Tia Dubuisson ─ Founder of an AWS Partner, Belle Fleur Technologies, focused on transforming data insights into a customer’s greatest asset…
November 29, 2021 • 3 Minute Read
Tia Dubuisson
President & Co-Founder
Belle Fleur Technologies
Are you looking for an AWS Partner specializing in transforming a customer’s data insights into its greatest asset? We know the person—Tia Dubuisson!
Nominated to participate in IT Wondrous Women™ by the AWS Partner Field leadership, Tia Dubuisson is the President and Co-founder of Belle Fleur Technologies, an AWS Partner and IT company reinventing current data platforms. She has served as President for nearly a decade, and during her time as president, Belle Fleur has grown rapidly into an AWS Advanced Partner as a System Integrator powerhouse providing innovative data and analytics solutions for hundreds of customers solely on the AWS platform. Tia specializes in customer success and uses cutting edge customer experiences through her company’s proprietary “Agile Digital X Data Transformation in the Cloud” solution. Earlier in her career, Tia was a microbiologist with experience in vaccine production, pre-clinical medical devices, and antibiotic research for TB.
Please meet this IT Wondrous Woman™, Tia Dubuisson!
Our 10 Questions for this IT Wondrous Woman.
Fun Facts
1. What’s the one thing about you that your business colleagues don’t know about you?
One thing colleagues do not know about me is that I am in the Girls Hall of Fame for Track n Field for my High School.
2. Before the pandemic, how many air miles/KMs did you flying annually?
Before the pandemic, I would fly approx 30, 000 miles annually.
3. What is the most adventurous food you have eaten and what city/location did you eat it?
The most adventurous food I have eaten is beef tongue tacos in Seattle, Washington.
Your Career
4. What are the top two experiences, achievements or failures that shaped your journey as a successful leader?
2 experiences that shaped my journey as a successful leader are reskilling from Microbiology to becoming a certified AWS Solution Architect. This reminds me to never ask others to do something that I would not do and has helped me to shape our Internship program where we have helped to reskill 100+ college students and non-students looking to make a shift in their careers towards cloud computing.
The second experience was learning that I had a bias that favored color sighted people. When choosing our logo I was challenged by my co-founder to keep our logo grey scale and do not add any accent colors so we can be inclusive to customers that are color blind. I have looked at all decisions from that day from a different lens to uncover any bias that I may be unaware that I have before making final decisions.
5. Did you have a mentor in the early part of your career and, if so, what is the biggest lesson you learned from your mentor or influencer?
Yes I had many mentors and one in particular, Dr Reddy, he used to always say if they can do it why can’t you do it.
Walking In Your Shoes
6. What is one piece of business or career advice you would give to your younger self?
Bring 100% of yourself to every role in every engagement and people will always respect your authenticity.
7. As a leader, how do you remain a resource for people early in their careers?
Belle Fleur Technologies’s intern program provides critical employment training to underserved communities. More than 50% of the students will be the first to graduate in their family, and not only does this program support the individual personally and professionally, but the output feeds the tech community in Florida. To date, 100+ individuals have completed the program with 240 more candidates slated (20 per month) over the next 12 months.
Today’s Business Environment
8. What is the most interesting project you have worked on in the last few years?
The most interesting project I have worked on in the past few years it is hard to choose because every project I take on is interesting to me so it is very hard for me choose. I am blessed that I get to do what I do and I do not have to do what I do.
9. What skills are you currently developing or refining (in yourself) that will make you a more successful leader in the digital economy?
I am sharpening my communication skills to translate the value on data insights to enable production of new digital products in this digital economy.
10. What is your greatest business challenge today?
Greatest business challenge today is that companies are having a difficult time agreeing on a path forward to turn their data into actionable insights.
