David Cozzens

Dave is a Certified Executive Coach with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM7) and is dedicated to helping others become the best they can be. He has managed numerous large-scale transformational programs for companies like Putnam Investments, Fidelity Investments, and NTT Data and understands the challenges and demands of IT delivery.

Dave is focused on supporting professionals responsible for the delivery of technology to reach their goals. He understands the challenges and recognizes that sometimes you need someone in your corner to help you through difficult situations to be able to visualize the future. Dave knows that getting teams working together, establishing boundaries for stakeholders, and getting positive results through interactions with others are just some of the areas crucial for delivery success. Dave will help you identify and utilize your skills to create a path to success.

Dave is a mentor, speaker, and coach for Year Up, an organization centered on helping young adults start out in their careers. He is passionate about helping people of all ages and backgrounds find their potential and set a course to greatness.

Notable Client Achievements

• Helped an IT leader through the journey of deciding among several options for a new role and gain the confidence to obtain the desired position.
• Helped an IT leader see that he had the ability to take control of a difficult situation and difficult people which resulted in increased confidence and ultimately a much better position within the company.
• Helped an entrepreneur manage through lost business and find the learnings from the experience to develop a new approach for acquiring even more business.
• Showed a young adult that she had the skills and experience to apply for and obtain the desired position that is a stepping stone to her ultimate goal of becoming a project manager.
• Worked with people of all levels and backgrounds including new graduates, PhD’s, medical doctors, entrepreneurs, and business leaders, get out from under that overwhelmed feeling of having too much to do and prioritize what is most important to reach their goals.