Judgment for decisions that matter
The conversation you can't have at work
Confidential, independent advisory for accomplished professionals facing career, leadership, and life decisions that matter.
Experienced perspective. Clearer decisions.
The Experience Behind The Advice
Navy veteran to
Fortune 50 vice president
Began as an avionics technician and rose to Fortune 50 vice president
$100M P&L to $28B enterprise leadership
Leadership scope, from a 100+ person P&L to a global enterprise, leading a team of 1,700
PhD, earned while working full time
Three degrees, all earned alongside a full-time career
Nearly 30 years
Executing and leading in quality, operations, and transformation in aerospace and defense
Private Leadership & Life Advisory
Navigate your career as real life happens.
A promotion. A difficult workplace. Ambition competing with personal priorities.
I offer confidential, independent advice to help you understand your situation, weigh your options, and decide what comes next.
You may be asking:
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Am I ready for the next level?
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How do I succeed after this promotion?
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Is this environment merely challenging or genuinely unhealthy for me?
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How do I remain ambitious without allowing work to consume everything else?
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What should the next chapter of my career and life look like?
You bring the situation. Together, we find clarity and a way forward.
Not sure where you stand? Take the Free Leadership & Life Clarity Assessment.
In about five minutes, you’ll get a clear read on your situation and a suggested next step. Your responses are private.
What I Help Private Clients Navigate
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Career & Leadership
Navigate promotions, career moves, and expanded responsibilities. Strengthen your leadership and influence, and succeed in your next role.
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Workplace Dynamics
Work through difficult bosses, organizational politics, and culture challenges. Understand what you can influence and choose a thoughtful, practical response.
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Life & Next-Chapter Decisions
Clarify your priorities, set boundaries, and make the decisions that shape your next chapter, with greater confidence and purpose.
The Process
My Advisory Method
Clarify
Identify the real issue and what matters most to you.
Diagnose
Understand the patterns, relationships, and workplace dynamics shaping your situation.
Decide
Weigh your options, tradeoffs, and timing to choose a direction.
Act
Turn clarity into a practical next step—a conversation, boundary, career move, or change in how you lead.
Integrate
Apply what you learn to strengthen your judgment for future decisions.
When appropriate, CliftonStrengths and OCAI assessments provide insight into your strengths and organizational culture.
Ways to Work Together
Private Clarity Session
One focused conversation to weigh your options and identify practical next steps on a career, leadership, workplace, or life decision.
Leadership Profile & Advisory
Understand your strengths and leadership patterns, with assessments where useful, and identify where to focus your development.
Executive Advisory
Confidential counsel for senior executives facing consequential decisions, sensitive stakeholder relationships, and organizational complexity, grounded in executive experience.
Ongoing Leadership & Life Advisory
A continuing advisory relationship that builds on shared context to work through changing priorities, strengthen your judgment, and put decisions into practice.
About Me
THE EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE PERSPECTIVE
I’ve led at the highest levels of corporate America. Today, I bring that experience to your most consequential decisions, and I’m energized by helping professionals and leaders reach their full potential.
As a former Fortune 50 Vice President, COO, and Vice President/General Manager, I bring nearly three decades of experience leading complex organizations, quality systems, and operational transformation. As founder of Apex Talent, I provide private leadership and life advisory, business advisory, and speaking, all grounded in candid guidance, analytical rigor, and discretion.
I began my career as a U.S. Navy avionics technician and earned three degrees, including a PhD, while working full time and raising my family. I am a recipient of the Women of Color Career Achievement Award in Industry (Career Communications Group, 2024).
