Lozias.com

Helping overwhelmed coaches declutter their business with process optimization, automation, and systemizing their business.

Fractional COO for Coaches, Consultants, and Agencies

upcoach

upcoach is an online coaching platform focused on improving the client experience while saving coaches time and headaches.

My responsibilities were:
✅ Deep understanding of coaching businesses and identifying the needs of coaches
✅ Turning the understanding into a roadmap for the platform
✅ Creating and documenting new and updated features and delivering them to the development team
✅ Overseeing the development of the platform
✅ Testing and gathering feedback with the coaches
✅ Doing research & running interviews with our users (coaches)
✅ Running demo and onboarding calls (for research purposes)
✅ Building and updating the knowledge base and help articles for upcoach users

I still cooperate with upcoach as one of their experts, helping their users to optimize the platform for their business needs.

Head of Product

Donut Bots

We help online businesses engage with customers, generate leads & build trust through Facebook Messenger marketing.

We are ManyChat Agency Partners and Certified Messenger Experts.

We recently created a Messenger Masterclass in cooperation with PitchGround.

Messenger Bots Architect 🍩

Mentee App

Mentee was a community and later a mobile app for sharing skills and meeting new people. Finding a buddy, who'll help you on your skill-learning journey has never been easier. 

We aimed to make learning & improving new skills easier and more accessible for everyone. We firmly believe, that by bartering, mentoring and sharing skills, we can make learning new or improving any skill more reachable for anyone, no matter the geographic location, financial situation, education or age.

Co-Founder

Saving Coaches From Overwhelm | Coaching Systems Expert | DM for Consultation

I've seen how 600+ coaches operate. And 80%+ of them are way too complicated.

❌ This costs them money, time, and client results... 

Is this familiar? 🤔

Instead of using all your time helping people (which is why you started in the first place), you waste it on reinventing the wheel with each new client.

Your coaching business is built on top of multiple tools that don't work with each other, with you manually filling the gaps and having stuff all over the place.

Complexity and the urgent stuff eats up the valuable time and energy you need to move your business forward.

I'm not saying you're not looking for solutions…

🚀 You jump from one tool to another, hoping this one will solve all your problems, but you only end up with a bunch of half-set-up tools and $$$ spent on subscriptions.

⚙️ You try creating processes for handling new clients but end up having to improvise anyway.

And so, instead of celebrating each new client, you're anxious about delivering what you've promised.

You know all the things you should be doing, but you fail to make it work.

What if…?

⭐️ You had a repeatable journey that guides clients from the moment they pay all the way to successfully getting the value and being offboarded.

⭐️ You had an integrated and automated set of tools helping you deliver value to your clients, as well as manage your business.

⭐️ You had someone keeping tabs on the tools you're using, taking care of the setup, and continually improving the experience for your clients.

How valuable would that be for you?

As an Automation & Systems Expert, I free up your hands and head so you can focus on… 
🚀 …delivering value to your clients.
🚀 …scaling your business and increasing profitability.
🚀 …enjoying your free time and getting the rest you need.

Together, we will:
✅ Create a repeatable journey for your clients to get the value you promise to deliver.
✅ Reduce the amount of tools and apps you're using (so you save time and $$$).
✅ Make your tools talk to each other and use automation to save you from busy work.

🤝 If you're ready, send me a DM or schedule a free consultation in my Featured Section.

Zdenek "Zee" Lozias

Lori Howard

Outplacement Services for Small Business | Job Transition Coach| Career Transformation Coach

Lori Howard Coaching LLC | Executive Career Transformation

I help tech executives (Director to C-suite) land their next leadership role—faster, with clarity, confidence, and compensation that reflects their value.

As a former VP reporting to a CIO/CTO, I understand that advancing in tech leadership isn’t just about skill. It’s about navigating the unwritten rules of executive growth, owning your story, and signaling your value with precision while leading with clarity.

