Breakout Session

How Grainger Built a Connected PMO on Smartsheet

Thursday, Nov 5 | 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Details

Learn how Grainger built a connected PMO on Smartsheet - moving from fragmented spreadsheets to a governed system. Marisela Soria will walk through the technical backbone, the business value it's delivered, and what's next!

Content Track

Built to Transform: How Real Teams Reinvented the Way They Work

User Level

Advanced

Location

Room 320 - Level 3

Speakers

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Cori Lamberson

Enterprise Account Executive - Strategic

Cori Lamberson is an Enterprise Account Executive at Smartsheet, partnering with strategic enterprise customers to define their vision and drive results at scale. Today, she joins her customer, Marisela Soria, Manager of Business Process Automation at Grainger to share how Grainger built a connected PMO on Smartsheet, moving from fragmented spreadsheets to a governed system.

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Marisela Soria

Manager, Business Process Automation

Marisela Soria transforms complex operational challenges into scalable, technology-enabled solutions. As the magician behind Grainger Corporate Real Estate's Smartsheet-powered Project Management Office (PMO), Marisela connects people, processes, and data to create smarter ways of working, improve productivity, and accelerate project delivery. With a practical, business-first approach to innovation, she believes the real value of automation isn't simply doing things faster—it's giving teams the clarity, capacity, and confidence to deliver better business outcomes.