Executive coaches for founders and business owners
Compare 1,924 executive coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are leadership development, team performance, ceo and founder coaching and strategy and decision making. They most often work with founders and business owners, executives and professionals. Most charge $165 to $350 per hour or session.
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Ali A.
Ali A. coaches product managers and tech leaders on resumes, interviews, and career moves. He is a former Chief Product Officer who also worked at Intuit, Salesforce, and Atlassian. He has led teams of over 50 people, managed budgets over $50M, and interviewed more than 100 product managers. He also hired as a manager at top tech companies.
Bertrand Damiba
Bertrand Damiba is a product management and career coach. He helps aspiring and current product managers land jobs, handle office politics, and build stronger stories for executives. He is a former Director of Product Management at Google, where he led generative AI email features in Gmail and built product teams for Google Assistant. He holds 6 granted AI-related US patents and 2 Webby Awards. He has also mentored businesses in Africa and Asia.
Jim Tormey
Jim Tormey is a search fund and Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) advisor who guides people through buying and running a business. He spent 7 years leading companies for a San Francisco private equity firm and was CEO of two private equity backed companies. He then ran his own self-funded search, submitted an LOI six months in, and closed two months later. He has run that business since June 2024. He also speaks at SMBootCamp.
Matt Tague
Matt Tague is an executive and career coach who helps tech professionals land bigger roles, from senior individual contributors to executives and founders. He founded Talent Sherpas and has 20+ years in tech, talent, and executive hiring. He began in executive search at Korn Ferry and later worked at LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Gem. He has coached 850+ clients into roles at companies such as AWS, Adobe, Google, and Waymo.
Priyanka
Priyanka is a career coach for product managers, aspiring PMs, software engineers, and founders. She is a product leader and AI startup founder with more than 10 years at Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Quicken. She has run over 100 interviews and mentored more than 45 people. She also screened over 1000 resumes. She moved from engineering into product management herself, so she coaches others making that same switch.
Stephanie Melodia
Stephanie Melodia is a public speaking and communication coach. She helps people with message clarity, script writing, delivery and nerves. She has worked with more than 60 coaching clients. She founded an award-winning marketing consultancy and was named a Top 20 Female Founder. She now works as an international keynote speaker. Soho House, WeTransfer and NOI TechPark have brought her in to speak to their teams. She also hosts a UK business podcast for entrepreneurs.
Vasu R.
Vasu R. is a career, business, and executive coach for tech professionals. Clients include product managers, engineering managers, consultants, account executives, and founders. Vasu spent 25 years in software, including a role as Global Head of Product Development for Workforce Intelligence at Amazon and 14 years at Oracle in product strategy. Vasu is also a three-time entrepreneur and an enterprise AI consultant. Vasu has run hiring interviews for senior roles at top companies.
Adam Dexter
Adam Dexter is an executive coach and advisor for startup founders, CEOs, CxOs, and executive teams. He has coached more than 100 founders from pre-seed through Series C. He cofounded Omni, a VC-backed storage and logistics company, and sold it to Coinbase in 2019. He goes deep on cofounder relationships and trust repair. He also mentors with Techstars and StartOut.
Alex H.
Alex H. coaches software engineers, engineering managers and tech founders who want to pass hard technical interviews and land better roles. Alex is a former Google Senior Engineering Manager who worked on exabyte-scale distributed file systems. Alex is now CTO and co-founder of Grow with AI. Alex has run more than 100 onsite interviews and is calibrated for Google behavioral and system design interviews at levels L5 to L7. Alex works from Poland.
Alex Zah
Alex Zah is a business and executive coach in Spain who works with entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, business owners and creators. He spent 12 years building his own businesses and made a 7-figure exit before moving into coaching. He uses brain-based techniques, executive ontological coaching and the Lefkoe method. His focus is inner blocks that hold back business results, such as procrastination, poor time management and burnout.
Alisha O.
