Our Team

Our Team

Kathrin O’Sullivan

San Francisco Bay Area

With a proven track record as a senior leader in the technology sector, Kathrin supports executives with her unique combination of hands-on business experience and a skillful developmental coaching approach. Kathrin has contributed significantly to creating and leading company strategy, building and optimizing international operations, and enabling rapid revenue growth. She draws on practical tools underpinned by the latest academic research to help clients lead with more impact, joy, and ease, while delivering excellence.  Having coached hundreds of senior leaders and CEOs in commercial and technical roles, Kathrin has worked with some of the brightest innovators in Technology, Life Sciences, Retail, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Manufacturing, and at Universities. Her areas of expertise include leading in complexity, scaling your business, effective collaboration, increasing leadership presence, and managing remote and distributed teams. Kathrin holds Bachelor and Master’s Degrees from the University of Regensburg, Germany. She is a graduate of New Ventures West’s Professional Coaching Course and a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation.  She is an accredited Leadership Circle Profile Coach, Immunity to Change Facilitator, and iEQ9 Enneagram Practitioner. She is a sought-after speaker on leadership topics and has contributed to various publications and conferences like Harvard Business Review, Wisdom 2.0, The Mindful Leadership Summit, and Emerging Women.

WHAT CLIENTS SAY

“My experience working with Kathrin has been one of the best learning experiences I have had. As my leadership coach she was able to drastically transform my capabilities in a short time frame. The improvements over the course of our engagement were not only noticeable to myself, but also to the senior leaders I work with on a regular basis.”     – CFO of a Leading Nasdaq Technology Company

“Working with Kathrin has been one of the best professional experiences I have had throughout my career and by far the best coaching experience. Kathrin has a unique ability to facilitate the understanding between different personalities through teaching language that finds common ground and thought models that identify common goals. I found her compassionate approaches for conflict resolution and strategies for leadership through adversity especially impressive.”    – Chief Technology Officer of a Life Sciences Start-up

“Kathrin truly works to get to know her clients, both personally and professionally, and identifies areas to focus to improve leadership qualities. She listens thoughtfully, provides insights, and guides her clients on tactics to improve and to emphasize ones strengths. I highly recommend her as an executive coach and I hope to work with her again in the future.”    – Vice President of Customer Success of a Nasdaq Technology Company