Vicki works closely with senior leaders to initiate strategic change, nurture innovation, align the C-Suite & keep organizations, teams & stakeholders focused.

She is known for her keen ability to identify critical business outcomes & drive teams to deliver targeted results. Vicki has served as Chief of Staff, Big Four Senior Manager, Trusted Advisor & Senior Director for industry leaders in healthcare, technology, energy, the armed services, public sector, retail & biotech/pharma. 

Vicki began her career in the Neuropsychology Department at Baylor College of Medicine & held progressively responsible clinical & management positions with University of California-San Francisco & Davis Medical Schools & Blue Shield of California. She served in leadership roles at Microsoft, Deloitte Consulting, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of IL, TX, OK & NM & The Gap. Vicki’s international experience includes living & working in Japan, Singapore, & Germany for seven years. She is a published & credentialed executive coach & holds Masters’ Degrees from Washington University & the Fielding Graduate University & a BA Cum Laude from the University of Houston.

Industry experience: Healthcare, Professional Services, Technology, Energy, Armed Services, Public Sector, Retail, Biotech/Pharma

 

Vicki Hart, MA, MSW

Vicki’s international experience includes living and working in Japan, Singapore and Germany for seven years. Projects include:

China & Japan: Up-skilled 80 Deloitte practitioners in Beijing and Tokyo on leadership development and culture

Greece: Co–facilitated Deloitte’s Global Leadership Excellence program involving participants from 50 countries

Germany: Established & staffed Critical Incidence Stress Debriefing programs for two US Army bases

Singapore: Launched public awareness campaign for the Singapore Mental Health Association; Developed adult education programs for the National University of Singapore

Associates

A network of experienced colleagues

Vicki partners with each colleague for their expertise, depending on the nature, scale, and scope of the work. Their backgrounds include corporate communications, organization development, learning, talent management and executive coaching.

  • Laura Kushner, B2B Writer

    As a small business owner, Laura works with C-level executives and marketing teams to help them effectively communicate their message and strengthen their brand through byline articles, case studies, sales and marketing collateral, SEO and web content, social and mobile content, and thought leadership. Having written for companies in a wide variety of industries, Laura has extensive experience writing on many topics including 5g+IoT, blockchain, AI and other areas within IT consulting, domestic and international tax, life sciences, health care, pharmaceuticals, change management, supply chain, process improvement, mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment, strategy and operations, oil and gas, real estate, business and family law, manufacturing, product development and more.

    During her career, Laura has held marketing and communications positions at Arthur Andersen, PwC, two large law firms and a tax boutique. 

    Industry Experience: Professional services, Consulting, Manufacturing, Legal, Oil and Gas, Health Care, Life Sciences, Real Estate, Retail, Telecommunications

    www.lakushner.com

  • Jeffrey Janowitz, PhD, MSW

    Jeffrey has more than 25 years of experience working on new leadership and talent development approaches in business. His coaching expertise extends to individual, group, team, and action learning coaching, focused on aligning actions to strategic business goals.

    Jeffrey is known as a fierce innovator and talent maximizer. With great warmth, humor and deep, deep listening, he helps clients find the smallest possible solution for the biggest possible impact. His clients benefit from greater clarity about goals & options to achieve them that results from working with him.

    He was most recently Senior Director, Global People Development at VMware, focused on Top Talent Development and Succession. He created & implemented a new talent segmentation model based on business-driven capabilities, which altered the way management thinks & talks about talent. As Talent Manager for HP’s Worldwide Sales in the Enterprise Group, he worked closely with global top talent to find their next role in the organization.

    Dr. Janowitz received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from North Carolina State University; Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of Maryland at Baltimore; Masters in Shakespeare Studies from the University of Birmingham (England) & Bachelors in Writing from Queens College, City University of New York. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

    Industry experience: Technology and software, financial services, pharmaceuticals, health care, and automotives.

  • Penelope and Possum

    Office Assistants