Alisha O. coaches product managers, engineers, and executives who want to become stronger product and technology leaders. She is a former executive at Meta, Reuters, iHeartMedia, and TuneCore, and worked at a computer vision AI startup that Apple acquired. She teaches Emerging Tech Leadership at Brown University and Entrepreneurship at CUNY. She also helps with interviews, resumes, salary negotiation, and advises founders on building and scaling products.
Alison L.
Alison L. is a career coach for people in professional services and the talent and people function. She is a former global recruiting leader at a top consulting firm and a strategy consultant. She has 25 years of professional development experience. She has spent 15 years preparing McKinsey and Bain candidates for expert and experienced professional interviews. She also coaches on job search, career pivots, and growth in a current role.
Amit Ghosh
Amit Ghosh is an executive coach who works with tech founders and senior corporate leaders. He has coached more than 100 executives, including co-founders and C-level leaders at fintech, logistics, gaming and lending companies. He holds the ICF PCC credential and runs Conscious Reboot. He mixes Western coaching methods with mindfulness, Buddhist teachings and breathwork. He also served as a board director and as a chief technology officer.
Amit S.
Amit S. coaches product managers, program managers and leaders on interviews, resumes and career moves. He is a former Director of Enterprise Product Management at Meta and a former CPO. He has interviewed over 200 candidates for PM, TPM, architect and executive roles. He has also hired, mentored and coached PMs and TPMs aiming for FAANG companies. He also mentors people on AI and ML in product work.
Amrita R.
Amrita R. coaches data science, machine learning and data engineering professionals on interviews, leadership and career growth. She is Head of Data at DevRev in Palo Alto. She has worked at Microsoft, Chan Zuckerberg Technology, Skype, Stanford and UC Berkeley. As a hiring manager she has interviewed over 100 candidates and hired over 30 people, from L3 to L8 levels. She has also screened over 500 resumes for data roles.
Apurva Garware
Apurva Garware is a product management coach who works with founders and product leaders. He has 17 years of experience and has led P&Ls of more than $300M. He shipped products at Amazon, Microsoft and Upwork. He most recently served as Chief Product Officer at Invisible Technologies, an AI-native scale-up. His coaching covers product strategy, building with AI, and clear one-slide storytelling for boards and teams.
Arianna Gianola
Arianna Gianola is a product management coach. She works with product managers and leaders at every level, and she advises startup founders. She has 15 years of product experience at Google, Shopify, IDEO and early stage startups. She launched AI and ML products in Google Search, Google Maps and the Shop App. She has helped people move into full time product management roles. She has also interviewed hundreds of candidates.
Arjun Arjun
Arjun Arjun is a career and sales coach for people who want to break into or move up in big tech. He is a Senior Account Director at Google with 17+ years of experience leading enterprise teams and driving over $500M in ARR. He leads a team of 35+ sellers and specialists. He moved from engineering to consulting at EY, then to sales leadership at Google across 2 regions. He has coached 100+ career clients.
Arjun Srihari
Arjun Srihari is a startup advisor and mentor who helps founders build, fund and grow early-stage companies. He is co-founder and CCO of S2S Dynamics, a circular economy startup that tackles e-waste. Before that, he co-founded a renewable energy company and scaled it to million-dollar revenues. He teaches as an adjunct professor at IE University, mentoring startups and executives. He has worked with more than 60 startup founder clients.
Arnold C.
Arnold C. coaches technical program managers, program managers, managers of TPMs, and founders. He is a former Senior Technical Program Manager at Google in Chicago and an early founding member of YouTube TV. He has run more than 250 TPM interviews and coached more than 50 people. He also sat on hiring panels and screened thousands of resumes at Google. Today he is Chief Product Officer at LUDEX.
Barb Bidan
Barb Bidan is an executive and leadership coach who works with senior leaders, emerging executives and high-potential professionals. She is also a Chief Human Resources Officer and board advisor with more than 25 years of experience beside CEOs and senior teams. She has led global people and culture work in scaling companies and large enterprises. Her background includes organizational design, M&A integration and large-scale change. She is based in Leland.
Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills
Barbara Anne Gardenhire-Mills is a leadership coach who works with executives, leaders, business owners and people going through career transitions. Over half of her executive and leadership clients are ADHD or neurodiverse. She has helped more than 2,125 companies, businesses and individuals since 2002. She also works as a nonprofit compliance director in Camden, NJ, and hosts a weekly streaming talk show. Earlier she worked for the SBA and for HUD.
Bradley Gendell
Bradley Gendell is a career coach for executives, entrepreneurs, and investment professionals. He began in investment banking, earned an MBA at Harvard Business School, and worked in private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds. He was CFO of the AI and medtech company PreciseDx, where he raised over $20MM in a Series B. He started coaching in 2020 and has worked with more than 100 career coaching clients. Most of his clients are in tech, biotech, private equity, venture capital, or real estate.
Brandon Benson
Brandon Benson is a PhD admissions consultant and mentor for graduate students and future tech leaders. He holds a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford, with a focus on neuroscience and machine learning. He is also co-founder and CTO of an AI marketing company. His research has been published in Science and Nature. He helps clients with PhD applications, research development, and moving research into a venture.
Brendaliz Acosta
Brendaliz Acosta is a life and leadership coach who helps high-impact professionals and startup founders move past burnout and self-doubt. She spent more than 24 years in corporate work, including a director role at Colgate-Palmolive where she led manufacturing strategy for a $3B home care category. Today she runs BA Coaching & Consulting LLC and The Breathing Lab. She blends breathwork, NLP and hypnosis into her coaching to work on unconscious patterns.
Brittney Gilbert
Brittney Gilbert is a social media and marketing coach. She helps people get hired or promoted in digital marketing and helps small business owners and entrepreneurs build their brands. She spent over a decade in social media strategy. She was Social Media Director at Franklin Templeton, where she led a global team and set the firm's social strategy. She also built a LinkedIn brand plan for the CEO. She has coached sales teams on personal branding and social selling.
Bryan Stewart
Bryan Stewart is an executive and leadership coach who works with executives, entrepreneurs, transitioning veterans and high-potential leaders. He is a former military officer and corporate executive with over two decades of leadership experience in healthcare, medical devices and startups. He has guided hundreds of senior leaders and emerging talent. He also holds governance credentials from the Private Directors Association, covering private companies, private equity portfolios and ESOPs.
Budhaditya B.
Budhaditya B. coaches product managers, managers of PMs, founders and general managers. He is a former Amazon Product Head with over 20 years in strategy and innovation. At Amazon Europe he led product strategy for EU Automotive from 2017 to 2024. He also helped with hiring and leadership training there. He ran over 120 interviews for senior product roles and reviewed over 1000 resumes. He now runs his own company, Yuvya.
Candace B.
Candace B. is an executive career coach and certified resume writer in Birmingham. She helps leaders with resumes, interviews, career changes, salary talks and leadership moves. She has worked one-on-one with over 1000 leaders and has more than 30 years in C-suite and board-level recruiting. Her clients have landed roles at Apple, Amazon, Deloitte, McKinsey and PayPal. She is one of 10 resume writers recommended by Heller Search Associates.
Chase Murdock
Chase Murdock is an executive coach who advises CEOs and business owners through Patina Capital, his investment and advisory firm. He is also the CEO of Decada Group, a Salt Lake City holding company that buys small businesses and holds them for the long term. He has completed multiple acquisitions and operated the companies afterward. He takes on a small number of clients so he can build deep context over time.
Clare OConnor
Clare OConnor is a product management coach who helps aspiring and early-career product managers and founders. She is a product manager at Uber. She has built 0 to 1 products and scaled platforms used by some of the top 5 U.S. banks and Fortune 500 companies. She was employee number 7 at Novi Connect, where she moved from go-to-market work into product. Her work spans B2B fintech, marketplaces, eCommerce and climate tech.
Dan Silver
Dan Silver is a leadership and career coach who works with college students, small business leaders and people in large companies. He spent over 30 years in business, including time as a division president at Panasonic. He earned his coaching certification in 2016. He also leads a student cohort at Rutgers University and trains new coaches to run cohorts. He has special skills coaching expat managers working in the USA.
