Devon has over 17 years of experience in the tech sector, where she's led people, program, product, and go-to-market development for Google and YouTube across Sales, Operations, Partnerships, Product, and Go-To-Market teams. Devon is a holistic coach specializing in the intersection of life and career at any stage. Her mission as a coach is to empower people to understand their authentic selves and find fulfillment with themselves and their careers. She’ll partner with you, asking insightful questions to help you articulate your goals and strengths, identify and overcome limiting beliefs, and chart a path toward your own optimal balance of personal and professional achievement. She encourages her clients' accountability in taking action toward reaching their goals and champions you as you make connections and take your initial steps.

Devon has a strong passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and has experience supporting folks in historically underrepresented groups. She's a mom to two young daughters and understands the challenges (and joys!) of balancing life and career. As an intrinsically active person, she's often found outdoors - running, riding horses, hiking, exploring, and traveling. She honors the connection between all living beings and celebrates our harmony.

Coaching Focus Areas:

• Career Development & TransitionsSelf Awareness
• Values Alignment
• Exploring Perspectives
• Maximizing Strengths
• Navigating Change
• Performance Coaching
• Developing Leadership Skills
• DEIRelated

Experience & Education:

• Currently pursuing a Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) certification through the Co-Active Training Institute
• Completed Positive Intelligence Training (Shirzad Chamine)
• Google internal Career Coach since 2019
• Leads projects related to career development and performance management at YouTube, including coaching ICs on career dev, building resources for career dev across YouTube, developing org-wide performance guidance, and driving manager-specific programs to improve performance/career conversations
• Hired as a writing center consultant and frequently consulted peers on resumes and cover letters at Colgate University
• Writing coach with The Posse Foundation 2017-2020

Notable Client Achievements

• Provided career pivot coaching to multiple individual contributors, enabling them to land new stretch roles on unrelated teams within Google
• Provided a sounding board for a Googler considering whether to get an MBA and how to think through job rotation options
• Provide performance coaching: 1) to individual contributors seeking to set goals and chart path to promotion, 2) to individuals struggling with low performance, 3) to people managers navigating performance conversations with direct reports
• Provided coaching to junior and senior Googlers on how to navigate networking and building relationships to drive more impact in their current role