I’ve developed a proven, strengths-based, process-driven system that helps high-performing tech leaders:
✅ Break through career plateaus
✅ Clarify their executive brand + leadership voice
✅ Master positioning, storytelling, and negotiation
✅ Access hidden opportunities + secure aligned roles
✅ Command compensation that reflects their worth
✅ Launch strong in new roles with strategic 30/60/90 onboarding

Core Programs:
🧭 VIP Private Coaching – Career transformation, tailored 1:1
🎯 Executive Advisory – Positioning, visibility, strategy
🚀 Job Search Accelerator – Land your next role faster
📈 Leadership Development – Executive presence, influence, growth

Unlike traditional resume writers and career coaches, I go beyond “fixing documents”—I help you position yourself as a high-value, sought-after leader. (Yes! You still get the documents & deliverables.)

Since 2007, I’ve supported 1,000+ tech leaders across Fortune 100, VC/PE-backed firms, and startups—many in Chicago, Boston, and NY. My work combines deep career strategy with strengths-focused, person-centered coaching. And my clients get results they never thought possible!!!

📩 Ready to land your next executive role with clarity and power? Let’s talk:
https://lorihowardcoaching.com/chatwithlori

Executive Career & Leadership Coach | Tech Industry Strategist | Founder/CEO

As a speaker, coach and trainer, I deliver powerful messages to corporate organizations, non-profits and professional groups.  My speaking style is warm, approachable, engaging, and inspiring as I bring enthusiasm, insight, and practical advice to all of my presentations.

I combine training, coaching, and storytelling, to deliver programs for your organization on the business and art of career transformation.

Popular topics include presentations on: Career Transformation, Career Development, and Career Identity.

I provide practical guidance, clear strategies and inspiring revelations based on a wealth of experience to help professionals overcome burnout, unearth their worth, and find or create a job and career they love. 

The measurable results are:
•	Confidence in who you are and what you offer the world
•	Competence in the job search and managing your career
•	Cash flow to support you
•	Career you love

Presentations and Programs include:
•	Career Burnout and Recovery
•	Job Search Strategy
•	Career Resilience
•	Resume Writing
•	Interviewing Skills
•	Networking Skills
•	Career Transformation
•	Career Identity

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PAST EVENTS and RECORDINGS INCLUDE
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•	The Paralegal Voice Podcast: How to Unearth Your Worth: Chat with a Career Transformation Coach
•	From Corporate to Creative Online Radio Show: Transform Your Career & Love Your Job
•	The Wellness Coaches Online Radio Show
•	DePaul University Career Week, Chicago, IL
•	Loyola University, Skills for Search Employment Workshop, Chicago, IL
•	Eisenhower Public Library, Harwood Heights, IL
•	Chicago WITI (Women In Technology), Chicago, IL
•	Mega Resume Review and Career Fair, Aurora, IL
•	Employment Ministry at The Chapel, Libertyville, IL
•	Job Networking Group at Or Shalom, Vernon Hills, IL

Speaker | Presenter | Trainer | Facilitator

IMPACT Group

Deliver tailored coaching engagements for professionals, new grads, and skilled trades professionals navigating career transitions and onboarding into new roles. Provide strategic guidance to support professional integration, cultural acclimation, and early-stage success in alignment with organizational and individual goals. 

➤  Provide one-on-one coaching to transitioning professionals across industries and career levels, with a focus on clarity, confidence, and alignment with personal and organizational objectives.
➤  Support national mobility and integration efforts through culturally responsive coaching and career development planning.
➤  Collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders to align coaching strategy with broader talent development initiatives and business goals.

Career & Transition Coach | Outplacement & Relocation Support

Harvard Business Review

As a member of the HBR Advisory Council, I leverage my executive leadership, management, and career coaching expertise in technology to provide valuable insights that shape the content they develop. I'm honored to be invited to contribute to HBR.