Denis Simonov
Denis Simonov is an executive coach who works with high-performing leaders on growth, resilience and purpose. He spent over 15 years building and leading global teams at companies including Amazon, Unilever and Ford. He also founded and scaled businesses in New York and Asia. He has coached more than 60 executives. He leads the Harvard Business School alumni group in Southern California and uses the Leadership Circle Profile and Erickson Coaching methods.
Diana Lee
Diana Lee coaches product managers, managers of PMs, and founders. She has 20 years of product experience, mostly building and scaling fintech products at startups and established companies. She has held senior roles at SigFig and Magnifi by TIFIN and now serves as CPO of a new venture. She works with PMs on 0 to 1 builds, scaling products and teams, PM job interviews, resumes, and moves into senior and leadership roles.
Frances Coronel
Frances Coronel is a software engineering coach who helps engineers and technical founders with interviews, promotions and leadership skills. She is a Senior Software Engineer at Slack, on the Sidebar Systems team. She has worked as an engineering manager, tech lead and product engineer at startups and large companies, including Salesforce and Accenture. Since 2015 she has mentored for more than 200 hours through bootcamps, nonprofits and Formation.
Franco B.
Franco B. is a career coach for management consultants and founders. He is a former Principal at Boston Consulting Group. He spent over 10 years there and served as a global lead recruiter. He is now an official coach for BCG's Consulting Foundation Training, the onboarding program for new hires. He helps candidates prepare for MBB interviews and helps consultants speed up promotions. He also founded Frankly Bubble Tea & Coffee in Milan.
Gordon C.
Gordon C. coaches engineering managers and founders. He is a former Senior Director of Engineering at Google in the SF Bay Area. He also served as SVP of Engineering at Riverbed Technology and Entrepreneur in Residence at Lightspeed Venture Partners. He conducted over 150 interviews at Google, for levels from L6 through vice president. His background covers security, privacy, networking, and multimedia. He has coached over 100 people.
Gregg Swanson
Gregg Swanson is a coach who works with leaders, sales professionals and business owners on mental strength, leadership, sales and communication. He founded Warrior Mind Coaching and has more than 20 years of experience. He also works at BetterUp. His clients include people from Fortune 500 companies. He offers one-on-one coaching and group workshops. He also covers stress management, emotional resilience and physical fitness.
Ian Kahng
Ian Kahng is an executive coach and consulting recruiting coach. He works with CEOs, founders, senior leaders, and candidates aiming for consulting offers. He worked at McKinsey and later managed profitability across 80+ companies at Teamshares. There he coached first-time CEOs who took over acquired businesses. He holds a Georgetown leadership coaching certificate from an ICF Level 2 program. He has also tutored ACT prep since 2012.
Ino C.
Ino C. coaches product managers, program managers, management consultants and founders on interviews, resumes, offers and career moves. Ino is a Sr. Manager and Principal Product Manager at Palo Alto Networks and was a management consultant at IBM, Deloitte and PwC. Ino has coached 200+ people in product management and consulting, and has helped more than 20 people negotiate full-time offers in tech and consulting.
James T.
James T. is a career and leadership coach who helps product managers, investment bankers, management consultants, analysts, operations leaders and founders. He has over two decades of leadership experience at BCG, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, N.A.T.O. and the U.S. military. He has guided more than 1,000 candidates through interviews. He moved from investment banking into consulting and then into entrepreneurship without extra degrees. He also coaches on resumes, salary negotiation and leadership.
Jay L.
Jay L. coaches product managers, managers of PMs, technical program managers and founders. He has worked as a PM and PM manager at Microsoft and Meta, and he moved into product from software engineering. He has coached 60+ aspiring and current PMs. He also built his own INC5000-listed company, Sofary Lighting. He helps clients break into product management, switch roles and prepare for offers at top tech companies. He is based in Bellevue.
Jenny Venkat
Jenny Venkat is a sales trainer and coach who works with professionals inside organizations and start-up founders. She spent more than 20 years in sales and leadership at global brands like Marriott and Airbnb. There she led complex negotiations, built enterprise partnerships, and trained sales teams. Her coaching mixes practical sales training with emotional intelligence, so clients can handle real conversations with more clarity and confidence.
