| Executive Outplacement • Executive Coaching • Professional Networking • Career Management Consultant • Career Concierge • Expat Support |
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Susan Howington has 10 years experience in the Career Transition and Leadership Development
industry. She is a former regional executive of one of the largest global career transition and executive
coaching firm. As Senior Vice President and Managing Director, she was responsible for the sales,
marketing and service delivery of the company's full range of career transition and leadership services
for five of the company's Southern California locations.
She was recognized in several ways for outstanding achievements and business performance: Awarded a
Global Leadership Consulting Award, invited to the President's Circle and selected to participate in the
company's global leadership program through the prestigious and world renown Institute Of Management
Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, are to name a few of these awards.
Susan offers her business network of contacts to over-extended professionals who don't have the time
to pursue new contacts and career opportunities on their own. Her expertise in the career transition
industry is also extended to those professionals in transition who find the activity of networking to be
over-whelming, uncomfortable and personally challenging.
Through Susan's 10 years - experience in the career transitions industry and the network of relationships
she has created, she acts as a professional networking agent to confidentially represent you with your
professional objectives.
Susan Howington was profiled in OC Metro Magazine as one of 15 Stories to Inspire You! because of
her networking expertise and desire to help others learn the art of this important business activity.
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William K. Ellermeyer, former human resources executive, is an experienced entrepreneur, global speaker, and executive career coach.
During the 1980s, Bill pioneered Career Management Services, an executive outplacement business located in Orange County, California.
His firm expanded to three cities, and was acquired in 1989 by Lee Hecht Harrison.
Bill was instrumental in expanding the business to what was recognized then as one of the leading outplacement firms in California.
Currently on board with Power Connections, Inc., Bill collaborates with Susan Howington, CEO and Founder, to enhance and maximize their clients' experience as they pursue progressive and effective outplacement assistance.
Always looking for innovative career management applications, Bill pioneered the "win/win" concept of networking, as well as the "portfolio career" and the "free agency" approach to long-term job security.
Bill is particularly known as a speaker and entrepreneur, and regularly speaks on career management, entrepreneurship, and "unretirement." In addition to having pioneered the outplacement business in Southern California, Bill was a driving force behind the creation of the Association of Professional Consultants, the Global Network, and the Senior Executive Forum.
Bill is a member of the Dean's Advisory Board, as well as a mentor to MBA students, at the Paul Merage School of Business of the University of California, Irvine. He continues to be an active executive coach and business innovator.
Prior to his contributions in the outplacement industry, Bill worked in corporate America as a human resources executive, holding several positions including Vice President of Human Resources for AIR CAL (later acquired by American Airlines); and senior HR positions at Lowes Snyder Corp., Republic Corporation, and Hunt Wesson Foods.
Bill spent three years on active duty as a Naval Officer, and left the Naval Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Bill received his BA in Business Administration from Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.
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Dick Israel brings an exemplary investment banking and corporate finance background and experience to the Power Connections Team. Since 1973, he has managed Dick Israel & Partners, a leading Los Angeles-based independent investment bank. Previously, Dick was a Senior Partner of Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and a Senior Vice President and Director of Business Affairs of Rogers & Cowan.
In 1985, Dick founded and served as President of the Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA), a trade group for the venture capital industry. He has served as President of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and helped to create its now annually-held Los Angeles Business Conference on Growth Strategies, M&A and Finance. Dick has keynoted and led capital investment workshops sponsored by the Asia Business Forum in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.
Dick Israel is also Managing Partner of Mason, Israel and Partners, a nationally recognized retained executive search firm which has provided "best in class" service to clients in a wide range of industries for more than 25 years.
He holds BA, Political Science and MA, Sociology degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and is listed in current editions of Marquis' Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in the West. With his wife, Dick resides in Beverly Hills.
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Julie LaCroix has been guiding executives as they pursue their livelihoods and their passions throughout her career. A former Wall Street recruiter for nearly a decade, she discovered that her own
sense of purpose was firmly grounded in helping talented clients strengthen and define their personal stories as they climbed the ladders of success.
