Ascendant Network

Join the Ascendant community + friends in the windy city for our last mixer of 2024! Mix + mingle with fellow #Ascendants in?the heart of #Chicago!?We’re re-uniting our 3 communities, bringing together our?#Retail Ascendant, #Digital Ascendant + #RMN Ascendant Boot Camp members. -Recharge with powerful convos +?tasty drinks + passed hor d'oeuvres -Space is limited,?DM Dana Alothmani for your invite -Kindly co-hosted with RTB House -Remarkable people, remarkable #networking

Big thanks to Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures for kicking off Ascendant10 Gathering. So much good nuggets!

Ascendants, today the spotlight is shining on our favorite Brit; ????Val Wright Internationally acclaimed as an innovation and growth expert, Val was named as one of the top 50 resources for Chief Operating Officers by ClickSoftware. She is one of only 64 experts inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant? Hall of Fame. The global clients who have requested her help include Starbucks, LinkedIn, Amazon, Lenovo, Ingram Micro, Arrow, francesca’s, Microsoft, Avnet, Financial Times, Seagate, Gartner, Datto, and the LA Lakers. Val’s corporate experience includes tenures during dramatic growth periods at Amazon, BMW, Microsoft, Harrods, and Xbox. Val’s? unique approach, which she has trademarked as Thoughtfully Ruthless?, has produced typical client results of market domination in extraordinarily short time frames along with compassionate truth telling, fearlessness, and extensive creative, technical, and leadership gains. She is the best-selling author of Thoughtfully Ruthless, Rapid Growth, Done Right and Words That Work. Val?will be available for 1:1 private leadership sessions @Ascendant10 in Palo Alto next week - Can't wait to see you! #ascendant #leadership #togetherwerise

Ascendants, please welcome the original Babs Rangaiah, he is the founder and CEO of the executive coaching and marketing consulting firm cc:babs, where he combines decades of executive marketing experience with extensive leadership and coaching education. Babs is a graduate of Columbia University’s Advanced Coaching program and has worked throughout his career as an executive at blue-chip corporations such as Unilever, IBM and Paramount. Additionally, he has served on the board of the Ascendant Network since its inception in 2014 and has been an advisory board member to several marketing industry organizations including the ANA and the MMA. Babs was also named one of Advertising Age’s 2007 “Media Mavens”, one of OMMA’s 2008 “All-Stars”, one of The Media Festivals, 2010 “Executives of the Year,” and one of the Internationalists 2013 top 100 marketers. Babs was born just outside Bangalore, India, has lived in London, UK, Scarsdale, NY and currently resides in NYC with his wife Amanda & dog Casey. Having raised three children, he and Amanda are enjoying the “empty nester” stage of life. Babs will be available for private + complimentary leadership sessions at Ascendant10 in Palo Alto, Sep 23-24th, and will host a morning workshop at RMN Americas Ascendant Boot Camp Ping Dana Alothmani to book.

We’d like to highlight one of the best, and dear to the Ascendant community??Alan Gellman, Alan’s mission is to help successful people succeed more, increasing long term impact and joy for themselves, their teams and their organizations. A former Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager who now helps successful executives develop in ways that help them drive stronger results, build stronger teams and achieve greater joy. He brings the informed perspective of having been a senior operating executive before becoming a coach. As the Chief Marketing Officer of Esurance he was named by Business Insider as one of “The 50 Most Innovative CMOs in the World”. He has held executive positions in companies ranging in size from Fortune 100 to startup, across industries including Financial Services, Health Care and Consumer Packaged Goods. Alan’s approach recognizes the realities of the corporate world while bringing humanity to the issues his clients face. He helps them develop through authentic and comprehensive conversations, and a pragmatic examination of behaviors and outcomes which include development of new skills and competencies. Clients appreciate Alan’s ability to quickly grasp their situation, his clarity, pragmatism, results orientation, and sense of humor. His coaching certifications include International Coach Federation PCC and Integrative Enneagram. Alan will be available for private + complimentary leadership sessions at Ascendant10 in Palo Alto, Sep 23-24th, Ping Dana Alothmani for more info.?#ascendant #leadership #togetherwerise

