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Jonathan S.

Jonathan is a JRNI certified coach who has more than 20 years industry experience in Corporate IT, B2B Consulting and Leadership in firms ranging from small start-ups to large, publicly traded and multinational companies. His focus is on working with individuals, small groups and teams in a collaboration to enhance leadership capacity, facilitating a higher level of performance. An avid mountain biker, kayaker, stand up paddle boarder and general outdoor enthusiast, Jonathan is also a certified kettlebell instructor and health and fitness coach.

Education & Certifications
  • Leading Effective Decision Making, Yale School of Management
  • Strengthening Workplace Wellness, Duke Corporate Education
  • Leading Strategic Growth, Columbia Business School, Executive Education
  • Leading with Data and Analytics, Chicago Booth
  • Leading Through Personal Excellence, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Professional Experience

Learn about Jonathan S. professional history.

  • Coach & Consultant: Takeda Pharmeceuticals, Twitter, WWE, Olam International, Nutanix, American Cancer Society
  • VP of Managed IT Services, Lewan Technology (a Xerox Company)
  • Technology Strategy Advisor, Virtualwirks
  • VP of Sales, Virdavo
  • Founder and Managing Director, INITECH
Functional Experience

All of our coaches are experienced in supporting a variety of business functions. This coach has personal experience in the following professional fields.

Educator IT Marketing Sales
Industry Experience

Leading Effective Decision Making, Yale School of Management
Strengthening Workplace Wellness, Duke Corporate Education
Leading Strategic Growth, Columbia Business School, Executive Education
Leading with Data and Analytics, Chicago Booth
Leading Through Personal Excellence, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Coaching Expertise

Coaches have wide skill sets and we can’t list them all. Here are a few areas this coach specializes in helping support.

Communication Conflict Management Emotional Intelligence Management 101 Startup Founders
Primary Professionals Coached
Co-Founders at All Stages of Company Growth Employees at Tech Companies Experienced Managers in Leadership Positions First Time Founders in Growing Companies International Client Base Leaders in Multinational Companies New Managers at High Growth Startups VPs at Established Companies

Testimonials and Coaching Highlights

Jonathan’s coaching style is casual over clinical. He embraces a democratic (i.e., participative) coaching style whereby the client takes an active role in determining coaching goals and the methods used to achieve them.

Past clients have shared that Jonathan digs right in and sniffs out the root of the problem! He asks challenging questions clients hadn’t thought of before. Jonathan shares great leadership and career advice – all warmly delivered, and he is never judgmental. Jonathan is always leading his clients somewhere, and very gently but very directly steers clients into the truth.