José S.
José S. coaches product managers, managers of product managers, business analysts and founders. He has over 10 years of product leadership in large companies and fast-growing startups. He was Head of Product at Sword Health and now runs Beautiful Brain. He has interviewed 60+ product manager candidates and coached 100+ people who got offers at Google and startups. He uses a radical candor style and works with clients on interviews and leadership growth.
Justin Henriksen
Justin Henriksen is an executive coach and business advisor who helps CEOs and their teams scale software and SaaS companies. He has more than 20 years of experience in SaaS, AI, services and line-of-business software. He led a team of consultants at Microsoft and later served as CEO of several companies. In 2024 he left the CEO role to run Fenix Venture full time. He helps leaders grow their companies and themselves at the same time.
Justin Thompson
Justin Thompson is an e-commerce and direct-to-consumer mentor who helps small business owners and founders grow their brands. He is the founder and CEO of Madluvv, a beauty brand with over $100 million in direct-to-consumer sales across its website, Amazon, and major retailers. He has worked with 60+ e-commerce and DTC clients. Before Madluvv, he was Director of Sales at FamilyLink and a Regional Manager at Vivint.
Kate Lowry
Kate Lowry is a CEO coach and advisor who works with startup founders and CEOs. She has almost two decades of experience as a serial founder, venture capitalist, tech leader and coach. She worked as a McKinsey consultant and led product strategy at Meta. She runs Scaleheart Co. and has coached 70+ executives. She focuses on AI, healthcare and other mission-driven companies.
Kent M.
Kent M. is a career and leadership coach for finance professionals, consultants, and startup founders. He spent more than 35 years in capital markets. He was Managing Director at Robeco, where he launched the first Asia PE fund, and he led Blackstone in Korea. He founded Moser Capital. He coaches on career moves, leadership, and negotiation across PE, VC, tech, finance, and energy.
Kent Moser
Kent Moser is an executive and career coach who helps professionals, leaders, and startup founders. He draws on more than 30 years in capital markets. He held leadership roles at Blackstone and Alliance Capital. As Managing Director at Robeco, he launched the firm's first Asia-focused private equity platform. He coaches across private equity, venture capital, technology, AI, infrastructure, hospitality, retail, finance, and energy. He is also a partner at Sonamu Energy.
Kirsten Holmberg
Kirsten Holmberg is a speaker coach who helps new and skilled speakers give clear, confident presentations. She has more than two decades of experience in keynote speaking and writing. Her clients have come from Google, Oracle, Amazon Web Services, Adobe and TEDx programs. She also helped build a public-speaking program for MBA and MSx students at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She started in business and finance before moving to communication.
Lainie Bradley
Lainie Bradley is a product management and executive coach who works with tech leaders, founders, operators and emerging leaders. She has over 15 years in product management and held leadership roles at Dropbox and Zillow. She also teaches at Product School. Her coaching centers on clarity, decision making and building careers that last. She also practices yoga and meditation and brings that calm focus into her sessions.
Leonardo Civinelli
Leonardo Civinelli is a leadership coach who helps individuals and teams grow. He has worked in 12 countries across the UN, tech companies and nonprofits. He has been a leadership and negotiation teaching fellow at Harvard University. At the Harvard Kennedy School, he coached over 100 people through the adaptive leadership program. He coaches in English, Spanish and Portuguese. His work draws on systems thinking, organizational culture and change management.
Lindsey Rogers
Lindsey Rogers is a leadership, career, and life coach for people who want to change the world. She works with activists, nonprofit leaders, social entrepreneurs, and mission-driven business leaders. She founded her coaching company, Alchemi, in 2013. Before and alongside coaching, she worked in grassroots activism, nonprofit hiring, fundraising, and impact investing. She is based in Michigan and studied organizational development and social impact.
Martin O.
