Samantha Budzyn, MBA


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About Samantha

Samantha Budzyn is a high-impact transformation executive recognized for orchestrating large-scale digital and operational modernizations across the global SaaS and Fintech landscapes. 

A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and SAFe Agile specialist, Samantha excels at navigating organizational complexity. She is a specialist in creating clarity from chaos, serving as a vital link between visionary strategy and sustainable execution. Throughout her career she has demonstrated a rare versatility: ranging from managing global teams of over 100 professionals to scaling nascent business lines.

Core Competencies & Strategic Impact

Operational Excellence: Expert in Lean Six Sigma, SAFe Agile, and OKR frameworks to dismantle silos and architect scalable Global Centers of Excellence.

Financial Stewardship: Proven track record in P&L Management ($70M+), driving multi-million dollar efficiencies and identifying over $10M in annual recurring cost reductions.

Digital Modernization: Leading the charge in the strategic application of emerging technologies, including Agentic AI, Fintech, and Composable Architecture.

Process Re-engineering: Achieved an 85% reduction in cycle times by collapsing inquiry workflows from months to days.

0-to-1 Execution: Spearheaded the end-to-end build and launch of new products, transitioning from initial concept to full market presence.

The “Force Multiplier” for Executive Leadership

Samantha is recognized as a HousingWire Rising Star and holds an MBA from Boston University. She functions as a strategic advisor to executive boards, solving unsolvable organizational puzzles and building the infrastructure required for 10x growth.

Her leadership has extended across North America, APAC, and EMEA, where she ensures that human-centered design remains at the heart of technical reality. By balancing rigorous operational oversight with a forward-looking technological lens, Samantha ensures that enterprise-wide transformations achieve lasting adoption and organizational agility.

Experience

Proven Transformation Leader Focused on Scalable Innovation and High-Impact Results.


AIvantage Advisory, 2026 – Present

Founder & Principal | Fractional COO

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Fractional Executive Leadership: Partner with SMB founders and non-profit boards to provide “Chief of Staff” and COO-level oversight, aligning cross-functional teams and translating high-level vision into scalable operational playbooks.

AI Strategy & Modernization: Advise local enterprises on the adoption of Agentic AI and Composable Architecture, focusing on identifying high-ROI automation opportunities that reduce manual overhead and modernize legacy workflows.

Governance & Scaling Frameworks: Architect end-to-end internal control environments and governance structures for growth-stage companies, ensuring readiness for SOC2 compliance and institutional investment.

Operational Excellence Advisory: Conduct deep-dive process audits to identify “non-selling time” and operational waste, implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies to recapture organizational capacity.

Community Impact (Pro Bono): Direct strategic planning and digital transformation initiatives for local non-profits, focusing on human-centered design to enhance service delivery and stakeholder engagement.


Wolters Kluwer, 2021 – Present

Head of Global Operational Excellence & Business Process Management

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Global Process Harmonization: Engineered a unified process core and governance framework that consolidated 9 disparate European workflows into a single harmonized template. This strategic alignment eliminated cross-border friction and served as the foundational blueprint for expedited ERP migrations.

Massive Cycle Time Reduction: Architected an end-to-end redesign of the customer service ecosystem, successfully compressing service delivery lead times from 3 months to just 7 days.

Multi-Million Dollar P&L Impact: Delivered over $10M in operational cost-savings through high-impact OpEx initiatives and enabled $30M in top-line revenue growth by leading a comprehensive restructuring of product and pricing models.

Global Leadership & COE Creation: Directed a multidisciplinary global workforce of 100+ professionals across North America, APAC, and the EU. Established specialized Centers of Excellence (COEs) to institutionalize standard procedures, capture cross-regional synergies, and ensure long-term operational sustainability.

Operational Quality & FPY Improvement: Scaled First Pass Yield (FPY) from 78% to 94% by utilizing rigorous root cause analysis and iterative process redesign, significantly reducing downstream rework.

