Chief Executive Officer
Heather Ashburn
ALEXANDRIA, VA
Founder of Lauruse and a seasoned COO/CFO-level operator, Heather has delivered over $100 million in hard-dollar cost savings across two decades of transformational engagements with private equity, Fortune 500 corporations, and federal agencies.
Her strategic cost management work across a global financial institution's private equity portfolio yielded over $800 million in deal value increases. At a national transportation infrastructure operator, as Acting IT Chief Business Officer, she managed a $325 million budget and exceeded 10% OPEX cost take-out – built on new governance frameworks, financial discipline, and a culture ready for change. For a government-backed housing finance enterprise, she drafted the first cost management strategy ever built for its $750 billion portfolio.
Under her leadership, Lauruse has expanded its leadership bench, building a pit crew team designed for one goal: giving boardroom clients breakthrough insights and high speed results.
Heather built Lauruse to operate differently – ethical cost management over margin-driven staffing, convergence insight over siloed analysis, crisis-ready design over reactive fixes. The result is a firm that gives boards clarity on what's actually happening, and exactly where to act.