Martin O. is an advisor, mentor and executive coach for startup founders. He launched the first Techstars accelerator in Italy in 2019 and ran it for six years. Companies in that program raised $215M+ in follow-on funding and had 6 acquisitions. Two founders he coached won the Web Summit global startup pitch competition. He founded four companies before this and invests in early-stage B2B startups across Europe.
Mathew D.
Mathew D. coaches software engineers and engineering managers who want promotions and bigger technical or leadership roles. He has 25+ years in tech and 12+ years in leadership. He led EC2 teams at Amazon Web Services and evaluated more than 100 engineering candidates there. He works from South Africa and also directs Afkari Software. His sessions cover system design, technical leadership, interview prep and career moves.
Maya Ram
Maya Ram is an executive coach who works with founders, senior executives, and emerging leaders in startups and global enterprises. She is also a Head of People with over 15 years of experience leading global People teams at high-growth tech companies. She focuses on leaders at key moments, such as fast growth, acquisitions, and restructuring. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and coaches online and in person with clients worldwide.
Michelle Sullivan
Michelle Sullivan is an executive coach who works with startup founders and business leaders. She has 25 years of experience in technology and business, including roles at Intel, Nike, DIRECTV, Chevron and The Honest Company. She was a COO and acting CEO of a San Francisco startup before she went out on her own in 2014. She also taught as an Adjunct Professor in the UCLA MBA program. She is ICF qualified and takes on a small number of clients.
Moltatsi
Moltatsi is a strategy advisor, coach and mentor who works with leaders and high-potential professionals. Moltatsi helps clients show their impact, build executive presence and turn strong performance into promotion. Moltatsi has over 17 years of experience at McKinsey, Accenture and multinational firms, and was Franchise Strategy Director at Coca-Cola. At McKinsey, Moltatsi helped recruit students and experienced hires and helped grow the intern hiring program across Africa.
Monica Okrah
Monica Okrah is an MBA admissions and career coach who helps high-potential professionals plan their applications and tell their leadership story. She founded Helium Coaching in 2018. Since 2006 she has coached 750+ leaders in 45+ countries on top MBA and Executive MBA programs, including Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia, INSEAD and London Business School. She also works as an executive search partner, so she knows how boards and C-suite leaders judge leadership potential.
Nimesh P.
Nimesh P. is a career coach for software engineers, engineering managers, and technology leaders. He helps them get hired and move into bigger roles. He is a VP of Software Engineering and was a Senior Director at Ripple. He has run 650+ interviews, made 50+ hires, and coached and promoted 30+ engineers and leaders. He has led global engineering teams at Big Tech, including Google, and at fast-growing AI startups.
Noah Isaacs
Noah Isaacs is a CEO coach for founders of seed to Series A companies. He co-founded Bowery Valuation and ran it as co-CEO from zero to over 300 people. The company raised over $80M from Goldman Sachs and Capital One. Deloitte named Bowery one of North America's fastest-growing companies in 2022. Noah has coached more than a dozen CEOs through Realize HQ in New York. His clients include CEOs backed by Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.
Or S.
Or S. is a coach for product managers, managers of PMs, and founders. He has nearly a decade of product management experience at Google, YouTube and Coinbase. He led the build of YouTube's revenue data warehouse. He now lives in Miami and runs his own startup, Bitpulse. He helps people move from business roles into product management and prepare for PM interviews. He has also negotiated pay offers for clients.
Patrick Weeks
Patrick Weeks is a startup founders advisor and executive coach. He helps entrepreneurs and leaders who are scaling themselves and their teams. He is a Marine Corps veteran with 15+ years in leadership, operations, recruiting and communications. At Sonder he built a team of 30+ direct reports and grew the market to an 8-figure P&L. He now serves as a Vice President of Operations. He also chairs the board of DonorSee.
Paul D.
Paul D. is a case interview coach who helps candidates land offers at McKinsey, Bain, BCG, and other top firms. He is a former McKinsey Engagement Manager who joined the firm as an Experienced Hire from a non-traditional background. He has taught strategy consulting approaches to 3,000+ executives and MBA students, including McKinsey's own consultants. He also coaches founders and finance and strategy managers on interviews and communication.
