Sharlene Williams

Sharlene Williams, Ph.D., PMP is a Growth and Innovation Portfolio Leader at DuPont, where she leads enterprise efforts to strengthen innovation performance and scale a culture of disciplined, evidence-based decision-making. She drives the integration of portfolio and project management with Lean Innovation principles across functions, enabling teams to move from idea to impact with greater speed, clarity, and confidence.

With over 16 years of experience spanning R&D, strategy, and portfolio leadership, Sharlene is known for turning complexity into clarity and ideas into results. She brings deep experience shaping portfolios, improving how innovation work gets done, and aligning strategy with real execution across large, global organizations.