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My executive coaching clients are highly successful, motivated, corporate executives, not satisfied with just enhancing their leadership skills: they want to prepare themselves and their companies to create something big and new. They want to change how they see and relate to themselves, their situations, opportunities and uncover unseen possibilities for being, thinking, and bringing about change.If you want to be more successful and productive at work, more emotionally intelligent in your communications and relationships, and more satisfied and alive in your personal live, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

I’ve been able to use my in-depth PR/ marketing experience, an understanding of direct marketing, CRM and data analysis to help members of the StartupLab. This assistance includes help with strategic direction, their mix of marketing campaigns, articulating their value proposition, refining their key messages and creating compelling investor presentations. It has involved understanding their technology, features and benefits, value propositions, market drivers and conducting business analysis workshops. The results are go-to-market plans, value-added marketing services in social media, creative digital marketing strategies and how to measure the results; all developed to help StartupLab members effectively meet their marketing and sales objectives.

Facilitate presentation workshops each semester for the Accelerator program at Insj.The workshops and the one-on-one sessions on presentation skills provide skills needed to present their ideas clearly and concisely. The finale is the culmination of the semester's hard work; each company presents their start-up idea at the Accelerator's "Demo Day". They have 4 minutes to stand up in front of a friendly audience and lay it all on the line. It is quite rewarding to see how they progress in such a short time.

The goal is to help the Healthcare startups at Aleap articulating their value proposition, refine key messages and creating compelling presentations for events, customers, and investors. Together we develop messages around their product or service, features and benefits, value propositions and market drivers for the buyer or investor in interactive workshops.

Presentation training facilitator for the "Exploration Digital Challenge" May 9-10 in Oslo. The workshop was designed to help the 7 finalists present their ideas to a panel who selected the winning idea for the Exploration group in Equinor.The second workshop was for Equinor's "Facility of the Future" innovation challenge. This workshop was also designed to help the 4 finalists present their ideas to a panel who selected the winning idea for the Open Innovation in Equinor.

The goal is to provide programs to ensure that Norway Health Tech members have strategic relationships with leading global healthcare companies. These corporate partners provide expertise, advice, skill and investment opportunities necessary to successfully go from idea, to product, to company.

I conduct interactive workshops designed to use Marketing Differentiation to create a great first impression online and with Microsoft's sales team. The goal is to equip companies with the knowledge and insight to succeed with both.

Founder of IoT company serving residential and commercial developments. Built a thriving company serving both private & corporate clientele. Responsible for all aspects of client and team management, invoicing and estimating. Work on site with clients to assess their needs and manage teams to install home automation, troubleshooting and resolving technical issues and obstacles. Manage multiple resources and support an average of 10-12 projects simultaneously. Grew team and grew billings 500% in first three years. Excellent industry reputation for customer service, reliability and industry knowledge.

Superintendent for real estate development company specializing in single-family homes and commercial properties. Responsible for team management of all construction projects developing single-family homes and commercial properties. Lead cross-functional teams and collaborated with founders to complete projects. Placed as interim general manager of Jack London Inn, a commercial development property of the company. Grew profitability, acquired talent and managed day-to-day sales and operations. Liaised with community organizations and FEMA to house Hurricane Katrina victims and provide basic needs, paving the way for other neighboring commercial properties to follow suit.

Lead business development for mapping company developing specialized digital mapping products. Lead account teams, developed account strategy and new business targets. Determined top targets, industry events to participate in and liaised with potential partners. Developed the Pipeline Integrity Corridor Classification (PICC) program for the natural gas industry, resulting in PG&E funding a $1.2 million program for their California natural gas pipeline.

Co-founded and grew an INC. 500 marketing & PR firm specializing in tech companies from start- ups to Fortune 100 companies. Managed and supervised a staff of marketing and account executives; P&L responsibility and annual billings of approximately $3.6 million. Directed the overall account management of two Independent Business Units (IBU’s) of Computer Associates on a global and domestic basis. Strong motivational and mentoring skills; experienced at running account meetings and brainstorming/creative sessions. Responsive to the requirements of high-level client communications. Adept at advising and keeping senior leadership thoroughly informed of account demands, resources and billings. Expanded geographies, starting satellite offices in Seattle, New York, and London.

Orchestrated and moderated domestic and international press conferences, press briefings, and analyst conferences. Led numerous sales & media trainings – developed key messages, talking points, FAQ, etc. Experience in orchestrating press conferences, press briefings, live web-streaming press events and direct marketing campaigns. Planned and conducted a wide variety of special events, including product rollouts, conferences and trade shows.

Sales rep for software, training and CAD systems.

Sales and Marketing Manager, Northern California, for CAD/CAM value added reseller. Account manager responsible for growing sales of enterprise level CAD/CAM systems. Worked directly with clients to ensure proper implementation of the system, account training and client satisfaction. Grew Northern California sales by 130%.

Targeted and won the Reebok account for the company, achieving record sales numbers in first two years. Introduced imprinted sportswear to wineries in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys.