Mary Ann is an executive coach, trainer and advisor backed by more than 36 years of executive leadership, international business development, operations, customer excellence, product management, team management and sales leadership. She began her career in the high tech industry as an Account Manager and was rapidly promoted to Executive Briefer with the AT&T Global Briefing Program. In 1991 she was promoted to General Manager with AT&T Computer Systems managing a multi-state sales region. In 1999, Mary Ann was promoted again to Vice President/General Manager for an AT&T/Avaya business partner – Expanets – where she built a $100M business spanning 8 states. Upon the merger of Expanets to Avaya, Mary Ann led the sales transition and then became the Vice President for Services at Avaya.

In 2015, Mary Ann opened her own company – Peak to Peak Business Strategies – providing executive & business coaching and business consulting. She enjoys speaking, teaching, coaching and consulting for clients on a global basis. In 2020, Mary Ann joined Spark Growth Strategies as Growth Coach providing small and medium size businesses with branding and digital marketing services. Through Spark and Peak to Peak, she provides a wider portfolio of coaching and consulting services to current and potential clients.

Mary Ann graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with an Emphasis in Management from the University of Northern Colorado. She also attended The Executive Marketing Program at Columbia through her work at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. She is trained in Change Management and LEAN through her work in Lucent and Avaya.