Leadership coaching, operator to operator
Coaching for leaders of customer‑facing technical teams.
Solutions Engineering. Forward Deployed Engineering. Support Engineering. Solutions Architecture. From first-time managers to leaders running global teams.
I've led global Solutions Engineering teams at Tableau, Salesforce and PandaDoc. Now I coach full time, including on the Mento platform with some of the world's fastest growing companies.
I've worked with individuals at:
Who I coach
Coaching is how strong leaders keep growing.
I work with leaders of customer-facing technical teams at every stage. Directors who have mastered the current role and are weighing what comes next. New front-line managers working out what real leadership looks like day to day. High performers carrying scope that keeps growing inside companies that keep changing.
My clients are usually already succeeding. What they're missing is a place to think: about the career they're building, the influence they want beyond their own team, and a pace they can sustain. The pattern I run into most: leaders who advocate hard for their team and go quiet when it's their own turn.
This practice exists for that growth. If it sounds like where you are, we should talk.
How it works
We start with your goals
Before anything else, we get clear on where you want your career to go and the growth areas that will take you there. Every session after that builds toward that picture.
Every session has a focus and a finish line
You choose the topic that matters most that day, a running theme or something live on your plate. We connect it to your bigger goals and define what a successful hour looks like before we dig in.
A mix of coaching and mentoring
Questions that help you build your own answer, and direct input from my years running these teams when that's the faster path. You'll always know which one you're getting.
I surface what repeats
I track recurring themes, growth areas, and wins across our sessions and bring them back to you, including the progress you haven't given yourself credit for.
Real practice, real next steps
When a high-stakes conversation is coming, we rehearse it live until your version sounds like you at your best. And every session ends with you clear on what you're doing next.
From clients
“Ben has been an outstanding career coach. My favorite thing is how well he reads when to guide me versus when to let me figure things out myself. Two sessions are never the same: one week it’s managing up, the next it’s prepping for a quarterly check-in, or designing an offsite agenda.
Since working with him, I’ve navigated a company change, made a big impact in my first 90 days at a new organization, and gotten much better at advocating for myself, from asking directly about promotions to addressing comp with direct reports. He’s made so much difference in how confident I show up at work, and I’d recommend him without hesitation.”
“Ben helped me prepare for interview panel presentations, where we refined the content to focus on the overall business value as opposed to just the technical aspects. His expert coaching and feedback allowed me to go in confidently and deliver what the hiring manager called one of the best SE panel presentations he'd ever seen.”
Next step
See if we're a good fit.
It starts with a free 30-minute intro call. Bring whatever you're working through, and we'll talk about where you're headed and whether this partnership fits.