Melissa Ill

Sr. Director of Bid Management, Zayo Group

Denver

I joined Zayo in 2009, a 2 year old start up, and built and managed Zayo's Procurement organization from the ground up.

In 2017 I accepted a new challenge running Corporate Real Estate for Zayo closing 18 redundant offices in 2018 and executing two new leases for our main offices in Denver, CO, and our European HQ in London.

In mid-2019 I was given the opportunity to run the Bid Management team within Zayo supporting Sales and Product in preparing and responding to customer RFxs as part of the Customer Support organization.

I have chaired Zayo's Women@Zayo group since 2017 which focuses on the support, growth, and empowerment of women at Zayo. We believe that by providing all people a forum to discuss, challenge, and learn, we allow for each of us to succeed no matter what our individual aspirations may be.

In addition to mentorship activities at Zayo, I am a mentor through the Greenhouse Scholars program. While I can honestly say that I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up, I know the importance of giving back to my communities, mentoring and sponsoring rising leaders and peers, and ensuring our work environments are inclusive.