Lauren Brechner, Founder of Ember Forge Consulting, LLC, is an innovator of process and design with 13 years of application in diverse practices. She advocates for and creates human-centered solutions through user experience design, operations strategy, and innovative problem-solving.

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Prior to founding Ember Forge, she led digital course production at McKinsey & Company. She managed a global team of specialists, senior analysts, and vendors to develop digital programs for McKinsey clients across a broad range of industries, including banking, government, and technology. In her 6 years there, she led the development of scalable, lean processes that ensured the growing team would be aligned during a time of significant client demand. She additionally reduced her team's operating expenses by two-thirds within one year.

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Before joining McKinsey, Lauren led the comprehensive digital user experience and web content strategy for CCIM Institute, a global commercial affiliate of the National Association of REALTORS®.  As a technical marketer, she developed and deployed multi-channel marketing campaigns that led to significant member capture and retention and developed the association's digital experience across a growing number of websites and web apps.

Lauren received her BA in Music from Valparaiso University and her AA in Humanities from Purdue University Northwest.