Sharissa D.

Sharissa is a Leadership & Executive Coach with an MBA, MSc-Tech Leadership, and her PCC Certification (500+ coaching hrs), plus over 15 years of leadership experience including coaching Fortune 100 executives. She’s a TEDx speaker, writer for Forbes and HuffPost, and part of Forbes’ Coaches Council. She helps leaders bring out the best in themselves and others while having fun, without burnout!

Education & Certifications

M.B.A., University of Maryland
M.Sc., Technology Management, University of Maryland
B.Tech(IT), Information Systems Engineering, Multimedia University in Malaysia
Internal Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach
Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Certified Practitioner

Professional Experience

Learn about Sharissa D. professional history.

Senior Program Manager, AT&T
Program Manager, Barclays
Senior Project Manager, Children’s National Health System
IT Project Manager, Verizon Business

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.

Business Development Engineering Marketing

Industry Experience

While you may want to have some similarities with your coach you don’t want too much overlap. A coach’s job is to offer you fresh and new perspectives that you may not be exposed to in your current industry or function. Here are the industries the coach most commonly supports.

Financial Services Healthcare Hospitality Technology Utilities

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 Emotional Intelligence Role Transition Women in Leadership Work-Life-Integration

Primary Professionals Coached

Employees at Tech Companies Founders and C Level Executives Experienced Managers in Leadership Positions Leaders in Multinational Companies Engineers Building Their Management Experience

Testimonials and Coaching Highlights

Sharissa’s coaching style is warm, fun, caring, intuitive and curious. She’s skilled in helping her clients bring out the best in themselves and others, get clarity on what’s right for them, step fully into their confidence and lead themselves and others.

Past clients have praised Sharissa’s great ability to help them cut through the noise and overcome any obstacles, achieve breakthroughs, and help them achieve more than they thought was possible.