Liudmila “Liu” Tapia is CEO and founder of The Expedite Designer, a Procurement Operations partner for growing interior design firms. Trained as an architect in the Dominican Republic, Liu built her career working on high-end residential projects in Casa de Campo, Punta Cana and New York.

Today, she brings that understanding of design intent and project complexity to the operational side of the business, leading a team that creates clarity, coordination and accountability behind every order, every timeline and every client relationship—the Operational Confidence that lets extraordinary design be delivered as it was drawn.