Tl;dr (for a quick intro)

My Passions

• Traveling - tie between my two fave places so far - Switzerland and the Canadian Rockies

• Baking - I used to own a wedding cake shop

• Hacking all things that don’t make sense

• Opening doors that say - “Do Not Open”

• Dog rescue

• Gardening

My Work

• Professional development coach and mentor

• Trainer, advisor, and business agility coach to teams and organizational systems

My Professional Background

I have worked the past 15 years mostly as a leader, coach, and trainer. During this time, I’ve worked with individuals, teams, and across organizations. Some of my most rewarding work is with individuals who have a deep desire to do something more inspiring but also experience fear and apprehension about taking the steps toward their aspirations.

Creating the conditions for work that is fulfilling, aligned with our values, and support wellbeing, drives my work with individuals, people leaders and companies to do good work.

I started my journey as a programmer, working at a major news agency, posting sports scores online. How fun was starting my career in New York City? It was my first exposure to real autonomy at the workplace and set my expectations really high as I learned about authority and traditional hierarchical structures.

I moved into Project Management and later became a Scrum Master at a healthcare tech company. I quickly realized this way of working aligned with my values of treating people as we expect to be treated, striving to inspire others to do amazing things, and that work is a human endeavor.

Through the years, I worked primarily as a Scrum Master, then coach to teams and people leaders in several industries including healthcare, marketing, finance and hospitality. I’ve worked at startups, like Motivano, small companies like Healthesystems, medium to large companies including Moffitt Cancer Center, Bloomin’ Brands, and even larger companies, like JPM Chase. I’ve had the opportunity to experience agility in smaller, startup environments, as well as massive, global companies. This varied experience has allowed me to observe different ecosystems and provided me with the space to apply different approaches and techniques.

I’ve also had the opportunity to experience enormous learning and growth. Some of my experiences include:

• Serving as a Developer, Scrum Master, Project Manager, Product, IT and Transformation Director

• Enneagram coach and Personalities @ Work trainer

• Realizing and aligning to a more humanistic approach to team development

• Working across teams to help Product Owners align delivery for an integrated customer experience

• Leading Product Development teams

• Coaching multiple teams and designing team structures

• Leading culture transformations that unblocked experimenting and cultivated innovation

• Developing leadership onboarding and training programs

• Designing and facilitating team-building activities

• Facilitating professional development for many individuals and helping them unblock career potential

• Facilitating strategy and prioritization activities for companies

• Delivering agile and leadership training and certification for IC Agile

• Providing personal and career coaching for many individuals, teams, and leaders

• Currently working on my Deep Coaching Certification (ICF) based on the Enneagram