About Me

I'm an expat career and personal branding coach. I help expatriates worldwide clarify and communicate their personal brand to build a career or business that fits who they are and their international lifestyle.

Having built a career & business that supports my choice of living abroad, I'm passionate about using my global experience, extensive training and a creative, 2.0 approach to help others do the same. With 15+ years in career and business development in 25+ countries on 6 continents, I believe the key to a person's success lies in them being true to themselves and their strengths. Named one of the top 50 personal branding consultants worth working with, I've been featured in Fortune Small Business Magazine, CNN Money.com, the Wall Street Journal Online and in several expatriate and career books and publications.

I work best with forward-thinking expat professionals and entrepreneurs that love learning and crave more clarity around what makes them unique and stand out. They see their career or business as a vehicle for making a difference in people's lives and that communicating what they offer in a compelling way is going to help them make a bigger impact in the world. They're open to doing things differently to get different results and excited about applying new strategies and 2.0 technologies to thrive in the global marketplace.

I partner with these expats to clarify what they want, what they have to offer, and then develop tools on and offine to authentically communicate and connect with their target audience. With a distinctive online identity and strong network built with social media, they are equipped to realize success on their terms.

Always in search of new, innovative strategies to help my clients succeed, my credentials include:
• Certified Personal Branding Strategist - 1 of first 100 worldwide
• Certified Career Coach
• Certified Executive Coach
• Certified Online Identity Strategist – 1 of first 35 worldwide
• Certified Social Media Marketing Specialist – 1 of first 10 worldwide
• Masters Degree in Multimedia Communications

As developing your network on and offline is essential for the global professional, I enjoy connecting with colleagues and collaborators worldwide via social media and various online networks. A contributor to publications like the The Twitter Job Search Guide, I've received accommodations for my work with social media, including:
• Top 10 Facebook Fan Pages for Job Seekers & Career Minded
• 100 Personal Branding Experts To Follow on Twitter in 2010
• 101 Best Job Search and Career Experts on Twitter
• Top 100 Career Blogs ALL Professionals Must Read

I am also a member of several professional associations, including the International Coach Federation, the Career Management Alliance and a founding member of the International Social Media Association.

I'm active in community service and donate a percentage of my total income to The Global Fund and to life saving programs around the world fighting AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. I'm a member of Kiva.org and support entrepreneurs in developing countries through small microloans. Currently I'm supporting a woman in Samoa to raise kava, and important element in Samoan culture, to support her family.

When I'm not being of service to her clients, I enjoy travel, modern art, independent film, salsa dancing, meditation and a caffè macchiato to start my day.

You can learn more about my expat career, business and personal branding coaching services via my website, www.careerbychoice.com.