Crystal Merino-Lawson

Operations Executive with 15+ years of experience building, owning, and scaling the operational infrastructure that lets organizations run with clarity and confidence. I specialize in financial operations, corporate real estate and facilities, enterprise process governance, and cross-functional leadership, and I've built my career on walking into ambiguity and creating structure where none exists. I own the systems executive leadership depends on daily: multi-year budget planning, centralized SOP governance, real estate and lease strategy, and the dashboards and reporting infrastructure that turn operational activity into clear decision-making. I bring an AI-forward approach to process design, using automation to eliminate manual work and move faster. Trusted by executive leadership to lead enterprise-wide initiatives through influence rather than authority, I deliver measurable results, including a validated 40% reduction in enterprise travel costs, and I build the operational foundation that lets organizations scale.