Omnichannel Customer Experience: Led the deployment of an integrated omnichannel notification system, modernizing customer touchpoints and enhancing proactive communication standards.

Efficiency & Waste Elimination: Optimized organizational design to recapture 15% of “non-selling time,” stripping waste from the sales-support workflow and refocusing resources on high-value, revenue-generating activities.

$40M+

Total Financial Impact

92%

Reduction In Cycle Time

100+

Global professionals led

Director of Corporate Strategy

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Enterprise Strategic Governance: Architected and governed the annual strategic planning lifecycle for a global $5.5B revenue portfolio. Designed the frameworks and analysis templates used by the Executive Board to evaluate business unit performance and ensure cross-divisional alignment with enterprise growth goals.

High-Stakes Product Deep Dives: Executed comprehensive strategic assessments of key product lines, delivering data-driven recommendations on competitive positioning, regulatory shifts, and global macroeconomic trends to safeguard long-term market leadership.

M&A and Investment Roadmap: Spearheaded market research and target identification for potential acquisitions and strategic investments. Evaluated high-value opportunities and divestiture targets to optimize the portfolio’s financial health and capital allocation.

Post-Review Execution & Accountability: Established a rigorous follow-up ecosystem to track the execution of strategic mandates post-board review. This ensured that high-level vision was translated into measurable operational milestones across all business divisions.

Executive Advisory: Served as a primary strategic advisor to the Executive Board, distilling complex market dynamics into actionable intelligence that informed the company’s multi-year transformation and investment roadmap.

$5.5B+

Global Portfolio Oversight

Strategic Roadmap

Analysis for M&A and Investment Targets

Executive-Advisor

to Global Board Members


Rocket Companies, 2013 – 2021

Head of Business Strategy, Innovation at Rocket Mortgage

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Accelerated Venture Incubation: Spearheaded the rapid development and beta launch of a disruptive, tech-enabled pro-tech platform, moving from concept to market testing within an aggressive timeline.

Market Expansion Strategy: Engineered the strategic blueprint for entering high-growth adjacent markets, identifying untapped revenue streams and diversifying the company’s portfolio beyond core offerings.

Scalable Architectural Playbooks: Authored and institutionalized repeatable “Architectural Playbooks” to standardize the tech and operational rollout of new ventures. These playbooks served as the foundation for scaling future product lines with speed and consistency.

Agile Beta Testing & Iteration: Designed the governance model for the platform’s beta phase, utilizing real-time user feedback loops to refine the product-market fit and inform subsequent scaling decisions.

Cross-Functional Alignment: Orchestrated high-velocity collaboration between engineering, product, and strategy teams to ensure the technical architecture aligned perfectly with long-term business expansion goals.

Beta Launched

A Disruptive Prop-tech Platform

Repeatable Playbooks 

For Rapid Venture Scaling

Strategic Entry 

Into High-growth Adjacent Markets

Head of Operations (General Manager) at Nexsys Technologies

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Industry Category Creation & Expansion: Orchestrated a nationwide market expansion of Remote Online Notary (RON) technology, scaling from 2 authorized states to 30 within 4 years. Driven by aggressive legislative advocacy, this expansion saw market volume surge from 10k to 462k eNotes.

Regulatory Advocacy & Testimony: Served as a primary industry expert and lobbyist, testifying before Secretaries of State and State Legislatures to shape the legal landscape for digital closings. Successfully navigated a volatile regulatory environment, adapting product strategy to align with emerging state laws.

Enterprise Governance & SOC2 Compliance: Architected the company’s first comprehensive governance structure and oversaw the end-to-end certification of SOC2 Type 2. Designed the repeatable internal control framework that ensured ongoing security compliance and operational integrity in subsequent years.

