Walter Akana is a Reach Certified Personal Branding and Online Identity Strategist and Career Coach who specializes in success! The founder of Threshold Consulting, he works primarily with mid-career clients on personal branding, career transition, and career/life planning. Walter also provides services through a major career services firm, and works on select Reach Communications projects. He can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook; he also blogs at Threshold Consulting, and is a contributor at The Personal Branding Blog.  Previously, he served in professional training and development roles in commercial and investment banking. Learn more.

Robin Bramman is a Preferred Reach Certified Personal Branding and Online Identity Strategist and Digital Media Coach who specializes in Chic Branding and Online ID solutions!  The founder of ChicBrandID and Partner at SteelID, Robin works with high-achieving entrepreneurs in defining their brand and interactive strategies to increase her client’s digital visibility.  Robin can be found on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook; she also blogs at her own site, and is a new contributor at the personal branding blog.  Previously, she implemented online strategies for retail, healthcare, finance industries and at an Integrated Media Agency. Learn more

Randi Bussin, CCMC, MBA, is a Career Reinvention “strategist” and holds the Reach Certified Personal Brand designation. The founder of Aspire!, she partners with successful individuals, helping them find more meaningful work while reigniting the passion that has dimmed professionally. She guides them to a renewed sense of direction, an actionable career reinvention, and a personal branding plan. Reinvention can be a new career, a role more aligned to their values, an entrepreneurial pursuit based upon a passion, or a retirement game plan. Randi has changed careers twice, working in high tech, higher education, and is a serial entrepreneur. Learn more.

Susan Chritton, M.Ed., a National Certified Career Counselor, welcomes the challenge of working with attorneys and professional services executives in career angst or career transition. As a Career Strategist for Pathways-Career & Life Strategies, Susan utilizes Reach Branding strategies, combined with her skill as a Master Career Counselor, a Career Management Fellow and a Coach from the Hudson Institute to bring direction, creativity and renewed enthusiasm to lawyers and professionals. Susan takes a client through the process of looking within to discover not just what they can do but who they are. Learn more.

Damien Colmant is a Certified Personal Branding Strategist, professional coach, trainer and speaker. Founder of Extend Coaching, Damien uses his spirit for adventure and his coaching expertise to facilitate the professional success of individuals and organizations. He describes himself as a potential awakener. Damien is a hands-on leader who helps professionals and business leaders connect with their potential, so that they can make their professional dreams come true. He is a certified coach (ACC) by the ICF (International Coach Federation) and President of ICF Belgium. Missions in French, English and Dutch.  Learn More

Kirsten Dixson is considered the authority on online personal branding for career and business success — a necessity when you are Googled before you are hired. As the coauthor of Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand (Wiley), she’s well equipped to help high-achieving professionals get clear on their unique value in the marketplace and articulate their benefits with stellar written communications, LinkedIn bios, thought leadership blogs, social networking strategies and more. Learn more.

Maria Elena Duron is skilled in making networks “work” and harnessing the power of word of mouth. She’s a featured business coach on her affiliate CBS and ABC stations along with hosting teleseminars with Your Brand Plan and the IT Coaches. She acts as your “personal buzz agent” providing services and coaching where the focus is garnering the recognition and connections for success for busy CEOs, entrepreneurs and emerging leaders. Her company, Buzz2Bucks, provides online profile management services, social management and reputation management. Learn more.

Rachel Gogos has more than 15 years of business and marketing communications experience, including a proven record of crafting successful branding strategies for her clients. What makes her unique? As an entrepreneur herself, Gogos has experienced the successes and pitfalls that come from starting your own business. She is committed to helping you maximize your strengths and brand attributes.  Her consulting goes beyond brand strategy — to tactical advice on how to grow your business.  She will help you take your business – and ultimately your life – to the next level.  Learn more.

Susan Guarneri is a Certified Career Counselor, Master Resume Writer, Master Personal Branding Strategist, and Certified Online ID Strategist. Need to change industries or careers? Want assistance with your personal branding, online identity, job search strategies, and self-marketing documents, such as your resume? Learn more.

Kristen Jacoway works with highly motivated professionals with manufacturing, sales, and/or marketing backgrounds. She leverages career marketing services that utilize the innovative methodology of the REACH 1-2-3 Success™ personal branding program to unearth what separates them from everyone else who has the same job title. She additionally works with career and life coaches in helping them discover their unique marketing position to create a branded on-line identity with website / blog development. Learn more.

Marcela Jenney is a global expert in entrepreneurial marketing and a business coach and consultant with over 20 years of experience.  Through her enthusiastic and high-energy approach, she partners with language service providers around the world as well as professionals from culturally diverse backgrounds to help them discover their unique skills and strengths. Her goal is to equip them with the tools to effectively communicate their value to attract more clients, look for new opportunities, and develop their own brand.  She holds an MBA in marketing, is an internationally known speaker and frequently published author, and is bilingual in Spanish and English.  Learn more.

At 12-years old, Ryan Mickley was diagnosed with a learning disorder and told he could never handle higher education. In 2007, Ryan graduated from the University of Florida. In 2011, Ryan graduated from Full Sail University as the class Valedictorian, recipient of the Advanced Achievement Award and 13x recipient of the Course Director Award. Through Divine Providence, Ryan dedicates his passion and wisdom of personal branding to edify the American Youth and inspire them to constitute servant leaders while pursuing their happiness. With a multitude of Reach certifications, Ryan cultivates servant leadership values and principles through his Leadership Branding Academy. Learn more

Tara Kachaturoff is a high-energy creative business strategist who works with entrepreneurs who want to create more visibility and credibility for themselves and their businesses through implementing a variety of personal branding and marketing strategies. Working exclusively with high-performing motivated entrepreneurs, she inspires her clients to optimize their most valuable assets – their vision, values, strengths and talents. She provides information-packed, quality-oriented insight that inspires and enlightens. She is Michigan’s first Reach Certified Personal Brand Strategist and Online Identity Strategist. Tara also producers and hosts Michigan Entrepreneur, a weekly television talk show featuring entrepreneurs from startup to stellar.  Learn more.

Loretta Peters is Reach Certified in Masters, Keynote, and Online Identity Management. She specializes in personal branding, social media, and online marketing initiatives for businesses and professionals looking for creative solutions to grow their business. A strategist at heart, Loretta enjoys helping her clients achieve top-line growth using Reach programs and resources that generate true differentiation among similar job titles and service offerings. Loretta is also a Master Resume Writer, 1 of 24 in the U.S. with published work in JIST Publications and is co-author of “101 Ways to Advance Your Career.” Learn More

Valerie Sokolosky specializes in leadership development through Personal Branding and Professional Presence. Her company founded in 1981 has received national recognition in the Wall Street Journal, Glamour and Washington Post, to name a few. Valerie uses her engaging style to ignite the spark of enthusiasm in clients to create a strong leadership presence and personal brand that differentiates them in the marketplace, thus creating greater success for themselves, their teams and their organizations. With over two decades of coaching Valerie’s motivating guidance has successfully identified high-potential change agents and prepared them to move their careers forward. Learn more.

As the first and only certified Reach strategist in Japan, Peter Sterlacci is the pioneer of personal branding in Japan.  The Founder of BeYB – “Believe. Become. Be Your Brand.” – he works with on-the-move careerists in global companies in Japan to uncover, communicate, and manage their personal brands.  In a culture where “fitting in” is the norm, Peter uses a three-stage process derived from his own passion for bicycling to promote the mindset shift necessary in Japan to shift gears, get out of the saddle, and sprint to career success. Learn more.