Rachel ReynardSenior Director, Experience Designhttps://www.rachelreynard.com/San Francisco, CA Whitney’s compassionate yet no-bullshit approach is a powerful combination! Rachel is the Senior Director of Experience & Design at AppDynamics, and is a volunteer UX Mentor for Backstage Capital. Previously, Rachel was UX Director at SAP Labs. What was the moment you realized you needed [Keep Reading…]
Archives for 2018
Client Testimonial: Megan Sanicki
Megan SanickiOpen Source Executivehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/megansanicki/Boise, ID, and Tuscon, AZ I learned to better trust my values, instinct, and vision in order to drive my ideas forward with more confidence. Megan is a force for good in open source. She leads research and strategy for Google’s Open Source Program Office, and was previously the Executive [Keep Reading…]
Client Testimonial: Heather O’Neill
Heather O’NeillStrategic Partner and CEOhttp://pixelsforhumans.com/Boston, MA Whitney always had such confidence in me that eventually I started to have that same confidence in myself again. Heather is the CEO of Pixels for Humans, a SaaS growth company. She is the author of Before You Code, and creator of Measured UX, a quant-data course [Keep Reading…]
Client Testimonial: Colleen Carroll
Colleen CarrollManaging Director, People & Culturehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-carroll-56277b18Chicago, IL I am a better leader, mother, and woman because of my coaching sessions with Whitney. Colleen is Managing Director of People & Culture at One Design Company. Previously, she was Director of Operations at Palantir.net. What was the moment you realized you needed support? I [Keep Reading…]
Client Testimonial: Michelle Zassenhaus
Michelle ZassenhausProduct Design Leader and Fine Art Photographerhttp://www.zhaus.co/Brooklyn, NY Whitney listened and asked profound questions, whilst also providing some tactical support. Michelle is a product design and research consultant, and a professional fine art photographer. Previously, she was Senior Director of UX and Design at TheLadders. What was the moment you realized [Keep Reading…]
Practicing Self-Love
Like pretty much everyone, I have a long list of things about myself I wish were different. I struggle with my weight. My voice is annoying. My skin is too sensitive. I have a shitty attitude. I’m always in some kind of pain. I’m lazy. I’m hypercritical. I don’t try hard enough. I wish I [Keep Reading…]
Reflections on 10 Years of Self-Employment
I just tweet-stormed about my 10 years of “self-employment.” Here it all is. It’s humbling to look back at August 22, 2008 when I walked out of my last full-time job and published I’m Going Solo. Can’t wait to see what the next 10 years bring! Today marks 10 years since I gave up [Keep Reading…]
Client Testimonial: Stacey Billups
Stacey BillupsUser Experience and Product Management Consultant for Blockchain and AIhttps://www.staceybillups.com/Great Barrington, MA, and Brooklyn, NY The future has never looked brighter. Stacey is the Co-Founder and CEO of YoJonesy, Inc., an independent consultancy leveraging AI and machine learning. Previously, she was Director of User Experience at Moody’s Analytics, Thomson Reuters, and Big [Keep Reading…]
Client Testimonial: Chris Chiusano
Chris ChiusanoProduct Designer and Certified Coachhttp://chrischiusano.com/Medford, MA Working with Whitney helped me build my confidence, trust myself and stopped me from judging success based on others’ opinions. Chris is a Product Manager and Designer at PathAI, as well as a certified professional coach. Previously, he was Senior Manager, User Experience at athenahealth, and [Keep Reading…]
Where Have I Been?
Enough. I am tired of doing nothing but reading the news all day, hiding and eating ice cream, waiting for the pain to stop. I have decided to fully commit to using my business as a force for good in the world, more than I ever have before. That means evolving the coaching practice I’ve [Keep Reading…]
