Colleen Pimentel

I have spent about 30 years in high tech, experiencing 10 career reinventions along the way. I started as an accountant and became a CPA, then moved through various roles including IT, consulting, product management, customer engineering, business development, and sales and marketing at a startup. I also ran my own consulting business. Currently, I work at Google as a sales executive while building my coaching and speaking practice on the side. Over the past 3 years, I've been transitioning into coaching and speaking, where I help people become the best version of themselves. I focus particularly on people in corporate settings who want to make changes but feel stuck following what they think they should do or what society defines as success. My mission is to help them become fulfilled while they grow. This latest reinvention is about stepping outside of corporate to live my purpose. I published a book called The Second Act in January of this year, which is available through Barnes & Noble, Apple audiobooks, and Apple e-books. I'm also currently enrolled in a coaching certification program at Berkeley, and I've completed communication courses at both Berkeley and Stanford.