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Belkis Vasquez-McCall

Leads Build by McKinsey in North America, helping organizations plan and build digital solutions to accelerate transformation and business growth

Belkis leads Build by McKinsey in North America, helping organizations plan and build the digital solutions that help enable and realize business aspirations. She has more than two decades of experience delivering robust solutions and architecting agile product practices focused on helping large companies transform into digitally integrated or tech-like product and platform companies.

In her work with McKinsey, Belkis has coached numerous executives through the process of leading major transformation programs to modernize core technology, drive digital transformation, and build new digital businesses. Serving as a partner, she brings technically minded strategic thinking and creative problem solving to her work helping organizations accelerate their transformations and business growth.

Previously, Belkis was a leader of McKinsey’s agile transformation work, helping leaders in banking, healthcare, and other sectors engender productivity and launch innovative products. An experienced agile product technologist and practitioner, she is an active leader with the Women in Technology community. Additionally, she speaks frequently at industry events on agility, product and platform operating model, digital business building, the chief information officer role, and digital industry trends.

Published work

How CEOs are turning corporate venture building into outsize growth,” McKinsey & Company, October 2024

CEOs’ choice for growth: Building new businesses,” McKinsey & Company, November 2023

New-business building in 2022: Driving growth in volatile times,” McKinsey & Company, November 2022

Why an agile transformation office is your ticket to real and lasting impact,” McKinsey & Company, June 2021

Revisiting agile teams after an abrupt shift to remote,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020

Growing your own agility coaches to adopt new ways of working,” McKinsey & Company, August 2019

How to mess up your agile transformation in seven easy (mis)steps,” McKinsey & Company, April 2018

Past experience

Intercontinental Exchange
Collective investment scheme specialist

New York City Law Department
Management information systems specialist

Brooks Brothers
Network administrator

Education

City University
BTech, computer-information systems