Spirare Tech.
Technology • Leadership • Governance
For CEOs, leadership teams & boards navigating inflection points.
When to reach out.
When the path forward is critical, but not obvious.
Speaking Engagements
Keynotes, panels, and roundtables that spark better questions, sharper thinking, and action.
Technological change · Leadership · Organizations of the future · GovernanceStrategic Advisory
Workshops and executive advisory for leaders navigating growth, change, and uncertainty.
Operating models · Product strategy · Decision-making · AI governance Board & Governance
Board service for organizations navigating technology, strategy, and organizational change.
Strategy · Emerging technology · Scaling · AI governance · Organizational changeExperience forged where technology, execution & governance meet.
I’ve led complex, cross-functional work across deep tech, AI, consumer technology, law, global healthcare, and mission-critical operations.
M. Alejandra Parra-Orlandoni is an executive operator, advisor, and speaker working at the intersection of technology, governance, and organizational execution. She is currently COO of Pasteur Labs, an AI-driven physics simulation company for industrial R&D and dual-use applications, and a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government.
Her prior leadership experience includes Meta, McKinsey’s QuantumBlack, and Takeda. Earlier in her career, she served as a U.S. Navy officer and worked on autonomous systems at MIT. She holds degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy, MIT, and Harvard Law School.
Selected speaking & writing.
Harvard Business Review
You Outsourced the AI—but You Still Own the Risk
VentureBeat
Betting on AI? You must first consider product-market fit
The AI Journal
The Agreement Trap: How Sycophantic AI Undermines Decision-Making