Sophia A.

With 20 years of experience across multiple industries (sales, marketing, culture, business development, and higher education) and having worked for large corporate organizations, government, and startups, Sophia brings a breadth of experience and empathy to her coaching. Sophia’s clients come from diverse industries including tech, SaaS, real estate, government, healthcare, pharma, education, advertising, aerospace, financial, legal, advertising agencies, entertainment, insurance, and consultancies, among others. She has completed over 2000 hours of leadership coaching and partners with clients to build on their existing brilliance, unlock their leadership potential, and create sustainable success. Sophia’s coaching style has been described by clients as being wrapped in a warm blanket that gives them the confidence to tap into the courage & grit required to face current challenges while building momentum towards their goals and dreams. For the past decade, Sophia has also deepened her learning in anti-racism, neurodiversity, decolonialism, sizeism, and DEI.

Education & Certifications

M.S., Library and Information Science, Western University
Professional Certified Coach, International Coaching Federation
Certified NeuroTransformational Coach, BEabove Leadership
Group Coaching Foundations Certification Program, Verve Coaching
Master Certificate in Adult Training and Development, York University

Professional Experience

Learn about Sophia A. professional history.

Career Success Coach & Facilitator, SV Academy
Director of Sales, Business Development, & Culture, The Value Builder System
Director of Sales- Canada, YBP Library Services
Lecturer, Western University

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.

Marketing Sales

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.

Consulting Consumer Products Technology

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 Productivity Women in Leadership Work-Life-Integration

Primary Professionals Coached

New Managers at High Growth Startups Employees at Tech Companies Leaders in Multinational Companies International Client Base Experienced Managers in Leadership Positions Engineers Building Their Management Experience

Testimonials and Coaching Highlights

Sophia’s coaching style is warm, enthusiastic, and direct. She’s going to tell you what she sees- both the strengths & opportunities…and she’ll do it with some sugar.

Past clients have described Sophia as warm, and passionate, and can often see through to the heart of what’s going on for them. And then she’s great at holding accountability for forward momentum and results.