Julie brings to Power Connections the impressive distinction of being part of the launch team for Bloomberg's electronic trading platform for the equity markets, as she leveraged her professional trading expertise with Merrill Lynch. Her proficiency in this category of software dovetailed with her interest in executive potential and achievement, and launched her in the field of executive search. With an M.A. Ed in Educational Counseling from Azusa Pacific University, and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of California, Irvine, Julie contributes a unique understanding of real-world business experience, and the underlying motivation that drives executives to make the right career choices.
A specialist in the Executive Career Transition field, Julie earned her Career Management Professional (CMP) certification from the Institute of Career Certification International. As she coaches Power Connections' clientele, she helps them differentiate their expertise and create a powerful message to their networks. She customizes each client's outplacement and career management strategies based upon helping them define and focus their expertise, and articulate it effectively. She skillfully helps them develop their personal branding, and guides their successful goal attainment in career advancement. She is a firm believer that each executive has his or her own intersection where livelihood and greater purpose meet.
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With 36 published business and health articles, two books, and over 50 featured media appearances, the most recent acknowledgement of Diane Chapman's highly visible career is her inclusion in Simple Truths' 2008 book Customer Love, where she is profiled as "offering great customer service," and an inspiration to other businesses. It isn't the first time publishers have noticed her talents. Her excellence in résumé writing was acknowledged in 1994 by David R. Noble, when he asked her to be included in the book Gallery of Best Résumés, sold in major bookstores throughout the U.S.
Diane's extensive writing and media career began when she joined the Training and Development staff of the Zale Corporation in Dallas, Texas, and was quickly promoted to Director of Training for a 38-store division operating throughout the Western U.S. She produced a prolific portfolio using print, multimedia, sound, and video, focusing on sales training and exemplary customer service. In addition, she orchestrated the comprehensive training initiative for NCR's first-ever electronic cash register installation division-wide.
Her achievements with Zale were acknowledged when she was recognized by the Dallas Business and Professional Women's Club as a recipient of one of the city's distinguished Promising Young Careerists awards. Her success launched a media career that took her to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Southern California; with commercial and industrial projects for AT&T, Metropolitan Life, Radio Shack, PBS, NBC, CBS, FOX, Nissan, CIGNA, Dr. Soy, and more.
In 1992, Diane opened Words To Your Advantage Speaking and Writing Service in Orange County, and began offering résumés, bios, promotional writing, and media production globally to individuals as well as businesses. She has also been a featured speaker throughout the U.S. and the Caribbean; and a presenter at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa, Canada.
In 1995, Diane began broadcasting "High Visibility: The Success Perspective" with KUCI radio in Orange County, and Century Cable Television in Los Angeles. She has interviewed leaders and authors in business, health, and current events including Brian Tracy, Jim Cathcart, Nathaniel Branden, Denis Waitley, Deepak Chopra, Parker Palmer, Neale Donald Walsch, Richard Nelson Bolles, Orvel Ray Wilson, Pulitzer Prize winners Jack Anderson and Jim Borgman, the Right Honorable Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada, Dick Morris, and George McGovern, to name just a few.
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As a Transformational Career Coach with the ability to inspire trust and galvanize the achievement of clients' career goals, Brett helps each executive identify their personal and professional brand values. He advises each client on how to develop world-class marketing materials that present them with confidence as the "ideal candidate" to their target market. Through ongoing assessment, commitment to research, targeted networking and a well thought-out search campaign, clients are led to discover opportunities that result in fulfillment through execution of their Strategic Career Plan.
Brett Olinger has a diverse professional background, from biomedical research to business to Executive Career Coaching. Prior to becoming an Executive Career Coach, Brett was a Controller & Director of Operations and IT for a company called Breakaway Press, Inc., a commercial offset Printing and graphics firm that served Fortune 500 Companies here in Southern California. His professional and industry experience also includes acting as Vice President of Manufacturing and Finance in the apparel manufacturing and wholesale distribution sector.