Based in Los Angeles, Whitney Chamberlain belongs to Egon Zehnder’s Services and Consumer Practices Groups. She draws on extensive experience and deep insights into what makes businesses succeed to expertly support and advise companies across industries. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder, Whitney was based in the Middle East for nearly six years. She served as the Chief Strategy Officer for the government partner to NYU Abu Dhabi and focused on higher education strategy and other large, civic-enablement projects. Earlier, Whitney was a Strategy Director at Monitor Deloitte in Dubai, Chicago and New York, leading strategy development and organizational transformation projects for companies in the consumer products, government and hospitality sectors. She began her career as a consultant at IBM Business Consulting Services in Washington, D.C. Whitney will be available for private + complimentary leadership sessions at Ascendant10 in Palo Alto, Sep 23-24th, Ping Dana Alothmani for invite. Sessions are limited. #ascendant #leadership #togetherwerise

We're three weeks away! These incredible leadership coaches + recruiters will be available for private + complimentary leadership sessions at Ascendant10 in SV, Sep 23-24th, RSVP now: https://lnkd.in/ghZjf2fr or login to request meeting! Sessions are almost completely booked! #ascendant #leadership #togetherwerise

~4 weeks away from RMN Americas (RMNa) Ascendant Boot Camp! stoked to hear from Aracely (Cely) Moreno-Mosier, PepsiCo + Kaitlyn (Kacie) McKee, Kenvue + Abishake Subramanian, Walgreens Advertising Group + Lucy Yu, Expedia Group + John Storms, Lowe's Companies, Inc. + Amie Owen, KINESSO + more. DM us to learn more + request invite. #togetherwerise #ascendantnetwork #rmnascendantbootcamp

Ascendants, today the spotlight is shining on Erin Passan, a consultant in the Marketing, Sales and Communications Practice at Spencer Stuart. Erin brings more than 20-years’ experience as a top communications and public relations executive in the financial services industry. A results-driven communications leader, Erin was most recently the chief communications officer at Vanguard, the world’s second largest asset manager. Erin transformed the corporate communications function, developing a comprehensive communications strategy and defining organizational structure and key priorities. Her earlier career experience included marketing, public relations, sales and management positions at Robertson Stephens, Bank of America, and Nordstrom. Erin received her B.A. in business management at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California, and an MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Erin will be available for private + complimentary leadership sessions at #Ascendant10 in #PaloAlto, Sep 23rd, Ping Dana Alothmani for invite. Sessions are limited, book early! #ascendant #leadership #togetherwerise

It’s such an honor to celebrate 10 years with our first Executive Leadership Coach, the original, Bill Tobin. We want to thank you for your support over the last decade and can’t wait to see you and celebrate! Bill Tobin heads the leadership and team development practices at LearningEdge Leadership (LEL). He is an entrepreneur who was directly involved in five startups (and has advised dozens more) over the past 20 years and he continues to work with entrepreneurs, their teams and their investors. Bill brings 25+ years of consulting and high-tech experience, he specializes in helping companies implement major strategic and operational initiatives that require an integrated, cross-functional approach. A Philadelphia native, he lives in California with his wife; they love to travel quarterly to visit their daughters in Europe and other destinations around the globe. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g-ssQDya Bill will be available for private + complimentary leadership sessions at #Ascendant10 in Palo Alto, Sep 24th, Ping Dana Alothmani for invite. Sessions are limited, book early! #ascendant #leadership #togetherwerise Some thoughts from Bill: “When asked to describe my coaching style in three words; I say empathetic, holistic and available.? I can relate to your situation inside of your larger life and when you really need help it's never during a regularly scheduled program.” "A client once asked me to list my top three personal values; an easy answer to a hard question: Integrity, Contribution, Impact.? Consistent words and behaviors make us all better in the service of broader, systemic change."