Mentoring

I've learned invaluable lessons during my first 25 years of working across design, engineering, data, technology, and leadership. The breadth and depth of those experiences allow me to see your career from angles your discipline alone won't show you. A designer who understands engineering trade-offs. A leader who's also an individual contributor. A strategist who builds the thing, not just the deck.

People come to me with a specific problem to solve. A CV that isn't landing. An interview they can't crack. A promotion they're not getting. A team or a project they struggle to lead.

Within the first conversation, we usually find our way to the root cause... and it's almost never just what we thought it was at first.

The real issue is, more often than not, about identity: who you believe you are, what you think you're allowed to want, and whether you trust yourself enough to stand up for it. Everything else, the CV, the pitch, the stakeholder conflict, may be just a symptom.

Sessions run 45-60 minutes over video call.

We start with you
Not your CV, not your problem. You. Where you are, what's going on, what brought you here. This is a conversation between two people, not a consultation.

You tell me what you came for
I listen. I ask questions. I'm already looking for what's underneath.

I challenge the frame
At some point, I'll push back on how you're seeing the problem. Not because you're wrong, but because there's usually a sharper version underneath. This is where the work happens.

We make it concrete
A repositioned value proposition. A reframed narrative. An interview strategy. A CV that speaks about value, not activities. A plan for the conversation you've been avoiding. An action plan for the first 48 hours of a crisis. A way to talk about your work that makes people want to hear more. A reframe that changes how you see your own career. Sometimes it's permission to stop doing something that isn't working.

Every session closes with an open door
You decide what happens next. I'm here when you need me, for as long as you need me.

If we've worked together before, the session picks up where we left off. The work gets deeper as the relationship does.

I don't follow a coaching framework. I don't have a five-step method or a workbook. What I have is 25 years of pattern recognition across design, engineering, data, and leadership, and a way of showing up in a conversation that makes most people tell the truth faster than they expected to.

Most mentors operate on one level. They'll help you fix your CV or prepare for an interview. That's useful, and I do it. But it's rarely the real work.

I work across three layers simultaneously.

You're smart and capable, but something isn't clicking. Maybe you're in transition and can't articulate the unique value you bring. Maybe you've been promoted into a leadership role, and you're not sure you belong there. Maybe you know you're good, but the opportunities don't seem to reflect it.

I work with a very wide range of professionals, designers, engineers, product managers, founders, and people leaders, from junior designers to senior directors. The labels matter way less than that moment in time when you're trying to figure out your next move, and thinking about it alone isn't getting you there. A transition that needs steering, a narrative that needs sharpening, a decision that needs a second brain, or a version of yourself that's ready to show up but hasn't found the words yet.

The method works wherever the person is willing to be honest... mostly with themselves.