About Araneae Consulting
Araneae Consulting was founded to help business leaders get out of overwhelm, frustration, and confusion by taking an customized, collaboarative approach to problem solving.
Its founder, Lucia Mokres, is a Consultant uniquely positioned to solve sticky challenges that require deep investigation, especially those that are causing frustration, overwhelm, or creating General Bad Vibes within the company. By working with Lucia, you will learn what stands in the way of project success, and will become empowered with the knowledge required to make informed decisions and regain control. ​
Araneae's Mission
To empower you with the insight and information you need to make informed decisions, regain control over your stickiest problems, and have fun along the way. Sound impossible? Challenge accepted. Bring me your worst!
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~ Lucia Mokres, Founder
A Rare Find. Powerful. Effective Beyond Measure. Funny as Hell.
Meet Lucia Mokres
Founder
Tired of cookie-cutter consultants? So is Lucia. She founded Araneae to solve problems others can’t see and give business leaders an alternative to the formulaic approach so common in consulting. She has a rare talent for spotting patterns, connecting seemingly unrelated concepts, and uncovering the root causes of problems that others miss.
From early-stage startups to Fortune 100 companies, Lucia has unraveled complex, unusual, and often frustrating challenges. Her experience spans executive leadership, program and project management, business solutions consulting, coaching, diligence, and beyond—always with a focus on overall system improvement, not just the task at hand.
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Working with Lucia is like finding a needle in a haystack: fearless, insightful, and relentlessly practical, and hilariously funny, she brings clarity to chaos, momentum to stalled initiatives, and solutions that stick. Call her to see what she can do for your organization—you’ll be glad you did.​
Highlights
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Nearly two decades of experience working with companies from concept to commercialization, spanning startups to Fortune 100 companies
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C-level experience
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2026 Chair, Executive Women in Bio San Francisco Chapter
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Invited speaker and author
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Published in industry leading journals
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Leadership Award, Women Leaders in Action, Abbott Vascular
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B.S., Physiology, and Neuroscience with Minor in Spanish Literature, University of California at San Diego
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DVM - College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
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Style & Approach
Lucia's energetic, engaging approach allows her to quickly gain trust of stakeholders at all levels, because they know they are truly being heard and cared for. Having sat on the executive side of the table, she understands what it is like to be overwhelmed by a vicious schedule and difficult-to-solve problems, and nothing makes her happier than helping others. Most importantly, she believes the best way to work through a problem is to have a sense of humor. Isn’t this mess already painful enough?
Community Work
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Holds Board seats on two Bay Area nonprofits
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Various roles in over a dozen volunteer organizations ranging from women in science to disaster response
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Former elite cyclist, USA Cycling Masters National medalist x 3, and women's team captain of regional bike racing team
What's In a Name - ("a-rainy-eye")?
A friend of mine once had a dream while traveling in Mexico, in which she was a spider. She was trying to build a web, but something kept tearing it down, so she would begin to build again. That was it, the whole dream. Just a repetitive cycle of rebuilding, over and over. This conceptualization of resilience, determination, patience, adaptation, and reinvention reminded her of me, and she gifted me a beautiful bead-and-wire spider she found that same day. ​
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I believe that all of these qualities are required of anyone as they strive to bring paradigm-shifting innovations or services to any industry.
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Araneae is the taxonomic order encompassing spiders. Though I personally love spiders, I thought long and hard about whether to invoke these oft-reviled creatures in a business name. However, the meaning and opportunity for metaphor are too compelling to ignore. There are many variations on pronunciation (much like my first name), but I go with a-rainy-eye.
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My friend died of breast cancer, but the legacy of her inspirational vision lives on.
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~ Lucia (Loo-sha)
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