Advisory Council Member

Eisenhower Public Library

•	Design and deliver workshops for patrons, in groups of 4-30, to help professionals in career or job transition.  
•	Popular topics include:
— Job Search Strategies 
— Resumes
— Cover letters
— Interview Skills
— Networking
— Career Identity
— Obstacles to Employment

Career and Job Search Workshop Facilitator

REA - Partners in Transition

* Assisted and supported spouses and partners of relocated employees through the job search process to obtain meaningful employment.
* Wrote resumes, provided resume consultations, and updated LinkedIn profiles to target the jobs that match client career goals and skills, resulting in increased job opportunities.
* Provided interview coaching on interview strategies and performed mock interviews to increase client confidence in any interview situation.
* Performed geographic and industry research to support the job search process. 
* Coach clients on networking strategies to support and enhance the job search.
* Coach clients on customized job search strategies to help them find the specific jobs they want.

Career Consultant & Resume Writer

UnearthYourWorth (acquired by Lori Howard Coaching LLC)

* I help professionals discover at last the work they’d LOVE to do, that they’d be GREAT at, feel PROUD of, and pay for all their stuff.

* I help people move from hating their job and toward a career that feels like a calling.  

* I help people to leverage their strengths, skills, passions, and values into a thriving career. 

* I work with professionals who want to draw upon their unique strengths and passions, feel energized by their work and career, and be authentically engaged in their jobs.

* I develop and deliver private one-on-one coaching and mentoring programs, group programs, workshops, teleseminars, webinars, presentations, and multi-media products including: Make Great Decisions Fast (by Honoring Your Real Values), Write a Resume That Works!

* Additional services include: resumes, bios, LinkedIn profiles, web-copy for individuals and small business owners.

Founder/CEO, Career Transformation Consulting, Resume Writer, Job Search & Interview Consultant

★ Design and deliver workshops for professionals in career or job transition. 
 
Popular workshops include: 
➤ How to Leverage LinkedIn to Land a Job You Love
➤ What It Really Takes to Land a Job You Love
➤ What Is My Target Job?
➤ 5 Signs Your Career Is Stealing Your Soul (and How to Take It Back!)
➤ 7 Strategies for Job Search Success
➤ Create Your Professional Brand Statement
➤ Write a Resume that Works!,  Critical Components of Successful Resumes
➤ Conquer the Job Interview, Interview Tactics That Work!, Interview Clinic and Workshop*
➤ Boost Your Job Search with Effective Networking*, Advanced Networking for Your Job Searc

Workshop Creator and Facilitator

Chicago Public Library

* Delivered one-on-one private 30-minute resume consultations to library patrons.
* Provided individualized resume reviews with recommendations for critical resume improvements.
* Ensured each resume aligned with the patron’s target job to help them get the results they wanted – a job interview.
* Also provided job search strategy consultations to help patrons increase the effectiveness of their job search.

Resume Consultant

Next-Job (Outplacement Services)

* Coached recently unemployed individuals, helping them to find a new job.  
* Helped job seekers to find career direction, based on strengths, skills, and passions.  
* Taught job seekers up-to-date job search skills for an effective job search.

Certified Job Coach (Job Search Coach & Resume Consultant)

Olenick & Associates (Consulting)

* Managed communications plan and schedule for large multi-business unit IT project.  
* Authored 75 internal project communication updates and nine (9) company newsletter articles.
* Partnered with internal Communications Team (writers and producers).
* Collaborated with nationally distributed project team (staff through C-suite).
* Facilitated discussions, reviews, and approvals for communications deliverables.

Communications Lead at Exelon/ ComEd (Energy Production & Delivery)

Ibbotson Associates

* Coached staff on individual career goals and career planning, including identifying strengths, skills, and passions, as well as how to target and obtain the job they want.
* Actively sought out by staff from other departments for career coaching and planning.
* Formed, hired, developed, and led team of nine (9) specialists in software testing, process improvement, and configuration management, resulting in increased product reliability and quality for software products worth $12+M in revenue.
* Established internal consulting model for SQA and SCM services in support of organization.
* Collaborated with development managers and staff to design and implement project management and test management methodologies, resulting in improved schedule accuracy and decreased time to market.
* Oversaw launch of project management processes and iterative methology for software development and delivery.  
* Collaborated with technology and data executive leadership teams. 
* Promoted from Manager to Vice President in 2004.

