“Cindy has helped me discover better ways of organizing my life professionally which has dramatically reduced my stress level! I am now a more productive and effective manager of our team members. Through weeks of coaching, Cindy helped me realize some central weaknesses in my communication styles and at the same time helped me turn these weaknesses into opportunities, allowing me to be the best possible manager and leader I can be.”
July 15, 2009 – George M.
“I had the absolute pleasure of working with Cindy during her time here at IndyMac Bank. Cindy was able to take a failed and poorly designed monitoring system and transform it into a functional and organized tool. Cindy was faced with virtually insurmountable odds – a horrible OEM, a shrinking staff, and no budget…..zero dollars. But in spite of all that, she was able to make it work. I can only describe it as; kind of like nailing Jell-o to the wall. But it worked. Additionally, Cindy is an awesome resource manager. She respected her staff, and her staff respected her. She gets things done and they’re done right. We were regularly faced with developing capacity and performance reports on a larger-than-life scale. And her team always came through. She has an infinite capacity when it comes to managing a staff. Cindy approaches life with a positive attitude and works well under pressure. She has a no nonsense approach to handling problems and nothing is too difficult to take on. I hope I get the opportunity to work with Cindy again.”
February 10, 2009 – Greg Hall, Vice President Data Center Operations , Indymac Bank
“I have worked with Cindy as a customer and most recently with her on our consulting team. Cindy is a delight to work with, bringing energy, humor, honesty and excellent experience. She is a natural team leader and extremely effective project/program manager. Her people skills and technology background add to her strengths in customer-facing and presales situations. I recommend Cindy without reservation, and look forward to working with her in the future.”
June 5, 2008 – David Millis, Director, Professional Services , generationE Technologies
“I enthusiastically recommend Cindy Coan, for anyone who is interested in corporate level coaching and training. Her speaking style is professional and down-to-earth. I have been impressed at how well Cindy adapts to the group she is leading, changing to suit the group’s personality, whether it is a top management group or mid-level managers. As Cindy covers a lot of interesting material, she keeps the pace moving and keeps everyone focused.”
October 6, 2009 – Sarah J.
“I have worked with Cindy in many areas. Live training programs and executive and team coaching are at the top of the list of services that have benefited our organization. I would highly recommend Cindy Coan to any company who is serious about improving overall employee performance.”
September 24, 2008 – Jason K.
“I have worked with Cindy when I was working at Washington Mutual managing all vendors, agencies and contractors for the Technology Solutions Group under SVP, Mike Spalter. From a recruiting standpoint, Cindy was a pleasure to work with and had the utmost respect in her role and responsibilities. As any corporate manager, they are overworked and bandwidth tends to spread thin, but when I would meet with Cindy, she was always calm and collected when under pressure and a pleasure to work with! It would be my pleasure to work with her again in the same or different capacity.”
March 5, 2009 Jay Garcia, Vendor Management / Recruiting , Washington Mutual
“Cindy is incredible. Without her support and intelligence, I would have difficulty getting to work in the morning, much less doing my job.”
August 26, 2008 – Brian Colin, Sales Executive , generationE technologies
“It’s hard to imagine anyone who is more passionate about their work than Cindy. She is dedicated to delivering on all requirements and makes sure that her desire to do the best job possible is communicated across to her whole team. Cindy is a lot of fun to work with and she tries hard to make the working environment a comfortable place to be. I recommend Cindy as a very loyal employee to have in any organization.”
February 27, 2009 Lou Korell, Senior Project Manager , Washington Mutual Bank
“I had the pleasure of working with Cindy for about a year on my team. She was very professional and knew her product extremely well. She is a strong leader and managed our projects with professionalism. Cindy always excelled using her soft skills to build strong customer relationships not only within our team but with our customers as well. She made my job much easier and would highly recommend Cindy for any project.”
February 20, 2009 Doug Jones, Sr. Infrastructure Specialist , JPMorgan Chase
“Cindy is a creative and efficient manager that uses these qualities to get outstanding performance from her staff or group peers. In all my years in IT, I have never met another individual with the forward thinking aptitude and natural talent to adapt and produce positive results out any situation. I highly recommend Cindy if you are looking for an experienced person with special qualities and wealth of knowledge in the IT spectrum.”
February 17, 2009 Frank Meza, Sr. Security Specialist , JP Morgan Chase
“It was truly an honor and pleasure working for and reporting to Cindy. As a new employee at a rocketing Washington Mutual in 2002, Cindy provided exceptional direction and mentoring in many diverse areas including technical, communications, professional development, and overall leadership. Cindy quickly promoted me from a Network Analyst position to a Network Specialist where I gained a deeper appreciation for engineering enterprise class networks with access to senior peers across the nation. Cindy established, broke ground, branded and standardized many technological innovations for WAMU including the Business Partner Network (BPN), Wireless (Cellular) ATMs, Enterprise WLANs (WiFi), VPN, and Reverse Proxy to WAMU web sites. These architectural advancements and systems have passed the test of time, as they swiftly carry forward into JPMC’s global network (with the acquisition of WAMU in September of 2008) despite an uncertain 2009 economy. These statements are evidence of Cindy’s strengths as a respected maverick leader and corporate visionary.”
February 17, 2009 Armen Keshishian, Sr. Network Architect , JP Morgan Chasse
“Cindy managed a team that assisted in my efforts to provide compliance services to (then) Washington Mutual Bank. Cindy, despite a challenging management chain above her, managed to provide excellent and even courteous service to me when engaged in compliance work in her area of responsibility. Cindy displayed excellent political connections and skills when acting in the best interest of the company, I would often notice the results of her being able to convince “less than motivated VPs” to to the “right thing”. Cindy consistently displayed excellence from my vantage point, I would work with her and/or for her voluntarily in the future. Wade Blackwell”
February 13, 2009 Wade Blackwell, Network Security Engineer , JP Morgan Chase
“Cindy is a consummate professional. I feel her skills would be an asset to any organization. She receives my highest recommendation.”
February 9, 2009 – Jarrett Morris, ISM Sales Specialist , IBM
“Cindy was a great person to work with. Always had a smile on her face, never said no to any request I made, and was just a pleasure to do business with. She is truly an asset and a smart, smart person. I miss working with her a great deal.”
April 15, 2008 – Robert Lopez-Portillo, Storage Engineer , IndyMac Bank
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