Senior professional with international experience, Katia Pessanha benefits from the experience acquired in her executive career in IT companies to work in close partnership to the HR team to develop professionals, recruit from universities, conduct climate surveys and increase retention rates. Her 15 years at IBM included rich managerial experiences in Sales - Golden Sales award in 2001, Professional Development of the Software Team , Academic Relations, and an international assignment in Mexico as Strategic Change Manager.Certified as Executive Coach by ICI – Integrated Coaching Institute in 2012, Katia was a qualified member of ICF - International Coaching Federation from 2013 to 2017.From 2015 to 2017 she acted at CBS Partners as Senior Corporate Coach focused in executive women empowerment, sales and technology professionals and global leaders in multicultural environments.From May 2020 to March 2021, as People, Culture and Performance Manager, she passionately dedicated herself to find, engage and develop great and talented people at CombuData, a startup.As a professional writer she published three technical books, one historical novel, articles and poems.Keywords: partnership, professional development, content creation, volunteer