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Cesar V. Martinez
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Successful big-tech Program Manager and servant-leader with over a decade of experience coaching professionals seeking clarity, confidence, purpose, focus, career alignment and growth, and work-life fulfillment.

Successful big-tech Program Manager and servant-leader with over a decade of experience coaching professionals seeking clarity, confidence, purpose, focus, career alignment and growth, and work-life fulfillment.

Cesar V. Martinez is not accepting new clients right now
Cesar V. Martinez is not accepting new clients right now
Bio

Cesar's unique background is the reason he's able to deeply connect with early in careers and seasoned leaders alike on their journey to success in all aspects of life. His degrees are in Engineering, Business, Computer Science, and Human-Computer Interaction. He has held leadership positions and people-based tech roles over the past decade, including his dream job at Microsoft.

His no-fluff approach is to dig deep and support his clients in transforming their lives and careers by focusing on creating the right mindset, finding their purpose, and creating a plan to achieve their goals. Cesar works with his clients to perfect their personal brand, including resume LinkedIn profiles and learning to leverage your network. He works closely with clients to hone their interview skills and helps them build successful negotiation strategies for landing the perfect offer from companies like Amazon, Boeing, and more. Cesar also works with established professionals to build intangible skills like confidence, clarity, purpose, leadership, and mindset, that make a lasting impact on the client's success.


Notable Client Achievements

  • Helped an interviewing professional receive and negotiate their big-tech job offer to increase their total compensation by over $130,000

  • Coached a big-tech Principal Engineering Manager on leadership and confidence to support them in their new role and with their new team.

  • Provided application process, resume, and interview coaching to a struggling Computer Science student who landed multiple interviews and offers and ultimately accepted a role at Amazon.

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In Their Own Words
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Work History
Microsoft
  • Program Manager II
  • Software Engineer II
VMware
Technical Support Engineer
Credentials
  • "8+ years of Engineering and big tech experience (Microsoft, VMware, John Deere, Cummins)"
  • Breakthrough Coaching Business Program Graduate
  • 12+ years of leadership and coaching experience
  • UIUC Engineering Bachelor's in Computer Science
  • UIUC Business Minor (focus in Negotiations)
Industry Specialties
Education, Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, Computer Software, Information Technology and more
Functional Specialties
Customer Service, Engineering, Software Development, Product Management and more
FAQ
Describe your coaching style.

I embody No-Fluff across the board. You don't need motivation, you need a clear plan of action that leads to the result that lights you up inside. You don't need positivity, you need logical and practical mindset shifts that change your perspective of the world. We don't solve "leaf" problems, we dig to the roots that are causing the leaf problems in the first place - that's where life-changing results are made.

Do you have a specialty?

I specialize in creating job search strategies that are far beyond sending in applications. I help my clients create and perfect their personal brand and learn how to market themselves to land job offers.

How do you measure success with a client?

I've always defined success as having everything I need to achieve whatever I wanted and having the know-how, abilities, tools, and strategies to get to work and make it happen. My clients grow by gaining clarity and taking actionable steps every single week, are completely unblocked and enabled after our calls, and walk away empowered with all the above.

How do you support clients that don’t have a clear idea of what they want to do?

We start with clarity work, of course!

We get to the root of: How did we get to where we are today? What led us up to this point? What are the gaps or obstacles in your way today? What's not right? What's missing? What could be better? What are your passions and purpose? What would give you energy each day? If you could design your dream day/week in a dream role, what might that look like? What is the difference between the desired state and the current state? What specific actions will we take that will undoubtedly lead to the results we want?

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