Keith Allen Johns

Keith Allen And Company

I help "successful on the outside" people -- C-suite execs, management leaders, tech mavens, entrepreneurs, business owners and more -- take full ownership of their daily experience and the path they are on. 

People come to me because 

❌ They’ve achieved "all the right things" but aren't truly satisfied
❌ They’ve tried to find satisfaction via promotions or new jobs, but it's not working
❌ They aren't happy with how they show up at home for their partner or kids
❌ They can't seem to prioritize "Me" time and try to fill the hole by buying more "stuff"
❌ They’ve read books and listened to podcasts but nothing has changed

Sound familiar?

I feel you. I progressed to being a COO of a tech company (money, title, house, car) before I realized…

The default approach wasn't working. 

Here’s how I help you fix this:

1️⃣ I teach you powerful mindset tools as a baseline
2️⃣ You choose what you want to change in your life
3️⃣ We take incremental steps to create those changes
4️⃣ We identify blockers that emerge and remove them
5️⃣ You consistently take aligned, inspired action
 
What does that mean for you?

You will:

✅ Handle everything life throws at you and feel good consistently
✅ Know with confidence what's next for you and how to get it
✅ Have a clear plan and tools for living a highly inspired life
✅ Set off a chain reaction to thrive not just at work but at home, too

My clients say:

"I have been successful throughout my career but never felt successful. By working with Keith, I was able to unlock that feeling.” - David Weisberg in NYC, technology product leader

"I didn't really believe Keith at first, then I started to feel entirely different. My business revenue took off while my sense of calm and ease increased dramatically. Unbelievable." - Patrick Laine in Miami, serial entrepreneur

“Keith completely changed my life. I’m going to keep working with him.” - Beata Brock in Atlanta, technology ops leader

💡 Is this right for you? 

DM me to book a call.

CEO and Founder

The Sukha Company

I'm on the board of advisors at a tech startup that focuses on helping distributed teams reduce burnout & increase engagement. The platform allows leaders to unite their team in the #1 online coworking space with AI Coaches proven to make teams happier and more productive. If you'd like to learn more about the service, DM me and let's talk.

Strategic Advisor

Grow My AI

I have a seed investor and advisor role in a conversational AI startup.

Investor and Advisory Board Member

MicroD

I partnered with the CEO of a Charlotte-based SAAS company on P&L, growing enterprise value, budgeting, cost control, board communications, exploring acquisitions, and maintaining profit margins across 5 streams of revenue. Expertise in digital team operations, project management, software development, B2B sales, and client success and retention. Exceptional combination of people skills and technical acumen.

Chief Operating Officer

Executive leader at home furnishings-focused software and digital marketing company. Responsible for execution of strategic plan, leadership development, process improvement and the annual budget.

I direct delivery teams for website implementations, custom web applications, and digital marketing services including SEO, SEM/PPC, content and social. I drive revenue retention and growth for more than 500 clients. Every day we get faster, better, and more efficient.

My measurables include enterprise value; gross profit margins for 5 business units; client satisfaction scores; and retention % of clients licensing our software platform.

As company Integrator, I strive to be the glue that holds our visionary, business development, product development and delivery teams together.

Vice President of Operations

Rapidly advanced at MicroD from Project Manager to Project Management Lead, then to an increasingly impactful Operations role. Cross-departmental influence with focus on process improvement, change management and client relations and retention. Heavily involved in product development and worked closely with .Net developers to deliver new platform features and functions. Joined the executive team as a strategic leader and integrator of the CEO’s vision.

Senior Manager, Operations

Senior Project Manager

Lead design and development teams in implementation of dozens of websites for home furnishings companies on a proprietary CMS. Rewrote and standardized the implementation process using Waterfall software. Radically reduced time-to-golive for clients. Created new processes and documentation to allow department to scale to handle increased workload. Created a well-oiled machine in less than 7 months and was promoted to department head.

Web Project Manager

Lourdes University

Directed design and development teams in operation of Lourdes.edu website and Lourdes University student portal. Coordinated with student acquisition teams to support recruiting marketing efforts in social media, search engine optimization and event planning. Increased overall traffic to the website and engagement in the student portal. Researched and developed plans for upgrading the CMS and branding.

Website Manager

Two years of the most intense work of my life. I became sober and recreated my character and being from the ground up.

Achieving Sobriety

Hannah's Socks Inc.

Featured in People Magazine and on the Oprah Winfrey Show; winner of Jefferson Award and Points Of Light Award!

I co-founded a national award-winning non-profit. In addition to driving growth and organizational development, I directed website design and development, search engine optimization, digital marketing, social media, financials, event-planning, board reporting and more. I helped impact the lives of thousands of people in need.

Vice President Operations

F+W Publications

Wrote RFPs; selected vendors; established schedules; managed designers and developers; oversaw product testing; and created marketing collateral for four new-to-market interactive products.

