FORMER GIRL BOSS.
CURRENT UPGRADED CEO.
Building a business. Leading in the boardroom. Owning every messy, powerful step.
My Story (The Real Version): I’m not some polished guru who left corporate and never looked back - I’m still in it. I’m leading inside a fast-paced tech start-up as an HR executive and growing a business that means everything to me.
Some days I’m in back-to-back executive meetings, and others I’m coaching powerhouse women before sunrise or recording a podcast on my lunch break.
I’ve seen what leadership looks like behind the scenes - when it’s messy, stressful, and you're the one everyone’s leaning on. I’ve been the decision-maker and the overthinker. I’ve hit burnout and rebuilt. And I know firsthand how hard it is to let go of control when everything feels like it depends on you.
That’s why I created The Upgraded CEO. Not because I have it all figured out - but because I’ve lived it, I am living it, and I’ve built tools and strategies that actually work in the real world and for my ADHD brain. No fluff. No facades. Just grounded, honest, high-impact leadership that helps you build something sustainable and truly yours.
Whether you’re building a team from scratch or leading a business unit inside a complex org, I know how to help you lead with clarity, confidence, and calm - because I’m walking that line too.
My superpower is blending sharp strategy with real humanity so leadership feels less like a grind - and more like something you're actually proud of.
Today, I help ambitious women founders, VPs, leaders inside organizations shift from reactive survival mode into grounded, powerful, sustainable leadership. So they can stop surviving their success and actually enjoy it.
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15+ years in corporate HR as an executive business partner to VPs and high-growth teams with a master's degree to prove it.
8+ years building my own coaching and consulting business - figuring it all out right alongside you.
Certified Executive Coach with deep experience in leadership development, team strategy, and people ops.
Certified Mic Drop Speaker and host of The Upgraded CEO Podcast, helping ambitious women lead with clarity and power.
I’ve worked with powerhouse entrepreneurs and corporate leaders - guiding both through big growth, tough decisions, and major transitions. Whether you’re building a team from scratch or leading a business unit inside a complex org, I know how to help you lead with clarity, confidence, and calm. My superpower is blending sharp strategy with real humanity so leadership feels less like a grind—and more like something you're actually proud of.
Fun Facts
But that’s just the headline version. When I’m not coaching high-powered women out of burnout and back into alignment, I’m chasing the perfect pastry, plotting business ideas over brunch, and devouring spicy books with equally spicy plot twists. I'm a professional aunt and have been with my husband since I was 17 - he’s still my biggest cheerleader. Here’s the rest of me:
I’m a 2/5 Manifesting Generator, Enneagram 7, obsessed romantasy bookworm, forever a Harry Potter & Star Wars fan, former musical theater major, and always on the hunt to find the best pastries and Afternoon Tea wherever I travel.
We paid off $250K in student loans in three years by selling our house and living in a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment and I still consider going back to culinary school just to open a bakery/coffee shop/bookstore with my sister - every elder millennial's dream.
Yes, I’m both strategic and intuitive. Yes, I’ll help you design a better org chart and tell you when you’re self-sabotaging. Yes, I will absolutely hype you up in your DMs and call you on your BS when needed. And yes, my high school principal told me I was her hero after I punched my then boyfriend in the face for cheating on me weeks before prom.
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Leadership isn’t about control - it’s about clarity, trust, and showing up like the woman you already are, but upgraded.
