Chris Donohoe is a top tier management consultant and business coach. His impressive client roster includes Fortune 500 companies like Google, NBCUniversal, Gap Inc., and New York Life Insurance. Chris has coached 300+ private clients. In his private practice, he specializes in helping white collar professionals go independent and build thriving businesses of their own. His private clients typically achieve the following results: - Going independent and/or launching a profitable business in 6-18 months - Increasing income by 30-50% - Mastering small business essentials: operations, product, sales, marketing, and delivery - Reclaiming their calendar and time; increasing income while working 30 hours per week - Tapping into their inner confidence; kicking imposter syndrome to the curbIndustry Experience: Consulting, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, Insurance, Life Sciences, High Tech, Retail, Publishing, Nonprofit, and Higher EducationWHAT SETS ME APART: I am a true utility player and strategist who can work in any environment to solve any problem. I transitioned careers from K-12 education to software product marketing to management consulting and eventually founded my own coaching and consulting agency in 2017. I've led global project teams overseeing multi-million dollar initiatives as well as elementary school classrooms with 25 students speaking 4 languages from 6 different countries. I know what it takes to run a line of business within a Fortune 1000 company and to become an independent business owner making your first $1 million.

CAREER/PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK – Fortune 500 Publishing ClientDesigned and rolled out a new career framework (Behavioral competencies, functional responsibilities, and role definitions) for an IT innovation team with 200+ employees. Developed rollout plan, training material, comms, and messaging to drive buy-in. CHANGE MANAGEMENT – Fortune 100 Media & Entertainment ClientCreated change management plan and supporting material (decks, communications, town hall) for the roll-out of a new sales technology to be used by 600+ Account Executives (AEs). Developed the 18-month adoption plan and all launch comms. CULTURE TRANSFORMATION – Global Specialty Insurance ClientDeveloped an 18-month culture transformation strategy and plan to change the way that underwriters approach their work – creating a culture of more "active hunting" (i.e., sales mentality). Designed and delivered training to 40+ underwriters.

ORGANIZATION DESIGN & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT – Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)Designed new org structure, ops playbook, and reporting process for a CSR team with 40 employees overseeing $1+ billion in programing in 50+ countries. Defined roles and responsibilities to reduce overlap and improve the team’s ability to collaborate. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY & DESIGN – Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical ClientLed business to business (B2B) communication strategy for a $50 million divestiture; Developed comms, sales presentations, and progress updates to instill confidence in the buyer and comply with mandated data and security requirements.

COMMUNICATION STRATEGY – Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical ClientLed business to business (B2B) communication strategy for a $50 million divestiture; Developed B2B communications including sales presentations and progress updates throughout the sales process to instill confidence in the buyer and demonstrate progress toward reaching mandated data and security requirements

TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION – Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical ClientDeveloped the Change Management and Communication strategy for the rollout of an Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) Service Catalog impacting 8,000 business users. Ensured that the system was developed with a focus on end-user needs and user-centric design

PRODUCT MARKETING Managed the full marketing lifecycle during the $12 million software product development of iRead—an ed tech application built for students and teachers in grades K-2; Developed go-to-market strategy, pricing, and positioning within the K-5 ed tech market; Developed and implemented the Product Marketing Plan, exceeding pre-sales goals by 50%; Generated all content for digital and print marketing collateral including the product web commercial, software demo, and the product website

Selected from 40,000+ applicants to join a national teacher corps dedicated to closing the achievement gap in low-income communities; Taught all academic subjects to a class of 23 fourth grade students from 8 countries; Attained 25% gains in reading and 17% gains in mathematics on the NYS examination; Created a peer-to-peer teacher evaluation framework that replaced the existing observation process at the school