VP, Software Quality Assurance | Testing | SDLC Methodologies | Financial Services | FinTech 

I partner with you, tech execs, to step into your full leadership potential and land your right-fit next executive role—with more impact, income & visibility, GUARANTEED. As a former VP reporting to a CIO/CTO, I know firsthand: advancing in tech leadership isn’t just about ability—it’s about navigating the unwritten rules of growth, owning your value, and communicating your impact with confidence.

I’ve seen talented leaders overlooked or underpaid—not because they lacked skills, but because they didn’t know how to position themselves.

I’ve helped 1,000+ tech executives break through plateaus, land right-fit leadership roles, and negotiate compensation that reflects their worth. I’ve built a proven, superpowers & values-driven system—refined since 2007 to stay current with what works today in tech hiring, branding, and job strategy.

This isn’t fluff. It’s not a plug-and-play template. It’s a strategic, adaptable roadmap and execution partnership that delivers results.

★ How I Help Tech Executives★ 
✅ Clarity & Positioning:  Define your unique leadership value & executive brand
✅ Executive Presence & Storytelling: Show up powerfully on LinkedIn, resumes, and in networking—without feeling like you’re bragging
✅ Job Search Strategy: Target the right leadership opportunities (including hidden ones)
✅ Interview & Negotiation Coaching: Land the job and the comp package
✅ Onboarding Success & Leadership Growth: Start strong and set the foundation for long-term success.

★ Who I Work With ★ 
Tech execs & leaders (Directors thru C-suite) across industries, including software, IT, healthcare financial svcs, consulting, and many other tech-driven sectors. My clients come from startups, mid-sized companies, Fortune 100 organizations, and VC/PE-backed firms.

★ Why Clients Choose Me Over Other Executive Career Coaches ★ 
✅ I’ve Been in Your Shoes: I built a thriving career from developer to VP and understand how tech execs think, work, and succeed.
✅ A Proven, No-BS, No-Hype System: Structured, results-driven, values & strengths-based, and customized to your goals
✅ Deeply Personalized Coaching: I meet clients where they are, ensuring every engagement is tailored to your needs, from strategy to execution.
✅ A Bigger Mission: My work isn’t just about landing jobs—it’s about placing values-driven leaders in the right roles to create real impact.

★ Ready to take your next step? Let’s talk! ★ 
📩 lori@lorihowardcoaching.com
📅 Click “Book an appointment” at the top of my profile.

🎁 Grab your free Tech Executive Networking Playbook: lorihowardcoaching.com/networking

Executive Career Coach | Leadership Consultant | Certified Executive Coach

I help technology leaders find an EPIC executive job where you will be seen, make an impact, and get paid what you deserve - in record time.

★ Are You A High-Performing Leader Who Feels Frustrated Or Stuck? ★

👉 Underpaid? Passed over for a raise or promotion?
👉 Overlooked for your achievements & contributions?
👉 Is your impact limited or the work you do unsatisfying?

★ Do You Want To … ★

🎯 Take control of your career with confidence while receiving recognition & rewards for your achievements.
🎯 Land a job you enjoy & create a lasting impact that makes you proud.
🎯 Earn the income you deserve with the daily satisfaction you seek.

My clients consistently achieve these results and more. They repeatedly land a job they love where they get recognized for their contributions, create an impact that makes them proud, and get paid what they deserve by identifying their highest value strengths and skills, developing their professional brand positioning, and executing a data-driven executive job search strategy.

Additional results posted in my “Featured” section of my LinkedIn profile.

★ I Help You ★

1. Identify your perfect fit next role and ideal company profile in which you’ll thrive, along with real-world target job titles, even if you don’t know what that is right now.
2. Create your professional brand position and your job search tools (targeted resumes, cover letters, and your LinkedIn profile).
3. Leverage a personalized networking strategy that helps you access your right-fit job opportunities.
4. Master how to tell your career story and highlight your unique offering while vetting the company in interviews.
5. Know how to guarantee you will get the BEST offers from your ideal opportunities.