Pedro Guerrero
Pedro Guerrero advises early-stage startup founders, with a focus on B2B companies. He is the founder and CEO of Aloi Tech, a Mexico-based AI company that automates tax compliance for large enterprises. Aloi has raised more than US$4.3 million before its Series A. Pedro also worked in private equity at Advent International and Nexxus Capital. He holds a Stanford MBA and helps founders find product-market fit and plan their path to top MBA programs like Stanford GSB.
Prashanth
Prashanth is a career coach for product managers, strategy and operations managers, consultants and software engineers. He also coaches founders building AI products. He has led product, strategy and consulting work at Meta, DoorDash and PwC. He was a calibrated interviewer at Meta and has interviewed more than 100 candidates. He is now building an AI startup and invests in early-stage startups.
Rachel Stinebaugh
Rachel Stinebaugh is a venture capital coach who helps aspiring entrepreneurs and investors understand fundraising and investing. She is an investor at Supply Change Capital, an early-stage firm that backs food supply chain technology. At Karana Foods she built Seed and Series A decks and led due diligence for four seed stage investors. One investor she converted made up over 20% of the capital the company had raised to that point.
Serena Cheng
Serena Cheng is a business operations and strategy coach who works with senior individual contributors, people leaders, directors, and executives. She has 15+ years of leadership experience at Amazon and high-growth technology companies. She has built and scaled businesses and led complex projects across teams. She also advises operators and leadership teams on operating models and priorities. She holds an MBA from the Wharton School and is a UC Berkeley Certified Executive Coach.
Seth Shaner
Seth Shaner is a search fund and ETA advisor who helps aspiring entrepreneurs find, fund and run a business they buy. He is the CEO of CRU, a franchised nightlife chain with 15 locations in 5 states. He was a Vice President at GE Capital and President of Sunrise Restaurants. He has worked in venture capital, private equity and strategy consulting. He has coached 18 people, including more than 10 search fund and ETA clients.
Soumavo S.
Soumavo S. coaches sales and business professionals, including account executives, account managers, sales development reps, sales managers and founders. He has over 15 years in solution selling, business development and digital media. He now works as a Client Partner at Spotify, leading the tech, telco and online services industry. Before that he held global strategic account roles at Similarweb. He has interviewed more than 70 candidates and coached or mentored over 50 people.
Sowmya Kannan
Sowmya Kannan is a leadership coach who helps midlevel and senior leaders build executive presence and stronger teams. She founded Pellucid Communications in March 2023. She has coached leaders at Google and at startups in engineering, sales, finance and professional services. She also mentors founders at the Stanford GSB LISA accelerator on product and go-to-market strategy. She holds CPCC and ICF ACC coaching credentials.
Steven Crane
Steven Crane is an executive coach, keynote speaker and business strategist who works with veterans, professionals and entrepreneurs. He is a former Marine who was homeless and disabled after leaving the service. He went on to build multiple businesses and secure over $4.2 billion in benefits for veterans worldwide. He coaches on leaving the military, scaling a business and taking control of personal finances. He holds 2 doctorates and is now in law school.
Sumit B.
Sumit B. coaches product managers, managers of PMs, founders and program managers. He has over 15 years of experience building consumer marketplace products and technical systems at scale. He currently works at Amazon on AI-powered features used by sellers and customers in 18 countries. He also founded a product firm that grew past $1M in revenue and then exited. He helps clients prepare for interviews, fix resumes, and start new roles with a clear plan.
Swati Shukla
Swati Shukla is a product management coach. She mentors professionals and advises founders on product, career moves and growth. She is a senior product leader with 15 years of experience. She has led teams that built AI-powered solutions, self-service platforms and enterprise tools that earned millions in revenue. She also worked in management consulting with Fortune 500 clients. Her founder clients come from fintech, SaaS, e-commerce, wellness and education.
Tara Cruz
Tara Cruz is an AI strategy and training coach who helps executives and business teams use generative AI at work. She spent 20 years in marketing and revenue leadership before moving into coaching. She was VP of Marketing Operations at AppFolio and SVP of Marketing at Centerbase. She has more than 100 AI services clients and co-founded the AI training firm Gravi AI.
