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Jason Alba was sure he would have a job within a month after getting abruptly laid off. Even with great credentials and in a job-seeker’s market, he could hardly get a job interview. He decided to step back and pick apart the job search process, including figuring out all of the available resources. Within a few months he had designed a personal job search CRM tool. His tool, JibberJobber.com, is designed to help professionals manage career and job search information the same way a salesman manages prospect data. Jason passionately blogs about career management issues. He recognizes people who use technology to quantify their personal brand with the “You Get It” award. Jason’s blog and website have been featured in many publications and newspapers across the country. Learn more about Jason at JibberJobber.com/blog, or check out his new book, I'm on LinkedIn -- Now What???
Walter Akana is a senior-level career professional who brings a unique blend of experience and perspective to his work. Enthusiastic and forward-thinking, he is adept at helping individuals identify core strengths and attributes, which helps them achieve success by taking control of their careers and lives.
After delivering career services in not-for-profit settings, Walter translated his social work skills into a career in corporate training and development, where he worked with professionals in commercial and investment banking. He went on to found Threshold Consulting and currently works with clients who want more satisfaction and meaning in their careers and lives.
Walter, a native New Yorker, holds a Master of Science, in social services, from Columbia University. He is a Reach Certified Personal Branding Strategist and RPS Trained and Life Options Certified Retirement Coach. He is also a member of the Association of Career Professionals International, and the Career Management Alliance.
William Arruda is an executive coach, public speaker and author of Career Distinction: Stand Out By Building Your Brand (Wiley, 2007). He combines his twenty years' corporate branding experience, passion for human potential and avid pursuit of innovation to help professionals stand out and expand their success. He is the founder of Reach, the global leader in personal branding and co-founder of the Reach Branding Club. JPMorgan, Disney, Adobe, Microsoft, Warner Bros, British Telecom, Electronic Arts and Starwood Hotels are just a few of the corporate clients for whom he's delivered presentations and workshops on the transformative power of personal branding. William has appeared on BBC TV, the Discovery Channel, and Radio America. A sought-after spokesperson on career advancement, he has written for and contributed to the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Time Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and many other publications throughout the world. He holds a Master's Degree in Education.
Kim Batson, internationally known as "The CIO's Coach," is a Certified Personal Branding Strategist for technology executives. She assists technology executives and managers in accelerating extraordinary careers and business success.
A member of the Advance Team of REACH Branding Strategists, Kim is one of the first Certified Personal Branding Strategists in the world to be personally trained and qualified by William Arruda, the global leader in personal branding. She is also a Certified Leadership & Talent Management Coach, Certified Career Management Coach, Certified Job Search Trainer, and Certified 360 REACH Analyst, with more than a decade of experience in the careers industry.
With a reputation for strong communication, presentation, and relational skills, Kim is a keynote speaker and writer on the subject of personal branding and is passionate about powerfully articulating one's unique promise of value to gain extraordinary results.
For more information, please visit: www.personalbrandcoaching.com or www.careermanagementcoaching.com
Nancy Branton is an executive coach, career/leadership coach faculty member, leadership and career assessment instructor, and corporate trainer. After 30 years in human resources and talent management, she founded People Potential Group, SM Inc. Her clients include both corporate and individual clients. In addition to a master's degree in industrial organizational psychology and being qualified to administer over 100 assessments, she is a certified career management coach, certified leadership and talent management coach, certified life coach, and certified personal brand strategist.
Nina Burokas is President of Digerati Branding, a business and communications consultancy focused on brand strategy and new media initiatives. Ninaís expertise is translating emerging trends and technologies into actionable insight that drives business and brand value.
Nina honed her strategy and communications skills in senior level roles ranging from sales and marketing to operations on a scale from Inc. 500 to FTSE 100. Successes include brand, services and software launches, Editor's Choice, Inc. 500 and Fast 50 wins and sales and operational transformations.
A Kellogg Marketing MBA and Reach Certified Brand Strategist, Nina has a passion for people, life and "keeping it hot." She is actively engaged in multiple communities, blogs at Better Living through Brand, and writes and presents on topics at the intersection of business, branding and innovation.
Paul Copcutt first recognised the personal branding term after reading Tom Peters 'Brand You 50" in the late 90's. He soon realised that many of the actions and suggestions that Peters wrote about were exactly what he had been doing through a corporate career that started in banking and ended in biotech - ironically two subjects that he would not place at the top of his academic achievements (it took two attempts to pass his Math 'O' level and his biology teacher even had him labeled as an idiot!)
He is Canada's leading personal brand consultant. Combining a passion for people and branding with a realization that strengths and specialization are the keys to success, he guides his clients to that outcome. Paul's own specialty is to leverage his unique communication skills and genuine caring approach to support and inspire North American professional and executive women, and the corporations that hire them, in connecting with their true selves, to reach their professional and personal goals. More details at www.squarepegsolution.com
Krishna De is described as Ireland's leading Employer Branding and Personal Branding Strategist by the media and clients alike and is a branding and leadership development mentor, broadcaster, writer, professional speaker and new media strategist.