Prior to entering the business world, Brett conducted research in Molecular Biology at University Southern California School of Medicine and UC San Diego School of Medicine as a research associate. He holds a BA in English from the United States International University, San Diego and has Pre-med Curriculum in Biology and Chemistry from University Southern California, Los Angeles.
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Patti Loegering Wendt, executive coach, outplacement expert and business consultant, has been helping companies achieve outstanding results through an innovative visionary style for 20 years, improving and inspiring repeat clients from entrepreneurial firms to Fortune 10 companies.
Patti gained her unique business perspective through the experience of founding and operating two multi-million dollar businesses in the career management, outplacement and business development consulting fields. She began her career as the Associate Director of the University of Houston Center for Applied Technology, where she directed the operations of outplacement and retraining centers.
In 1991, she founded Career Visions, Inc., which grew to 31 offices in just three years, and earned recognition as the second-fastest growing privately-held company in the Houston 100 listing. Her expert strategic leadership, garnered her a Small Business Person of the Year Award from the SBA, and a Woman Business Enterprise of the Year Award from the Houston Business Council. Her supporters included Dow Chemical, Chevron Corporation and Tenneco, Inc., who nominated her for the WBE accolade.
In 1991, Patti sold her company to Lee Hecht Harrison and assumed the role of Sr. Vice President, Managing Director for the Gulf Coast Region. She also served as their National Practice Leader to the Oil and Gas Industry. She also subsequently founded PLWendt and Associates, which continues to provide a variety of career management, organizational and business development consulting services to a diverse range of companies including Fortune 50 global accounts.
With over 1,000 speaking hours logged at national and international conferences, she is in demand for speaking on topics from overcoming hurdles to success to coaching seminars on career management and growth.
Patti is a graduate of the MIT Executive Entrepreneurial Leadership Program, and holds an M.A. in Education from McNeese State University of Lake Charles, Louisiana.
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Julie Bammer brings a thorough understanding of the international executive search and career transition services industries to Power Connections and its clients. With nearly 17 years of experience in national and international executive search firms, she is well-versed in the requisite communications, research, and strategies that meet the industry's stringent standards for excellence.
Most recently, as a senior consultant with the former Wentworth Recruiting company of San Pedro, California, Julie sourced and recruited professionals utilizing Internet research, corporate contacts, and networking. Her ability to perform these activities with such completeness led to her appointment as the company-wide research specialist, and she assisted all recruiters with their accounts.
Prior to Wentworth Recruiting, Julie spent 16 years with O'Shea, Divine & Company, Inc., a Newport Beach executive search firm with global accounts. As a senior executive secretary, office manager, and researcher for the company, she acted as liaison between client companies and candidates, and prepared critical proposals and candidate packages for presentation to key clients.
Julie's talents contribute to the "back story" of Power Connections' daily initiatives to network and complete Internet research on behalf of the executives it represents.
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At Power Connections, Inc. we have studied the effects of interpersonal and group networking on the career transition formula. Consequently, when you compare our services to those of other career transitions companies, you'll see the difference. We bring extra steps to the process and emphasize the importance of person to person connections.
Through the Power Connections Team, our clients have an instant network available to them that consists of key business contacts throughout Southern and Northern California. Person to person connections are well thought out to ensure that relevant connections and introductions are made. Based upon this principle of interpersonal contact, we are able to uncover opportunities that are not yet publicized, also known as the "hidden job market." Clients can use this team of influential people to make connections for them within the companies and industries that they are targeting.
The Power Connections Team of client advisors works together on behalf of each client to provide career and transition coaching, transition support services, and person to person connections. Our team consists of:
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| Highly Experienced Career Consultants |
| Reputable Business Writers |
| Researchers from the executive search and career transition industry |
| Administrative Support |
| Executive Coaches |
| Public Relations Support |
| Executive Recruiters |
| Investment Bankers |
| Venture Capital Players |
| "C" Level Executives |
| Human Resource Executives |
| Business Consultants |
| Highly Experienced Trainers and Facilitators |
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No other career transition firm provides this level of depth and breadth of individual service! No other firm connects their clients to opportunities like we do!
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