Stronger Sales With Coaching

Jeff is a seasoned leadership executive with over two decades of experience across all sides of the table as a senior agency, frontline sales, and sales enablement leader. Driven by a deep commitment to personal and organizational growth, Jeff’s mission is to guide sellers, sales teams, and sales organizations to navigate the shifts necessary to transform their impact. With a focus on leadership, sales, and career development, Jeff is dedicated to guiding others toward their full potential.

For twelve years, Jeff was at the forefront of Google's success, most recently serving as the Global Director of Enablement & Sales Coaching. In this pivotal role, Jeff was instrumental in supporting thousands of managers and sellers worldwide within the Large Customer Sales & GTM organizations and was the mastermind behind Google's award-winning global sales coaching program, which has delivered thousands of coaching sessions worldwide.

Outside of work, Jeff is a proud husband and father to his wife Jessica and three young boys (Cole, Reid, and Trip) and their chocolate lab Scout.  When not working, he is enjoying time with family, watching sports as a long-suffering Chicago sports fan, and playing basketball.

Andee Harris had one of Chicago’s largest tech exits in 2018 to Vista Private Equity as CEO of HighGround Software. She is an unstoppable, successful business builder, right brain thinker in a left-brain world. She is known for clearing pathways by connecting data and people. After three successful exits, Andee most recently served as the CEO of Challenger Inc., a sales training and enablement platform. Under her leadership, Challenger was acquired by its largest competitor in September of 2024, generating significant returns for investors.

Andee is also an Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Management, where she shares her entrepreneurial wisdom through the course Launching and Leading Startups. She is a highly regarded technology thought leader with broad expertise in market share growth, business development, multi-channel marketing and revenue management. She is a member of YPO Chicago and serves on the boards of Pavion, Assisi Pet Food, ConceiveAbilities, and The Lurie Children’s Hospital Strategic Founders Board. Andee lives in Lincoln Square with her husband, two adult children and Black Lab. An avid traveler, she enjoys cooking and spending time outdoors.

Mike Lombardi leads the EdTech vertical team at Amazon Web Services (AWS), overseeing the growth and support of thousands of EdTech companies leveraging cloud technology to transform global education. With over two decades in the education technology sector, Mike played a key role in launching AWS's EdTech vertical in 2014 after spending 11 years at Blackboard, and at two startups prior to that. Mike is particularly passionate about growing and developing his team members, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional advancement. Beyond his corporate role at AWS, Mike has been active in the startup ecosystem as an angel investor and private equity investor, leveraging his experience in technology innovation, sales leadership, and talent development for the benefit of the companies he advises, mentors, and invests in.

Michael serves as CEO at the Hudson Institute of Coaching, one of the world's premier coach training and corporate coaching organizations. Michael has a Master's in Organizational Psychology from INSEAD and spent 10 years of his career living and working in Southeast Asia and East Africa, where he helped build what is now Africa's largest direct service NGO. Michael also works as a coach, working primarily with startup founders and social entrepreneurs. Michael believes coaching is needed in our world today more than ever before, and he is dedicated to using it to create a more purpose-driven world.