★ Connect With Me ★

👉 If you want to learn more on how to find get an epic executive job fast, join my free workshop: https://lorihowardcoaching.com/master01

👉 You can also book a free Consult & Strategy Session with me: https://lorihowardcoaching.com/enjc

Advising, Not Owning
𝗔𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝘂𝗽 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆.
 
You influence the direction.
You shape the tradeoffs.
You push the thinking forward.
You move the work.
 
And then you either soften it…
 
“I supported…”
“I contributed to…”
“I was part of…”
 
Or you say nothing at all.
 
You assume the work will speak for itself.
 
𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵.
 
Not at the executive level.
Not at the C-suite level.
Not even at the CEO level.
 
Ownership isn’t just what you do.
 
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲.
 
In executive updates.
In strategy conversations.
In performance discussions.
In interviews.
On your resume.
In how you introduce yourself.
 
If you influenced the decision, say you drove it.
If you shaped the strategy, say you defined it.
If you moved the initiative forward, say you led it.
 
Too many senior leaders do ownership-level work
and narrate it at advisory level, or not at all.
 
And the market responds.
 
Credit follows clarity.
Authority follows articulation.
Leverage follows ownership.
 
You don’t wait to be recognized.
 
You speak at the level you operate.
 
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹?

           
#ExecutivePositioning  #LeadershipClarity
   
(𝘦𝘮-𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘫𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭)
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I’m Lori—an executive coach and trusted partner to tech leaders who are ready for what's next. 
⚡I help you step into your full leadership potential and land your right-fit next executive role—with more impact, income & visibility, guaranteed
🔔 Follow me for insights on executive positioning, job search, and purposeful career moves
♻️ If this resonated, save it or share it with someone walking this path.

🎯 Tech Executives Call Me At Career Inflection Points | Executive Career & Leadership Coach | Right Fit Roles • Visibility • Impact • Income | Be Seen. Be Valued. Get Paid What You’re Worth.

At senior levels, something subtle happens.
The higher the title, the fewer people truly challenge your thinking.

Not because you’re right.
 
Because hierarchy changes the conversation.
 
Pushback softens.
Questions narrow.
Silence increases.
 
From the outside, you look influential.

From the inside, insulation builds.
 
This comes up repeatedly in executive conversations — strong, capable leaders operating inside increasingly narrow feedback loops.
 
It doesn’t feel dangerous.
It feels efficient.
 
Until strategy shifts.
Or leadership changes.
Or restructuring hits.
Or cost pressure rises.
 
And suddenly your judgment hasn’t been pressure-tested outside your own system.
 
𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
 
This is why I believe in building intentional friction into your world.
 
An advisory circle.
External thinkers.
Peers who don’t report to you.
People who will push back without consequence.
 
𝗔𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸.
 
Who is still allowed to challenge your thinking?
 
#LeadershipClarity
#ExecutiveLeadership 
#ExecutivePositioning 


(𝘦𝘮-𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘫𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭)
⸻
I’m Lori—an executive coach and trusted partner to tech leaders who are ready for what's next. 
🔔 Follow me for insights on executive positioning, job search, and purposeful career moves
♻️ If this resonated, save it or share it with someone walking this path.

A pattern I see at the most senior levels, including the C-suite:
 
The higher the title, the fewer people truly challenge your thinking.
 
Not because you’re right.
Because hierarchy changes the conversation.
 
Yes, you can build a strong internal team.
And you should.
 
But your team reports to you.
They depend on you.
They are navigating internal incentives you control.
 
That’s not neutral friction.
 
Over the past 20+ years, working with thousands of leaders, I’ve seen what happens when senior executives rely only on internal feedback.
 
They don’t decline.
 
They drift.
 
𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗹𝘆.
Pushback softens.
Blind spots widen.

Confidence remains high.
 
Until: 
• strategy shifts
• leadership changes
• restructuring hits
• cost pressure increases
 
And suddenly their judgment hasn’t been tested outside their own ecosystem.
 
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦.

Not to replace your team.
To pressure-test your thinking beyond it.

𝗔𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸.
 
𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀?

#ExecutivePositioning
#LeadershipClarity
#ExecutiveCareerStrategy

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