Krishna guides executives in how to build distinctive corporate, employer and personal brands, positioning themselves as industry thought leaders. She is an expert in social media and consults with businesses on how to use these new and cost effective platforms to enhance their brand communication and engagement strategy. Krishna is an executive coach and mentor and is considered one of Ireland's leading most influential executive coaches through her work as a coach supervisor and as the Founder of the Association for Coaching in Ireland.
She has been a director on the board of some of the worlds most successful global consumer brands, has lived in 3 continents and worked in more than 30 countries and is now based in Ireland.
A sought after spokesperson on the subjects of branding, new media, business development, leadership and career success, Krishna's advice has been featured in leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Irish Times, The Independent, The Sunday Business Post, The Sunday Times and Marketing Age.
You can access Krishna's guidance on corporate, employer and personal branding through her articles and podcasts at www.bizgrowthnews.com.
Kirsten Dixson is a career management consultant who is an authority on building credible online identities for career success. She's the coauthor of Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand (Wiley, 2007), the founder of Brandego and a partner in Reach, the global leader in personal branding. Kirsten delivers keynote speeches and serves as a media resource on career technology topics. She's been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Newsday and Advertising Age. Visit Kirsten online at www.kirstendixson.com
Megan Fitzgerald is an expat career, business and personal branding strategist and the founder of Career By Choice. She helps expatriates use their personal brand to customize a career or business that fits who they are and their international lifestyle.
Having designed a rewarding, portable career and business that supports her choice of international living, Megan uses her 15 years of experience in career and business development, extensive training, and a creative, entrepreneurial approach to help fellow expats build a more fulfilling professional life abroad. She has worked with professionals and entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia, Europe, North and Latin America and the Middle East.
Her passion for learning, travel, culture and service has taken her to over 25 countries on 5 continents to live, work or play. With multiple degrees and certifications, she has been featured in expatriate publications and Italy Magazine. She is a member of the International Coach Federation.
Susan Guarneri is known as the "Career Assessment Goddess," a forward-thinking careers expert who uses branding and career assessments to assists clients in developing exciting career and business options. She's the only National Certified Career Counselor in the world also certified in personal branding.
Susan's inspiring career-management programs, based on 20+ years of successful career consulting experience, generate in-depth self-discovery and action. She uses the 360Reach branding assessment for brand definition, and combines that with top-notch personality and career assessments for greater brand leverage.
Susan supports: executives and entrepreneurs who realize that personal branding is their roadmap to business success; mid- to senior-professionals looking to make the leap to the C-suite; motivated career changers ready to uncover their brand and find their "dream job;" and career coaches and HR consultants who want to learn how to use career assessments to deliver improved results for their clients.
Cindy Kraft is America's leading Career & Personal Brand Strategist for Corporate Finance Executives with 12+ years of experience helping clients understand their marketability, articulate their value, and position themselves as the clear and compelling choice. Cindy authors a monthly coaching column in AFP's "Futures in Finance" newsletter and writes regularly for the Financial Executives Networking Group.
Her most recent innovation is the CFO-Career-Forum, a private networking community for senior-level finance executives. A Certified Career Management Coach, Certified Professional Resume Writer, and Job & Career Transition Coach she is endorsed as a preferred provider by Knock 'em Dead, Netshare, and Finance Ladders and is nationally published in more than 35 career-related books. Visit Cindy online at
cfo-coach.com
Bernadette Martin is Founder of Visibility Branding, LLC where she works with entrepreneurs, coaches, MBA participants and professionals across any industry sector in developing a strategy to build and express their brand.
Previous to working with personal brands she had a 15-year career working with Fortune 500 brands in Asia, the U.S., and Europe holding senior level positions in corporate and agency environments. She managed brands in industries such as hi-tech, airlines, healthcare, financial, automotive, FCMG and hospitality.
Moving to Paris in 2002 coincided with a transition from corporate life to becoming an entrepreneur and founding Visibility Branding, LLC. Her clients are across the globe as she works virtually and "sur place" in helping clients with their brand positioning and online/offline messaging.
As a REACH Facilitator she delivers certification of the REACH personal branding methodology. Multilingual, she holds an MBA from Thunderbird, School of Global Management and is President of her Alumni Association.
Wendy Terwelp is President of Opportunity Knocks(tm). Since 1989, she has helped thousands of job seekers become rock stars at work, land gigs they love, and get paid what they're worth. She holds six career industry certifications, including personal branding and career coaching. Wendy has been quoted in The Chicago Tribune, Fast Company, The Business Journal, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The News Graphic, Careerbuilder.com, and Monster.com and has appeared on several radio shows. She has written countless articles for numerous career websites, blogs, and publications. She's also a professional speaker, speaking at Women's Life Expo, professional organizations, career forums, universities, colleges, Barnes & Noble, and more. As the founder of the Rock Your Network(R) 3-step system, she helps execs network without begging. An award-winning networker, Wendy is only two degrees from Kevin Bacon. Visit her web site at www.knocks.com to learn more and get free career tips.
