About Maria

Maria Lechner leads strategic alliances and ecosystem growth within consulting at RSM US LLP, helping teams build alliance strategies, repeatable go-to-market motions and operating models that scale.

Experience

Maria is passionate about building alliance ecosystems that create measurable value—for clients, alliance partners and RSM teams. She is motivated by turning complex partner landscapes into clear, actionable plans and helping cross-functional teams execute with consistency.

In her role, Maria works at the intersection of strategy and execution, designing alliance strategies, defining alliance value propositions, and enabling repeatable go-to-market motions. She collaborates closely with sales, delivery, marketing and executive stakeholders to align investments, clarify roles and decision rights, and establish operating rhythms that support sustainable growth.

Maria brings experience developing alliance operating models, partner segmentation and prioritization approaches, governance and performance measurement, and internal enablement to help teams shift from opportunistic partnering to disciplined, intentional alliances. Clients and recruits appreciate her practical, outcomes-oriented approach and her ability to translate strategy into the day-to-day processes that make partnerships work.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Wheeling University