Title: Senior Vice President, Delivery & Brand Excellence

Role Summary: I support the mission, vision, and values of the organization by leading ClearRock’s team of talented coaches, consultants, and facilitators as they deliver excellence across the Company’s three practice areas. And I oversee the marketing function of the Company, contributing to ClearRock’s goal of being known as a leader in the talent optimization space – making work and life better for those we serve.

Professional Passions: Helping teams thrive through thoughtful leadership, optimization of systems and processes, and clear communication.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Don’t allow yourself to be pigeon holed. Starting in one “lane” doesn’t mean you have to stay there. Be resourceful and seek opportunities to contribute in new ways. You may just find yourself in a place that better aligns with both your talents and your interests.

Interesting facts: The process of restoring an antique home recently revealed that I have a mild obsession with home design/decorating.

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Title: President

Role Summary: As President and owner of ClearRock, I guide the strategic direction, evolution and growth of ClearRock in alignment with our values, while partnering with leaders to optimize talent and strengthen organizations.

Professional Passions: Helping people to see the best in themselves to maximize success in their career.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Pick something you are naturally good at and become great at it.

Interesting facts: I am a singer and novice piano player.

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Title: Senior Vice President, Talent Consulting

Role Summary: Using data, knowledge and experience, I help leaders elevate performance and unlock potential in people.

Professional Passions: Helping people recognize and leverage their natural strengths.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: On your career journey, always have someone ahead of you who can be a trusted coach and mentor, and someone behind you whom you can guide, support, and share your wisdom.

Interesting facts: My first car was a motorcycle.

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Title: Executive Coach & Facilitator

Role Summary: I work with leaders to develop a safe and inclusive performance-oriented culture.

Professional Passions: Helping others to become the best versions of their true selves.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Culture eats strategy for breakfast.

Interesting facts: My career has taken me from India to Japan, Bangor, and now…Boston.

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Title: Senior Career Consultant

Role Summary: I provide career consulting at all phases of the transition process. I am genuinely interested in understanding each person with whom I work, which allows me to quickly build trust and confidence. Being a career consultant is a privilege and provides the opportunity for mutual learning, increased self-awareness, and to be the co-author of positive outcomes.

Professional Passions: Providing guidance to individuals as they achieve personal and professional goals. Knowing that I made a difference in someone’s life is not only gratifying but also motivating.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Decide what you want to be known for and incorporate it into everything you do.

Interesting facts: I Love to travel, and my husband and I are slowly working our way through our list of desired experiences and destinations. I also love to paint; it is the kind of activity where I get lost in the creative process.

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Title: Senior Career Consultant / Executive Coach

Role Summary: Through listening and paying attention to what’s not being said, I help people uncover and step into their full potential as they navigate through career growth and transition – guiding them in a non-judgmental manner to what resonates with them both professionally and personally. 

Professional Passions: Encouraging people to trust that they can find their power and voice while tapping into their core values; being a conduit for connection; editing copy; simplifying and streamlining processes.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Create from what’s possible not from what is, and as well realize that you may not be able to direct the wind but you can adjust your sail. 

Interesting facts: I am an incredibly loyal and trusted confidante, friend and mother figure to many, a solid tennis player and a beginning (pretty bad) golfer! 

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Title: Senior Career Consultant

Role Summary: I provide career consulting/coaching to professionals at all organizational levels to help them identify career options and develop marketing, networking, interviewing and negotiating skills to best position themselves for the roles they pursue.

Professional Passions: Career coaching is my calling and I am passionate about supporting individuals, one on one and through facilitating workshops, as they seek the right role in the right organization and gain confidence and stretch their comfort zones.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Do what you love and don’t settle for anything less.

Interesting facts: I’m an avid outdoor person and enjoy long walks, (joining virtual walks including the Camino de Santiago and the Appalachian Trail), hiking, golfing, kayaking and gardening. 

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Title: Executive Coach & Facilitator

Role Summary: The path to sustainable change is hard and unique to everyone. As an executive coach and psychologist, I help people drive impactful change for themselves and their teams by bridging the intention-behavior gap.

Professional Passions: I am passionate about understanding how our thoughts and beliefs influence our behavioral choices and using active introspection to grow.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Learning never stops, so always seek to understand.

Interesting facts: I recently learned how to ride a bike!

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Title: VP, Talent Consulting / Executive Coach

Role Summary: By drawing on my experience as an HR professional, organizational leader, and coach, I identify opportunities and facilitate impactful leadership development experiences for employees.

Professional Passions: Helping leaders to have more significant impact by finding personal and professional clarity and empowerment, and developing strategies to realize their and their team’s full potential.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Executive presence is about knowing your values and standing in them.

Interesting facts: After college, I traveled to Chile with an open-ended return ticket. I ended up staying for a year, teaching English, and becoming an avid salsa dancer.

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Title: Executive Coach & Facilitator

Role Summary: As a coach and trusted advisor, I help individuals and teams tackle challenging issues. I also apply my experience and understanding of organizational dynamics to develop and facilitate leadership development programs.

Professional Passions: Working with highly motivated individuals and teams to help them exceed their performance expectations.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: You should go into HR… you have the right antennae.