Product Innovation (Clear HOI): Directed the launch of “Clear HOI,” a first-to-market digital platform designed to automate the manual Homeowners Insurance verification process. Successfully enrolled ~40% of the insurance market onto the platform, significantly reducing friction in the mortgage originations pipeline.

Operational Infrastructure & Risk: Owned the end-to-end lifecycle of corporate policies and procedures. Spearheaded the vendor management strategy and led high-stakes contract negotiations, ensuring third-party partnerships met rigorous enterprise standards and financial objectives.

Digital Transformation Leadership: Transformed a highly manual, paper-based industry into a digitized ecosystem, overseeing the operational scaling required to handle a 45x increase in transaction volume over a 24-month period.

45x

Volume Growth in Under 3 Years

3

0 to 1 Products Launched to Market

28

States Added to Total Addressable Market

Head of Enterprise Strategy and Special Projects (Chief of Staff) at Amrock

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Executive Change Leadership: Reported directly to the COO/President to execute enterprise goals, developing daily operating initiatives and growth strategies leveraging emerging technologies.

Enterprise Change Management: Spearheaded initiatives to align a 2,000+ member cross-functional staff with enterprise goals, ensuring total organizational synchronization.

Agile Transformation: Led the enterprise-wide transition to the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and instituted quarterly landscape reviews to align leadership across disparate business units.

Market Penetration & VOC: Tripled third-party brokerage utilization, increasing market penetration from 10% to 30% by leveraging Voice of the Customer (VOC) data to refine service delivery.

Revenue Optimization: Implemented tranche-based pricing and optimized go-to-market strategies to drive significant increases in market share and overall product revenue.

M&A & Price Setting: Led the operational integration of a strategic acquisition, including the development of new price-setting models and cross-functional team alignment.

OKR Framework Implementation: Architected and rolled out a comprehensive OKR framework cascaded across the entire 2,000+ person organization to drive measurable, mission-critical outcomes.

Process Governance: Instituted high-rigor governance models that streamlined throughput while maintaining strict quality standards across high-volume production lines.

Industry Advocacy: Served as the Privacy Chair for the American Land Title Association (ALTA), governing national industry standards and advocating for data privacy and security.

Technical Standards (MISMO): Contributed to MISMO Working Groups to architect the formal technical rules and standards for Remote Online Notarization (RON).

3x

Segment Market Penetration

2,000+

Staff Change Management

National Chair

For Industry Advocacy

Senior Continuous Improvement Analyst / Project Manager at Amrock

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HCD-Driven Engineering: Leveraged Lean Six Sigma methodologies in tandem with Human-Centered Design (HCD) to re-engineer core workflows, balancing technical efficiency with an intuitive customer experience.

Exception-Based Processing: Engineered and rolled out exception-based processing for core business functions, shifting the workforce from manual oversight to high-value anomaly management.

Scaling Transformation: Doubled the operational capacity for a nascent line of business, driving aggressive growth and establishing a dominant market position.

2x

Capacity for Nascent Line of Business

Human Centered Design

Leveraged to Engineer Workflows

Digital Transformation

Leveraging Exception Based Processes


Amazon, 2011 – 2013

Operations Manager II

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Scalable Workforce Leadership: Directed and scheduled a high-volume team of up to 150 associates, ensuring peak operational performance within a fast-paced fulfillment environment.

Strategic Process Innovation: Authored a white paper detailing a storage efficiency overhaul that achieved $2.1M in annualized savings by doubling inventory density.

Cross-Functional Project Governance: Orchestrated multidisciplinary projects focused on identifying and neutralizing operational bottlenecks through continuous improvement methodologies.

Lean Methodology Execution: Contributed to high-impact Kaizen events, driving measurable increases in throughput and streamlining the operational backbone of the facility.

150

Associates Led

$2.1M

Annual Run Rate Savings

Doubled

Inventory Density

“Executive Strategy. Architectural Integrity. Exponential Impact.”

 Bridging the gap between boardroom vision and operational reality for the next era of enterprise growth.