WORK EXPERIENCE
Ian’s clients include Boston Dynamics, Edwards Lifesciences, Evelo Biosciences, Google, Harvard University, Northwestern Mutual, Novartis, Olympus, Twitter, University of Miami, and USAA,
He is incredibly effective because he has coached hundreds of individuals at these clients and many more, including CEOs and thought leaders in prominent industries. Ian has leveraged this impressive background and expanded his practical communication know-how as an invited presenter at dozens of conferences on communication, at countless speaking engagements around the country. He understands what is required to speak effectively and efficiently in front of any group of listeners – from a small boardroom to an auditorium with thousands. He has personally logged over 1,000 hours helping conference presenters truly connect with their listeners.
Ian has helped C-Suite executives compose presentations, explore different ways to more effectively communicate with listeners, and feel both confident and comfortable with their own personal communication style. His extensive formal education allows him to come up with real-world solutions grounded in proven communication and psychological theories and research, plus his years of coaching allow him to deliver those solutions as actionable results. He specializes in areas such as controlling nervousness, developing style, message construction, presenting to board rooms, conference keynotes, and detailed listener analysis.
Since 2005, Ian has invested a lot of time teaching public speaking in secondary education as well as Higher-Ed because he believes that helping youth find their voice benefits us all. He extends this enthusiasm to professional executive public speaking and leadership communication because it fulfills his mission: to help all speakers to be heard.
He has coached high school national communication champions, collegiate communication champions, actors and actresses who currently are on major television shows and movies, and prepared executives across many industries for TEDx presentations as well as professional keynote addresses.