Interesting facts: I am a professionally-trained beer taster.

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Title: Senior Career Consultant

Role Summary: I provide career consulting/coaching to professionals to help them identify career options and develop networking, marketing, interviewing, and negotiating skills to support their career transition.

Professional Passions: Career coaching is my passion. I genuinely enjoy getting to know each person and meeting them wherever they are in their career journey.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Be open to every opportunity because you never know where it may take you.

Interesting facts: I love to travel, and I’m happiest when I can be outdoors.

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Title: Executive Coach & Facilitator

Role Summary: I work with leaders and teams at important inflection points to help them maximize their success.

Professional Passions: Helping leaders and teams redefine what is possible.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Know when to ask for permission and when to ask for forgiveness.

Interesting facts: I started my career journey in technology and electrical engineering.

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Title: Manager, HR & Business Operations

Role Summary: My commitment lies in the optimization of operations and the cultivation of positive relationships within the organization.

Professional Passions: Being part of a high-performing, inclusive team that consistently delivers value. This extends not only within our organization but also to our external partners.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Do not overthink everything.

Interesting facts: I proudly hold a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and I have been a member of the National Team in Mexico.

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Title: Executive Coach / Senior Career Consultant

Role Summary: I work with individuals to develop tools that can enhance both their professional and personal growth.

Professional Passions: I get energized by working with leaders to help them better understand and successfully navigate organizational culture.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: When thrust into a new situation, “lean into your discomfort.” The initial discomfort you feel will be followed by new learning and growth.

Interesting facts: I am an avid fan of opera and am on the board of an African American Opera Company.

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Title: Program & Administration Manager

Role Summary: I provide essential administrative and operational support contributing to the exceptional delivery of services across all three talent consulting practices areas.

Professional Passions: Ensuring excellent customer experiences and contributing to business process improvements.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: You choose your seat on the “Career Bus,” and you can be the driver and steer the bus in any direction you want to, with your sincerity and commitment. 

Interesting facts: While volunteering for a preschool I discovered my natural ability to teach kids.

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Title: Client Relationship Manager

Role Summary: I develop and foster authentic relationships with our clients so that I can best understand their needs and consistently deliver value.

Professional Passions: Making genuine connections and helping people reach that “ah-ha” moment.  

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Don’t be afraid to fail, trust your abilities.

Interesting facts: I can play songs on the piano by ear.

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Title: Executive Coach Consultant

Role Summary: I leverage my depth of experience and understanding of organizational dynamics to contribute to the development, shifting perspectives, and growth of leaders.

Professional Passions: Coaching, advising, supporting, onboarding, working with all levels including young high-potentials.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: The most important word in the English language is the word “yet.”

Interesting facts: I love horses particularly, but all livestock and animals in general. 

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Title: Client Relationship Manager

Role Summary: I create meaningful relationships through service oriented account management with our clients at ClearRock.

Professional Passions: Being part of a high performing cohesive team and company for the benefit of those I work with internally and externally.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: A positive attitude will equal positive results; your mindset influences your performance and your path.

Interesting facts: I live in a schoolhouse built in 1840!

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Title: Senior Career Consultant / Executive Coach

Role Summary: I help professionals in transition reframe and be ready in their search, and leaders in organizations align to accelerate their professional and personal growth.

Professional Passions: Helping people deepen self awareness to enable powerful and sustainable leadership, while connecting meaningfully.

Best piece of professional advice ever received: Figure out who you want to be.

Interesting facts: I did not learn to speak English until age 9.

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“I believe in ClearRock’s mission, to elevate performance by unlocking potential in people.  ClearRock’s experts help people become the best leaders they can be and see the opportunity for recalibration in career transition. It’s very rewarding to be a part of ClearRock’s success which translates to the success of those who they serve.” – Brian

Brian Formato is the founder and principal at Groove Management and LeaderSurf. He is a seasoned organizational development and human capital leader with 20+ years of corporate experience. Brian is an accomplished speaker, writer and executive coach who has had a positive impact on individuals and organizations around the globe.

With the success of Groove Management, Brian started a second company LeaderSurf. Leadersurf is a unique leadership development program that mergers learning to surf with becoming a better leader.

Having developed and delivered leadership development programs in several organizations including Time Warner Cable, Ingersoll Rand, The Motley Fool, The AARP Pharmacy Service and Doosan, Brian has a keen understanding of what it takes to be an effective leader in a corporate setting. In his consulting company, Brian has designed and delivered leadership programs for MetLife, AccruePartners, FCB Global, Charter Communications, HERC and several other organizations.

Brian has a Master’s degree in Organization Development (MSOD) from the American University in Washington, D.C., and a BA degree in Business Management from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. Brian holds certifications in several assessment tools.

When not at work Brian tends to spend his free time either on Mountain Island Lake in Charlotte, N.C., or in Asker, Norway, with his wife, Brita, daughter, Olivia, and family.