Manager, Online Services & New Product Development

Managed 7 direct reports (developers and designers) across two offices and oversaw marketing budget, project prioritization, and resource allocation for more than 40 websites. Drove new marketing initiatives from the bottom up by pushing brand managers to expand their promotional efforts into email marketing, pay-per-click advertising, hybrid online/offline campaigns, and micro websites. Recruited and retained high-impact team members who provided reliable service to a broad base of internal customers during a period of fast corporate growth.

Manager - Interactive Media

Internal evangelist, led online migration of traditional business units by launching customer-acquisition websites for book clubs and tradeshows. Grew email program to 100,000+ customers and trained traditional media teams how to think for the future.

New Media Marketing Manager

Managed all facets of direct-mail and direct-response advertising campaigns for magazines and book clubs; wrote copy and directed design and production resources to meet delivery deadlines for multiple concurrent campaigns; created test promotions that outperformed their predecessors/controls.

Copywriter / Promotions Assistant

Applause! Magazine

Intern at Cincinnati's regional African-American magazine

Editorial Intern

I help ambitious people go next-level in business and life | Deep mindset coaching that creates massive change | DM me to get started | TEDx Speaker | Former C-suite | International Transformation Coach

If life handed you all the answers and you have it all figured out, please move along.

I love you, but you aren't my people.

My people have big ambitions but lack the tools to achieve them.

(They know it but hate to admit it.)

That's where I come in.

Do you see yourself in this list of former clients?

🆘 Wall Street leader who wants more influence and impact
🆘 Cancer surgeon who wants to handle stress in the OR better
🆘 Fractional CFO whose limiting beliefs hold him back
🆘 Entrepreneur who needs confidence in people skills
🆘 Teach leader who wants to lead with power and charisma

Each of these people felt deep inside they needed a boost to get to the next level in work and life.

That was me, too.

I've spent 15 years obsessing over how I had to grow to create a life no one else in my family has ever had. I had to go deep inside and reprogram myself to change my external outcomes.

And that is what I teach to my clients.

↪️ How to create massive confidence
↪️ How to lead with power and empathy
↪️ How to master your thoughts and emotions
↪️ How to leverage energy and charisma
↪️ How to put it all together for work AND family

Listen, I'm a blue-collar kid in a white-collar world.

Everything I've accomplished I've had to figure out the hard way:

✅ How to get to and thrive in the C-suite
✅ How to start my own six-figure solo business
✅ How to shed my past and my upbringing
✅ How to become a good family man
✅ How to overcome addiction

I had a ton of help along the way.

Now, I'm providing that help to others.

If you believe a deep, dynamic, transformational coaching experience is what you need to create your next breakthrough, DM me and tell me your story.

I help corporate leaders who are feeling stuck in their 9-5 break free from corporate by building & scaling a purpose-driven business.

Most people come to me because 

❌ They’re feeling burnt-out, struggling to find work-life balance and looking for more meaning in their work
❌ They’ve focused on climbing the corporate ladder or changing jobs, but something still feels missing
❌ They wonder if there’s more to life. More freedom, income, time & purpose. But then wonder if they’re crazy for wanting more
❌ They’ve thought about the possibility of starting their own business but felt overwhelmed with where to even start

Does this sound familiar?

I’ve been there too. I progressed to being a COO of a tech company before I finally realized…

WORK SHOULDN’T SUCK

You’re not crazy for wanting more and it is possible to have more purpose, freedom, income & free time in your work.

Here’s how I help you find that for yourself:

1️⃣ Find your Purpose
2️⃣ Turn it into a business idea 
3️⃣ Start your business on the side
4️⃣ Exit corporate 

 The program is a 1-1 intensive coaching program where you receive:
👌 Tactical business coaching
👌 Mindset & habit coaching
👌 Accountability & an extensive network
👌 On-demand coaching access

What does that mean for you?
✅ Your first high-ticket client within 6 months
✅ A clear & tangible plan & momentum for your corporate exit
✅ Set off a chain reaction to thrive in all areas of your life

"Before I met Keith, exiting corporate was just a dream” - S.A. from Phoenix, database administrator turned international consultant

“I booked my first client for $3,000 in 2 weeks. Now I have the confidence to quit my 9-5.” - M.D. from Washington DC, business consulting leader turned performance coach

“Keith completely changed my life. I’m going to keep working with him.” - B.B. in Atlanta, technology leader

💡 Is this right for you? Let’s start with talking through your options. DM me to book a call.

