my story

As a young engineer I struggled to find my way in the corporate world.  I failed a lot and made many mistakes.  Without a coach or any mentors, it was a tough journey.  This was true when I was a young engineer who had just joined  the workforce and also true when I was promoted to be a leader - I learned on my own without any formal training.  Failure is a great teacher.  However, I came to realize that career success is a balancing act between learning on your own and having coaches and mentors who can intervene at appropriate times.  I came across many professionals who faced this challenge - thrown into a new technical or leadership role without any support.  Having gone through these experiences, my mission is to guide others to the best of my ability - allow them to learn from their mistakes but at the same time coach them if and as needed.  Today, I am passionate about enabling success for individuals, teams and organizations.  This success manifests itself as professional growth for individuals, successful delivery of complex programs by high performance teams and sustainable profitability for organizations. I achieve this through coaching, competency development workshops, facilitation of sessions and consulting.

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I am a firm believer in the “Art of the Possible”.  I use a generative approach in coaching. Using self-awareness as the foundation, I provide insights from my corporate and consulting career of 25+ years, to enable unleashing of your best self.  I work on uncovering conscious or sub-conscious beliefs that may be sabotaging success. As a result of, my clients embark on an accelerated journey towards achieving their full potential.

I am a lifelong learner.  Clients often describe me as a calm and knowledgeable trusted advisor who is passionate about his work and gives his 200% in every interaction.

Client, Organization, and Industry Experience 

My experience spans Automotive, Commercial Trucking, Off-Highway, Industrial, Non-profits, Telecom, Digital Printing and Manufacturing industry in North America, Europe and Asia working with as well as coaching all levels of organization ranging from C level executives to manager.  My areas of expertise include business strategy & planning, manufacturing, new product development, engineering, continuous improvement, program management including agile project management, operations and organization development

Leadership Experience 

I held various positions of progressively increasing seniority during his corporate career and worked as the Director of Engineering for a Manufacturing firm. I led Global teams in New Product Development and Program Management activities that successfully launched over 20 complex and innovative programs.

Certifications, Memberships, Publications 

• MS Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

• MBA University of Michigan, Ross School of Business

• Lead Coach SAE Engineering Management Academy

• Adjunct Professor, College of Management, Lawrence Tech University

• Founding member Detroit Education Society, a non-profit engaged in providing after school STEM education for Detroit Public School kids

• Certified SCORE mentor for small business owners