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“ClearRock is dedicated to developing meaningful partnerships allowing them an in-depth understanding of clients’ needs, business strategy and organizational goals. Regardless of the duration of the engagement, ClearRock’s work has long-term impact that helps organizations that are committed to excellence, build and grow talent and capability. I appreciate the long view ClearRock has and the integrity and high-tough approach that characterize the team.” – Angela 

Angela D. Harrell is a Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility and Diversity & Inclusion, and serves as President of Voya Foundation. Voya’s corporate responsibility (CR) strategy is based on its work across the enterprise in four pillars: Empowering Our Employees, Serving Our Clients, Investing in Communities and Protecting the Environment. The first three pillars align with Voya’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) strategy. Angela leads these efforts and the Foundation’s mission to help young people be financially resilient and to empower educators to achieve excellence in the classroom.

Recognition of Voya’s environmental, social and governance performance includes membership in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North American family (2016-2017), Disability Equality Index (2018), FTSE4Good Index Series (2018), recognition as a World’s Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere Institute (2014-2018), No. 64 ranking of Fortune 500 companies on Newsweek’s Top Green Companies, listing on Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index and certification as a Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality by Human Rights Campaign, as well as a Great Place to Work® for Giving Back by Fortune.

Prior to joining Voya Financial, Angela spent 12 years at The Coca-Cola Company, where she was involved with a broad range of activities including corporate responsibility, media relations, financial and sustainability reporting, internal and executive communications, digital/social media and community affairs. Her final position with Coca-Cola was as the Global Director of Operations, Coca-Cola Ambassador. Prior to joining The Coca-Cola Company, Angela worked as an executive recruiter and a business analyst.

Angela earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and a master’s degree in international affairs from Yale University. She serves on the nonprofit board of the Citizens’ Committee for Children and as a member of the World 50.

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“ClearRock’s outstanding leadership, talented team of professionals, and focus on client outcomes, makes it an honor to serve on the Board. The company is poised to leverage their strong history and create a future of significant growth.  ClearRock consistently demonstrates the ability to understand complex client business problems, solve them collaboratively and provides concrete business results. I’m delighted to be supporting this energized and dedicated team of experts.”  – Nancy

Nancy is the founder and owner of Martini Advisory, a management consulting firm that provides Executive Coaching, Strategic Planning, Management Effectiveness and Succession Planning services. Nancy helps clients accelerate goal attainment and drive results.

Nancy is the former President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Predictive Index, a global talent optimization firm. As CEO from 2007-2014, Nancy led the growth of the organization to 48 locations globally with 350 Consultants, serving over 8,000 clients in 62 languages, and active in 143 countries. Nancy led the company from family-owned and operated, to professionally managed, to the sale to Phoenix Strategies.  Boston-based PI was recognized in the Top 100 Women-led Businesses by the Boston Business Journal under Nancy’s leadership.

An expert on the subjects of growth strategy, sales leadership and skills mastery, Nancy is the author of Scientific Selling, Creating High Performance Sales Teams through Applied Science and Testing published by Wiley, and the best-selling business book Customer-Focused Selling published by Adams. 

Nancy holds the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP®) designation from the National Speakers Association, an honor bestowed on the top 5% of speakers worldwide.  In the media, Nancy has been published and quoted in leading business magazines including Selling Power Magazine, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine, and Talent Management. 

Nancy holds a MEd from Cambridge College in Psychological Studies.

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Nicolas Robbe is the CEO and co-founder of Hoverlay, a leading innovator in the realm of Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and Human-Computer Interactions. With a rich history in the tech industry, Nicolas has consistently demonstrated his ability to lead cross-functional teams and capture strategic growth opportunities. He has held senior leadership positions at renowned technology and software companies such as ILOG, IBM, and Dynatrace, where he played pivotal roles in driving significant growth and transformation. Nicolas boasts a master’s degree in Computer Science from UTC (France). Furthering his commitment to lifelong learning and leadership, he attended the prestigious Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program. 

“Having partnered with ClearRock for many years, I’ve seen firsthand the positive impact of the work they do. Career inflection points require reflection, vision and strategy. The advisors at ClearRock provide practical tools, space and perspective to maximize the benefits of a career change. I’m excited to join the talented advisory board of ClearRock to provide feedback that can help the business grow and continue to positively impact the lives of employees and businesses.”  – Piper

Piper Fowler Sheer has more than 27 years of broad-based human resources experience. She is a human resources executive adept at making the right connections to support overall business strategy; leveraging organizational culture to drive results; and exceeding expectations in dynamic, fast-paced environments. She has particular expertise in the recruitment, assimilation and coaching of US and international executives; the planning and communication of complex organizational change; and the practical execution of strategic vision. Piper enjoys working in an innovative, entrepreneurial environment where HR is expected to contribute directly to the success of the business. 

In her current role, Piper is responsible for all aspects of HR strategy and service delivery; for ensuring HR practices and policy are aligned with business objectives; and for advising on effective execution of organizational shifts such as growth, transformation and restructuring. 

Prior to AEW, she worked in the global markets business at State Street Corporation and previously served as Sr. Vice President, HR at IDG Communications, a global technology media company.

Outside of work, Piper has been an active member of the Board at the Inly School in Scituate, MA and a member of the Personnel Board in the Town of Norwell.

She’s a graduate of UVM and the proud Mom of two college-age sons. 

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