Ron J. West Email & Phone Number

United States

Austin, Texas Area

I guide vital transformations for Fortune 1000 clients as a facilitator and executive coach.My signature offering is the Chrysalis Program® for leadership development, a process that distills transformative leadership down to its essential elements. It integrates assessments, workshops, one-on-one coaching, experiential learning, self-study and (optionally) a physical fitness component. COMPANIES I'VE WORKED WITHAtlassian | Bristow | CSI | Databricks | Ensign | Gusto | NI | Samsung | Sentry | ServiceNow | Skip Capital | Twillio | UCT | Workforce SolutionsCREDENTIALS•Former executive coach, Center for Creative Leadership•Certified in all Center for Creative Leadership assessments •Certified in the Vertical Mindset Indicator (Individuals & Team)•Accredited DiSC trainer•Black Belt Six Sigma•Speaker at Vistage International and TEDx

Austin, Texas Area

Executive Coach for the Center for Creative Leadership. Consistently ranked among the world's Top 5 providers of executive education by Bloomberg BusinessWeek and the Financial Times.• Highly trained in the use of all CCL assessment instruments and feedback techniques• Competence in learning theories and the dynamics of the change process.• Recent clients include: 7-Eleven, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Michael Kors and Target

Spearheaded transformation of private commercial real estate firm. Set objectives and directed property management, maintenance, marketing, legal, accounting, human resources, and IT functions. Administered development and leasing.• Delivered 35% growth and net positive absorption by aligning business functions with core objectives and restaffing to meet operation’s overall needs. • Partnered with owners and management team to set objectives, hire and lead top talent, and devise strategies to maximize performance.• Strategically revised 35 key business processes and nearly doubled tenant renewals.• Shifted culture across operation, which generated 15-fold reduction in staff turnover.

Coached entire company through major change strategies as organization grew from 80 to 420 staff, while serving as member of Executive Forum. Directed all aspects of business process re-engineering, marketing, and IT functions.• Drove 25+ growth initiatives, which quadrupled volume of private development and construction business; credited for achieving upward of $600 million in under three years.

Founded Compass Consulting Corporation, which delivered coaching, team building, business process re-engineering, organizational design interventions, and change management tools. Focused on driving change that maximized organizational performance.• Worked closely with 12 executives at rapidly growing commercial real estate firm.• Offered deep insights to private real estate firm to advance development of 12 additional regional offices.• As interim CEO, generated highest levels of profitability in software firm's history within 16 weeks and grew revenues by 28% with solid cash generation.

Re-engineered processes for leading telecommunications test equipment company after numerous mergers and acquisitions.• Assembled and developed international team to integrate 4,500 employees across 85 offices into single entity.• Launched career planner and executed strategies that reduced attrition rate from 35% to less than 3%.• Led re-engineering of 1,000 global business processes and replacement of all enterprise resource planning systems. • Innovated high-impact cross-selling sales strategy that included introducing new CRM system and new eBusiness initiatives.

As one of three board members, achieved full listing on the London Stock Exchange with successful initial public offering. Led strategic engineering and marketing of safety-critical systems design and integration for global high-risk industries, including petrochemical and power.• Led integration of four international companies to group, which doubled its size. • Devised strategic plan used to secure $100 million+ in funding. • Reduced costs by 40% and drove comprehensive culture change to support 500 staff by leveraging TQM to re-engineer processes.• Earned British Computer Society Gold Medal Award for rapid development of TRUSTED™ Industrial Control System.

Graduate Certificate In Executive & Professional Coaching

Executive Coach

Human Development Trainer

Master’S Degree, Microelectronics

Bachelor’S Degree, Electronics & Computer Technology