Sometimes the person who can best help you is a person who has been in the same situation themselves – who has had the experiences, knows the territory and language – in short, a person who can relate.

For that reason, many Seattle people who work in IT and high-tech jobs pick me to be their counselor. Before I changed careers, I was in high-tech for over a decade (you can see the list of companies and job types below), including working for IBM, a nationwide utility company, a “dot-bomb” (back in 2000), and as an independent consultant. I have a Bachelors degree in Management Information Systems, and a Masters degree in Telecommunications. I’ve had job titles including network analyst, systems engineer, webmaster and functional analyst.

I help clients with issues such as:

  • Office Politics
  • Career Path
  • Deciding Whether to Leave a Company
  • Changing Careers
  • Dealing with Layoffs/Finding a New Job
  • Work/Life Balance
  • Working with Difficult Co-Workers
  • Dealing with Stress & Emotions at Work

I’ve worked with men and women from:

  • Adobe
  • Amazon
  • Boeing
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Tableau
  • Start-ups
  • IT jobs in non-IT companies
  • Independent contractors/Self-employed