Merry Marcus, President of Break Through Consulting, is a certified Masterful Coach, entrepreneur and former Fortune 100 VP of Sales. Ms. Marcus leads a team of expert coaches, highly experienced as business leaders and skilled in the Break Through Consulting model that she developed. Ms. Marcus has coached market leaders from Accenture, Barclays Capital, Berlex, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, DuPont, ExxonMobil, Flint Ink, Halmark Entertainment, L'Oreal, McKinsey & Company, MONSTER.com, Thomson Corporation, Verizon and mid-sized, high growth companies.

Her coaching practice focuses on assignments that demand huge paradigm shifts, requiring major breakthroughs in leadership behaviors and thinking where critical goals are at risk. Ms. Marcus is committed to improving business results, increasing professional satisfaction, and facilitating personal transformation.

Her coaching has supported business leaders in the creation of new business strategy, development of new ventures and in creating followership for controversial change. Recently, Ms. Marcus has been credited with supporting:

• The promotion of VP of Global Sales to COO in a billion dollar company by building stronger executive presence and more collaborative peer relationships.
• A $15 million better budget allocation as a result of better communications strategies for a client in a major telecommunications company.
• Technical leader, promoted to business unit head, achieved $30 million over revenue goal through an improved communication and relationship strategy - transforming his business unit from 5 years of fade to profitability.

Merry's coaching is greatly informed by her experience as a Fortune 100 Senior Executive and business owner. She offers a unique blend of three major talents:

1. Business Acumen: : Proven ability to drive profit/revenue growth, negotiate strategic relationships and productize complex services.
2. Expertise in Human Capital Development: Extensive experience in building effective teams, talent management, organizational analysis and strategic planning.
3. Superior Coaching Skill: Demonstrated success in coaching top executives with large goals at risk, requiring major breakthroughs in leadership behaviors and thinking.

Previously, Ms. Marcus was VP of the Professional Services Division at Chubb and General Manager for the Central Region of Verizon (in a deregulated $400 million unit). She also served as VP of Sales and General Manager for AlphaNet Solutions - a technology outsourcing company - where she took her team from start-up to profitability in year two.

Merry's entrepreneurial experience includes owning three professional services companies and leading an IPO. As President of Break Through Consulting and as consultant to three global coaching companies, Ms. Marcus is instrumental in establishing coaching as a leading professional service.

Merry sits on the Executive Committee of Junior Achievement, and is a member of the International Coaches Federation and Women's Investment Network.

"Coaching supported my leadership growth and a higher level of impact on the executive board. I learned to be a better listener, ask better questions and work more collaboratively. In addition, coaching assessments revealed a set of "unspoken" expectations the leadership team had for my group. Coaching was one factor that contributed to my group exceeding all service, profitability and expense management objectives." Lisa Lasky, CPCU Vice President, Policy Services High Point Safety and Insurance Management Corporation