Executive Coaching · Global Leadership · Intercultural Leadership
Executive & Business Coach
Co-Founder & COO, AptCulture
ICF-Certified Coach · 30+ years of global business experience
Tampa, Florida
After more than 30 years in business, consulting and executive leadership, I work with C-suite and senior leaders as an executive and business coach. I bring a global business and intercultural perspective to leadership decisions involving growth, markets, expansion, influence and execution.
I have spent more than three decades in business, working across management consulting, strategy, sales, business development and senior leadership roles in the US, Europe and APAC. I have built businesses and markets, developed partnerships, led teams and worked with clients through the realities of growth, expansion and execution.
That experience continues to shape how I work with leaders. Business decisions rarely stay within one function or one market. They influence customers, revenue, teams, partnerships, priorities and, ultimately, the ability to execute.
As an executive and business coach, I bring that commercial and global perspective to my work with C-suite and senior leaders. I help leaders step back from the immediate issue, look at what is really driving it, and make clearer decisions about what needs to happen next.
Every coaching engagement starts with a real business or leadership situation — a significant decision, a broader role, a difficult relationship, a new market or a business that is entering unfamiliar territory.
I work with C-suite and senior leaders as they take on broader responsibility, balance growth with execution, manage competing priorities and make decisions when there is no obvious answer.
Working through questions of credibility, communication, influence and stakeholder relationships, particularly when expectations, roles or power dynamics are unfamiliar.
Working across cultures and business environments where assumptions about communication, authority, trust, pace and ownership may differ — and where those differences can affect execution.
Drawing on my experience building markets, partnerships and operations across countries, I work with leaders thinking through growth beyond their home market and the realities that come with it.
Supporting leaders when organizations come together and differences in leadership style, decision-making and ways of working begin to affect integration and execution.
Working across cultures is not simply about knowing cultural differences. It is about recognizing when an assumption that works in one market may not work in another and understanding what that means for trust, negotiation, authority and execution.
I use assessments when they add another perspective to the conversation — on communication style, motivations, emotional intelligence or cultural preferences.
I work with leaders to interpret the results in the context of their role, relationships and business situation. The assessment is not a conclusion. It gives us another perspective to explore.
2020–Present · Executive coaching, leadership development, intercultural leadership and global business advisory.
Global business development, strategic accounts, large-scale deals and GCC market development.
Fujitsu · Wipro · Syntel · Capgemini and others. Market expansion, international business development, partnerships and executive leadership across the US, Europe and APAC.
I mentor entrepreneurs on strategy, market positioning, growth and the practical decisions involved in building a business.
If you are considering executive coaching, business coaching or intercultural leadership support for yourself or a leader in your organization, send me a note. We can start with the situation or decision in front of you and see whether a conversation would be useful.