Cowen Solutions, LLC

Freeman Company

• Led e-Commerce project to re-platform bespoke e-Commerce Freeman Online system onto
Salesforce B2B Commerce
• Facilitated cross-functional prioritization meetings with key business, IT, and Executive stakeholders to define and prioritize user stories

Transformation Enablement Senior Manager

Origami Risk

• Reviewed and prioritized incoming enhancement requests and defects; helped define and communicate Product Roadmap
• Wrote user stories and defined acceptance criteria
• Collaborated with Development to implement Agile methodologies, including reviews and
retrospectives
• Administered and maintained JIRA workflow, forms, dashboards, and reporting
• Assisted with testing features prior to production release
• Managed the evaluation of advanced analytics vendors for potential integration
• Led design, development, and rollout of new dashboard and values collection experience.
Performed customer interviews using Figma wireframes to get feedback.
• Implemented scoring methodology for prioritizing feature requests

Senior Technical Product Manager

InRule Technology

•	Helped define and communicate the product strategy and release plan both internally and externally
•	Governed the product backlog across all offerings. After onboarding, organized existing backlog and closed 45% as duplicates or no longer applicable within six months.
•	Championed business goals and customer experience in sprint planning, daily scrums, and sprint review meetings
•	Managed monthly releases, including preparing release notes and assisting with regression testing. Led 44 minor releases and one major release, all of which comprised four new product offerings, 240 enhancements and 380 defects resolved.
•	Collaborated with Marketing to develop and execute product launch campaigns
•	Performed competitive analysis and provided battle card summaries to Sales and Marketing
•	Wrote articles about new product features and rule authoring best practices for InRule.com blog and updated Help documentation to explain new features and correct errors
•	Configured JIRA workflows and forms across all Product Engineering projects. Led successful team transition from TFS to JIRA and GitHub.

Product Manager

CS STARS

• Managed a book of business including four of the company’s highest profile and most complex accounts, including clients with > $1 million revenue and 200+ users
• Provided day-to-day client support including training, answering general application questions, troubleshooting system issues and assisting with technical questions
• Consulted with clients to help solve business needs through creative system implementations and configuration
• Trained and mentored junior System Consultants
• Developed client specific Crystal Reports 
• Performed User Acceptance Testing prior to new product releases

Lead System Consultant, Professional Services

• Managed multiple sprint teams using Scrum methodology.  Responsibilities included prioritizing features and defects, communicating and documenting business requirements and working with development and QA resources to implement new features and defect fixes 
• Maintained defect backlog and enhancement requests across six product domains and determined priority based on a number of factors such as severity and frequency
• Analyzed and designed solutions for complex business problems including currency conversion, correspondence modules and dynamic policy program graphs/heat maps
• Managed team of four Business Analysts and Product Owners
• Led International Client Advisory Board meetings in London and Brussels which included three days of application training and product roadmap discussions to 15+ clients
• Provided application training in Pune, India to 100+ offshore contract developers and QA resources
• Trained colleagues by conducting system demonstrations and creating both system configuration and end-user documentation
• Presented training courses at October 2013 Client User Conference
• Performed pre-release application testing, consistently finding the most defects of any non-QA resource
• Reviewed and approved marketing and help file documentation 
• Assisted the Client Technical Services group with post-production application support and technical troubleshooting
• Managed a major release across nine versions of the application for the “CMS” (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) data transfer solution
• Developed over 200 business rules in InRule irAuthor application for calculating Indemnity Benefits

Product Owner

• Managed large migration project for Marsh US Claims Advocacy group including requirements gathering, prototype creation, development, data conversion, QA testing, UAT testing, training and release
• Provided system support for 250+ active users
• Created custom SAP Crystal Reports and Business Intelligence reports for various clients

Lead Solution Architect, Global Specialties

Aon Benfield

• Gathered requirements and created product release schedules for enhancements to the CatPortal application
• Collaborated with software development, analytics and actuarial groups to ensure CatPortal product enhancements were implemented on schedule
• Developed JIRA workflow to manage defects and enhancement requests

Assistant Product Manager

Evergreen Bank Group

• Provided systems support for all bank software products and managed new software implementations and upgrades
• Prepared response to Illinois State IT exam
• Managed relationships with 3rd party IT vendors
• Implemented bank-wide Shortel VOIP phone system
• Converted bank cash letter to Branch Capture and Check 21 image exchange platforms

Vice President, Operations

Marsh

• Gathered and documented claims functional business requirements across Marsh global offices
•  Worked with Information Architect to design claims system HTML prototype
• Prepared specifications for application workflow and functionality

Senior Business Analyst

• Managed client projects and configured client accounts specific to workflow and business rules
• Wrote custom SAP Crystal Reports designed for clients' business needs

Client Service Consultant

Oak Brook Bank

• Provided systems support for bank-wide software Jack Henry Silverlake, lockbox 
software IntegraPay, and consumer loan software Appro
• Developed custom Delphi programs to track employee vacation time, external recruiting and online viewing of lockbox images for clients

Assistant Vice President, Systems Services

• Completed rotations through all areas of Treasury Management Operations
• Managed a project to obtain and implement new lockbox software IntegraPay

Treasury Management Representative

Extensive experience designing, building and implementing software solutions for large enterprises. Execution-focused leader passionate about quality, scalability and completeness. Significant hands-on experience with a variety of technologies. Skilled at managing large, complex projects for diverse cross-functional global teams using the Scrum methodology. Adept at working with both external clients and internal stakeholders at all levels of an organization. 

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