisya holds an MBA from a university in Ireland and a BSc in Chemistry from a university in Turkey, and she has also participated in exchange programs in Spain and Israel. As a Certified Executive Coach from the College of Executive Coaching, Lisya has coached hundreds of new Googlers and young professionals, helping them start and navigate their careers and discover their unique voices.