Mei Lu

Current

• CEO at Lotus Partners

Past

• Business Development / Recruiting at EQQUS Technologies
• Owner / Founder at Little Scientists
• Senior SDE at Qpass (now Amdocs)

• Software Development Manager at SoftMed Systems, Inc. (now 3M Health Information Systems)
• Senior SDE at Manugistics (now JDA Software Group, Inc)
• Research Associate / SDE at M.I.T.
• SDE at MicroStrategy

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Education

• Carnegie Mellon University
• University of Pennsylvania

Connections

372 connections

Industry

Staffing and Recruiting

Mei Lu’s Summary

Combining her background in technology and business, and her commitment to the environment, Mei founded Lotus Partners, a placement service dedicated to building the green economy and helping organizations with their mission-critical, strategic talent needs.

After receiving graduate degrees from Carnegie Mellon and UPenn, Mei started her career as a technologist at a leading Business Intelligence software company, MicroStrategy, during its startup days. Mei then joined MIT as a researcher, and subsequently worked for other leading software companies in Supply Chain Management, Healthcare, and Online Commerce.

In her last stint in a BizDev role, Mei gained extensive experience successfully recruiting and placing VP, Director, Manager, and Engineer roles for her clients in Development, Product Management, Sales, and Support organizations.

Mei Lu’s Experience

• CEO

  Lotus Partners

  (Renewables & Environment industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  Lotus Partners is an executive and professional placement firm, focusing on Green Jobs. We work closely with organizations to develop strategic staffing plans to most effectively reach their objectives. Based on the clients' unique needs, we offer customizable solutions, including:
  
  - Talent Acquisition Strategy Consulting
  - Talent Management Strategy Consulting
  - Outplacement Services and Consulting
  - Fulltime Executive Placement
  - Retained/Contingency Solutions
  - Interim Executive Placement (by project or by term)
  - Permanent, Fulltime Professional Staff Recruiting
  - Contract/Project Staffing
  - Green-Collar Workers Placement
  
  We are also working with business and government leaders on a Green Jobs infrastructure initiative. Visit our site at www.thelotuspartners.com.

• Business Development / Recruiting

  EQQUS Technologies

  (Privately Held; Staffing and Recruiting industry)

  2007 — 2009 (2 years )

• Owner / Founder

  Little Scientists

  (Primary/Secondary Education industry)

  2001 — 2007 (6 years )

• Senior SDE

  Qpass (now Amdocs)

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  2000 — 2000 (less than a year)

• Software Development Manager

  SoftMed Systems, Inc. (now 3M Health Information Systems)

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)

  1996 — 1998 (2 years )

• Senior SDE

  Manugistics (now JDA Software Group, Inc)

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; MANU; Computer Software industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years )

• Research Associate / SDE

  M.I.T.

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year )

• SDE

  MicroStrategy

  (Public Company; MSTR; Computer Software industry)

  1993 — 1993 (less than a year)

Mei Lu’s Education

• Carnegie Mellon University

  MS , Engineering

• University of Pennsylvania

  MS , Computer Science

Additional Information

Mei Lu’s Groups:

Agile Alliance
Project Management Institute, saturday house

•    Carnegie Mellon Alumni
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Networked Recruiter (34,197+ total network) 3rd Largest Recruiting and HR & 2nd Largest Agency Group
•    Renewable Energy Business Network/Clean Economy Network Foundation
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Manu Alumni
•    GreenTek
•    Linked:Seattle
•    DigitalEve Seattle
•    Microstrategy Alumni
•    Renewable Energy Network
•    Recruiting Professionals Network
•    The-Green-Group.com
•    RecruitingBlogs
•    Sustainability Working Group
•    Sustainable Investment Forum
•    CleanTech
•    Green & Sustainability Innovators & Innovation Network
•    Cleantech Open
•    University of Pennsylvania Alumni
•    Energy & Utilities Network
•    Green
•    RENEWABLES AND ENVIRONMENT
•    Resume Writers & Career Coaches
•    Green Jobs & Career Network
•    International Coach Federation
•    Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA)
•    Seattle Lunch 2.0
•    NW Professional Coaches
•    Cleantech Professionals Network
•    Ivy League Alumni
•    Bright Green Talent
•    GreenBiz.com -- Green Business Professionals
•    NorthWest Recruiters Association (NWRA)
•    Staffing Management Association - Seattle
•    Global Renewable Energy Network (GReEN)
•    Renewables Job Market
•    Renewable Energy Jobs
•    JobAngels
•    Seattle Job Social

Mei Lu’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch