Richmond, Virginia, United States
I am a certified life coach (graduate of the New Agreements Coach Training & Leadership Institute) and am the owner and co-founder of KickStart Specialists and Inward Bound Coaching based in Richmond, VA. I have over 16 years of coaching experience and take a goal based, action oriented approach in my coaching practice. I believe if you are open to change, have the right attitude, have confidence in yourself and are willing to overcome fear… you truly can open the door for personal possibility! I specialize in personal and professional business coaching. I have a strong business background and have over 15 years experience working for a Fortune 500 corporation, serving in leadership roles within the Information Technology field. I hold a Masters Certificate (George Washington University) in project management and have over 6 years experience running multi-million dollar organization-wide projects. I am a graduate of SIM-RLF (Society of Information Management – Regional Leadership Forum) and have experience in strategic planning, organizational development, performance management, change leadership and departmental facilitation. I hold a BA in Communication and Graphic Arts from James Madison University. Specialties: Personal coaching, business executive coaching, group coaching, leadership development, program development, facilitation, event management.
Experts in creating customized leadership development and team-building programs, providing strategic consulting, executive coaching, and facilitation services. http://kickstartspecialists.com/
Coaching is an alliance and partnership designed and co-created for the purpose of accelerating client’s growth and development. Coaching is effective because it creates a structure and system for fulfilling one’s goals, for enhancing one’s strengths, and closing the gaps on desired outcomes. In a coaching relationship, the coach listens and provides an important sounding board. The Coach encourages their clients to challenge their beliefs, think outside of the box and to raise the bar on what is possible. Ultimately, coaching harnesses the energy for change.
Impact Makers is a non-stock, competitive social venture led by senior consulting executives, dedicated and prepared to do things differently. Impact Makers competes head-to-head for contracts in the highly competitive professional services consulting world, and wins its fair share based on superior competence and performance. There is one critical difference: Impact Makers’ “profits,” by corporate charter, go directly to its non-profit community partners. Labeled “social entrepreneurship” or “public-private partnership” in academic, business, and political circles worldwide, the idea is not new, but real-life implementations are rare indeed. Impact Makers is pioneering the application of this concept through an innovative new business model.
Project Management, strategy development, leadership development
IT client liaison for enterprise Legal & Marketing departments. Responsible for long and short term strategic and tactical IT development plans, prioritization and mobilization of IT based initiatives, resource allocation/management, IT discipline and compliance, annual budget/forecasting and client satisfaction. For Legal: Emphasis on IT compliance (internal/vendor), enterprise security & audit, development of streamlined, centralized records management system. For Marketing: Emphasis on IT compliance (internal/vendor), development of external web-based Marketing presence, IT Marketing innovation & proof of concept (RFID, customer cards, “wearable” electronic marketing, etc) records management & infrastructure improvements.
Managed multiple IT based projects for PMUSA Marketing department. All projects had a budget of over $1m with the largest being $20m (Marlboro Rewards Program). All technical work was outsourced utilizing multiple vendors (3 to 11) and crossed multiple business departments. Staffing oversight of over 35+.
HR Direct (HR Services)– Project objective was to promote the HR Direct Service Center and the HR Intranet as the primary points of contact for HR employee services within PM USA. The project included re-engineering of HR processes, software portfolio simplification and introduction of web-based employee self-service and manager self-service capability. The project team consisted of 16+ staff (including 3+ outsource vendors) and had an operational budget of approximately $3.5million.