Lisa Lambert
Founder of UPWARD Women
Lisa Lambert
Founder of UPWARD Women
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Investment Officer, Private Markets
2023 - Current
Managing GKFF’s extensive portfolio of private market investments with annual capacity for new investments in energy and technology, among other areas of strategic importance to the Foundation. Lisa will be based in Silicon Valley, expanding GKFF’s footprint by opening an office in Los Gatos and hiring a local team to complement the larger team in Tulsa.
Board Member
2024
Multiscale digitalizes and accelerates the exploration of materials & manufacturing processes using cutting-edge AI, drastically reducing the number of physical experiments required to reach a solution.
Board Member
2024
Lucid is the future of sustainable mobility, designing electric cars that further reimagines the driving experience. Lucid Group, Inc. is an American manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, headquartered in Newark, California and manufactured at Lucid's factory in Arizona. The company was founded in 2007.
Board Member
2021
UL helps build a better world by advancing innovation safety, sustainability and connected security. Always upholding and pushing for rigorous scientific standards, UL continues to positively impact people and society by working for a safer, more secure and sustainable world.
Board Member
2020
Vital Energy, Inc. is an independent energy company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Vital’s business strategy is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties, and midstream and marketing services, primarily in the Permian and Delaware Basins of West Texas
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Vital Energy Technology
2023 - 2023
Managed the formation and spinout of a new entity to commercialize digital technologies invented by Vital Energy Inc., to optimize the performance of its operations. Defined the spinout strategy, go-to-market approach, created marketing and VC content and the website framework for the company launch and fund raise process, and detailed the financial plan for execution. The project is on-going and progressing at an appropriate cadence.
Founder/CEO & Chairman
2013
UPWARD is an executive women’s networking group to accelerate career advancement. It's a place for sharing ideas, learning, and proactively helping each other to grow their careers. At UPWARD, you’ll find the connections to help you realize your professional potential and find the best business and career opportunities. Learn more at: www.upwardwomen.org.
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, National Grid, Founder & President, National Grid Partners
2018 - 2023
Established the utility sector’s first innovation and investing organization called National Grid Partners. Recruited first 25 professionals and built a 48+ person organization and established 8 functional groups, including the Innovation Foundry: responsible for leading company-wide disruptive innovation projects; Pathfinding and Incubation: responsible for leading seed stage investments and incubating new product concepts; Corporate Venture Capital (CVC): responsible for leading early and expansion stage investments; Business Development: responsible for commercializing strategic engagements with technology startups; and Venture Acceleration: responsible for launching programs for culture transformation across the company with a focus on deploying technology commercialization, teaching entrepreneurship, and implementing lean startup methods. Founded and launched the NextGrid Alliance; an alliance of 104 utilities that collectively utilize technology and innovation to advance the clean energy future. Created vision, strategy, brand, and go-to-market plan for NGP, led the public launch and execution of the division including managing the 5 functions and launching public persona via our website, blog posts, media campaigns, and internal marketing campaigns. Closed 43 new investments for $400 million including four LP fund relationships, completed 7 exits (including producing 5 unicorns) for a total of 34.7% net realized IRR returning over $80 million in capital to National Grid in the first five years, with over $1B in projected proceeds from the top 10 performing companies in the portfolio, opened two Silicon Valley offices in Los Gatos and San Francisco. Completed two incubations in our San Francisco office (Leap, Copper Labs) and produced16 innovation projects delivering over $5 billion in potential benefits over 25 years and launched culture acceleration programs to bring entrepreneurial mindsets to National Grid.
Board Member
2022 - 2023
Introducing the first real zero-trust solution, a safer architecture that allows organizations to securely connect all users to their working environments
Board Member
2021 - 2023
Pathr.ai is transforming how companies understand their physical locations – through the power of spatial intelligence.
Board Member
2018 - 2019
Pixeom is a cloud orchestration solution for IOT. Invested $4 million in the Series A round at a $70m pre-money valuation. Acquired by Siemens for $480 million.
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