Vidit Aggarwal
Vidit Aggarwal is a software engineering and AI coach. He helps software engineers with system design, interview prep, and growth to senior and staff levels. He also teaches builders how to use AI tools and helps business owners find AI use cases that work. He is a Staff Software Engineer at LinkedIn and holds multiple patents in AI and machine learning. He also founded Dwello, an AI-native real estate startup.
Zach S.
Zach S. coaches product managers, managers of PMs, founders and product operations managers on their careers. He has 15+ years in tech as an executive, people manager and individual contributor. He worked at X, Twitter, Amazon and private equity-backed companies. He has reviewed thousands of resumes and led hundreds of interviews for junior and senior product roles. He has also negotiated pay packages and won multiple raises of 25 to 40%.
Bala M.
Bala M. is an interview and leadership coach for software engineers, engineering managers, and founders. Bala is a Director of Engineering at Lyft and worked at SAP for 8 years before that. Bala has interviewed hundreds of engineering managers, senior managers, and staff engineers, so coaching comes from sitting on both sides of the hiring table. Sessions cover technical interviews, career transitions, promotions, and building strong teams.
David Fung
David Fung is an executive coach who helps leaders think clearly, make decisions with confidence, and lead well under pressure. He spent 23 years in tech, including 14 years leading Solution Engineering teams at Salesforce. He started Coachful Coaching in January 2023. He works with executives, founders, and high-potential managers. He is ICF-certified and hosts the Coachful Coaching Leadership Podcast.
Dowan Kim
Dowan Kim is a startup founder advisor who helps corporate professionals build a business and leave their jobs. He spent 13 years at Goldman Sachs, Google, and TikTok before becoming full-time CEO of Kimtan Labs, an 8-figure FMCG business. He built that company while holding a full-time salary. He coaches side hustle growth, the financial metrics needed to quit safely, and the shift from solo founder to multi-brand CEO.
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| Coach | Focus | Works with | Based in | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali A. | Leadership development and Transitions and new roles | Managers and Founders and business owners | $90 to $175 an hour | |
| Bertrand Damiba | Executive presence and communication and Tech and engineering leaders | Professionals and Managers | $80 to $160 an hour | |
| Jim Tormey | Founders and business owners | $80 to $160 an hour | ||
| Matt Tague | CEO and founder coaching and Executive presence and communication | Executives and Founders and business owners | $100 to $175 an hour | |
| Priyanka | Executive presence and communication and Transitions and new roles | Founders and business owners and Engineers | $90 to $175 an hour | |
| Stephanie Melodia | Founders and business owners | $90 to $175 an hour | ||
| Vasu R. | Leadership development and New managers | Managers and Founders and business owners | $100 to $175 an hour | |
| Adam Dexter | CEO and founder coaching and Leadership development | Founders and business owners and Executives | $80 to $160 an hour | |
| Alex H. | Tech and engineering leaders | Engineers and Managers | Poland | $75 to $150 an hour |
| Alex Zah | Burnout and resilience | Founders and business owners and Creatives | Spain | $80 to $175 an hour |
| Alisha O. | Leadership development and Executive presence and communication | Founders and business owners and Executives | $90 to $175 an hour | |
| Alison L. | Transitions and new roles and Conflict and difficult conversations | Founders and business owners and Managers | $90 to $175 an hour | |
| Amit Ghosh | CEO and founder coaching and Executive presence and communication | Founders and business owners and Executives | $150 to $300 an hour | |
| Amit S. | Leadership development and Transitions and new roles | Founders and business owners and Managers | $75 to $150 an hour | |
| Amrita R. | New managers and Leadership development | Managers and Founders and business owners | Palo Alto, United States | $100 to $175 an hour |
Common questions
How much does an executive coach cost?
Most executive coaches charge $165 to $350 per hour or session.
What else do these executive coaches help with?
Common focus areas include leadership development, team performance, ceo and founder coaching and strategy and decision making.
Prices and research
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Last updated September 2026.