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Susan Shapiro
President Susan Shapiro launched On Point Coaching in 2006 after 25 years of corporate and non-profit leadership. She draws upon 18 years of experience with Hewlett-Packard during which she led a team of 60 people tasked with a combined channel and leveraged sales quota of $300 million. Her specialty is leadership development, especially working with high potential managers and the “people” side of mergers and acquisitions. She is also a sought after speaker on leadership development. Shapiro has a Graduate Certificate in Executive and Professional Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas and is an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and a member of the Metroplex Technology Business Council. Shapiro received a BS from Hofstra in marketing and economics.

 

 

Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper specializes in leading teams through significant and lasting change in their go-to-market strategy and specializes in sales operations, leadership and management. Cooper’s coaching approach draws upon more than 20 years with Hewlett-Packard in a variety of sales and business leadership position. He served as worldwide sales executive for a software and services business unit of HP and was chosen to lead post-merger integration activities for HP’s acquisition of an enterprise software company. Cooper is pursuing graduate certification in coaching through the University of Texas at Dallas and holds an MS in engineering management and information systems, as well as an MAT in science education and BS in electrical engineering.

 
 

Ronald D. Elliott, Ph.D.
Ron Elliott, a psychologist with more than 30 years experience in executive coaching, career management, and change management consulting specializes in assessments. He has worked with multinational corporations from the consumer products, finance, communications, high-tech, transportation, energy and strategic consulting business sectors. Elliott’s coaching experience ranges from the boardroom to the ranks of middle management. Elliott received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and a Master’s degree from Indiana University, specializing in psychometrics.

 
 

Carol Limperos
Carol Limperos specializes in coaching to enhance executive presence and in C Level Executive Development, based on 25 years of experience in consulting, executive search and corporate operations. Prior to becoming a business coach, Limperos founded and built a multi-million dollar executive search firm which specialized in placing senior executives. She also held vice president and C-level positions with large established multi-billion dollar firms and start-up organizations, including Intersolv (now Merant), Synercom Systems (now Logica), Execucom Systems (now Comshare) and Control Data. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation and is certified by the University of Texas at Dallas Executive Coaching Program.

 
 

Suzanne Maxwell, Ph.D.
Suzanne Maxwell is an executive coach and business consultant who specializes in change management, the “people” side of mergers and acquisitions, as well as in working with professional service firms and entrepreneurs. Prior to becoming a coach, Maxwell held leadership positions with Arthur Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers, as well as with an mergers and acquisitions firm. Maxwell received her Graduate Certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Southern Methodist University and her Graduate Certification in Executive and Professional Coaching from the University of Texas at Dallas.

 
 

Martha M. Newman
Martha Newman specializes in coaching attorneys and other business leaders in business development and communications, through individual coaching and workshops. In addition to her former work as a business attorney, Newman has been a television news anchor, a reporter and producer for WFAA-TV in Dallas, TX and a member of the Fort Worth Zoning Commission for seven years. She received coach training at the University of Texas-Dallas, her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and a BS from University of Missouri in Journalism.

 
 

Valerie Pelan
Valerie Pelan’s areas of coaching specialty are helping marketing and technical managers improve their self confidence to make critical decisions, increase effectiveness and political astuteness. She also helps project and technical teams build team cohesiveness and improve business outcomes. Pelan previously had successful management careers at AT&T and EDS. Pelan is a member of the International Coaching Federation and graduate of University of Texas Graduate Coaching Certificate Program. She is a executive coach in the University of Texas at Dallas Executive MBA program and holds an MBA in economics.