Meet Dr. Marie
Alcazar
The Pivot Master
Transformation Maven | Visionary Innovator | Inspirational Speaker | Workplace Equity & Healing Champion
Dr. Marie brings over 32 years of consulting expertise in Agile Transformation and People Operations. As the first in her family to attend college, she earned a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate in Organizational Leadership, defying the odds and setting a powerful example of resilience and determination. Her 11 years of service in the U.S. Army Reserve refined her leadership skills, instilling the decisiveness and confidence that empower her to lead global initiatives with precision and purpose.
Partnering with some of the world’s largest organizations, Dr. Marie has designed and implemented transformational strategies that drive exponential growth, operational excellence, and breakthrough innovation, earning her recognition as a Visionary Innovator.
A trailblazer and inspirational speaker, she is the Founder and President of Marie Alcazar Global and Built4Agility, where she is redefining the application of Agile methodologies. Dr. Marie's mission is to transform workplace trauma into triumph, particularly for professionals from underrepresented communities. Her groundbreaking work fosters healing, recovery, and sustainable change, sparking a global ripple effect of empowerment and transformation.
Her Story
Dr. Marie’s journey has been one of resilience and transformation, scarred by cycles of challenges and reinvention that uniquely prepared her for this work. Her experiences with systemic workplace trauma, including discrimination, marginalization, and isolation, shaped her path despite her skills, qualifications, and distinguished career of delivering measurable results for some of the world’s largest global institutions.
Dr. Marie is an inspirational speaker, visionary leader, and fierce advocate for underrepresented communities, drawing on her firsthand understanding of the barriers faced by those who have felt unseen or undervalued. With decades of experience in Agile leadership and workforce transformation, she uses her lived experiences to help professionals go beyond surviving workplace trauma to accelerating and thriving.
Through her "1 Pivot Away" framework, Dr. Marie inspires professionals to heal from workplace trauma, harness their strengths, and turn pain into purpose. This framework uniquely integrates principles of Agile Leadership and personal empowerment to foster resilience, growth, and life-altering change.
Whether you're on a journey to heal or hustle beyond workplace trauma, driving corporate wellness initiatives, or championing equity in your community, you're just 1 pivot away from greatness.
Her Mission
Dr. Marie Alcazar is dedicated to empowering professionals and organizations to break free from workplace trauma, unlock their leadership potential, and build thriving, future-ready careers. Through transformative coaching, thought leadership, and innovative frameworks, she equips individuals with the tools to pivot, elevate, and thrive, ensuring that career success is no longer dictated by systemic barriers but by the power of agility, resilience, and inclusive innovation.
Her work is driven by a vision where talent isn’t trapped by toxic environments or outdated systems, but unleashed through agility, resilience, and inclusive innovation. By bridging the gap between career healing and leadership excellence, Dr. Marie is creating a movement where professionals don’t just survive the workplace—they transform it.
