At Proteus, we’re confident we’re serving our clients well when we demonstrate these beliefs through our actions.
Meet the Proteus Team
Erika is the founding partner of Proteus, a coaching, consulting, and training firm that focuses on leader readiness.
Jeff, a Proteus partner since 2000, helps executives and leadership teams envision the organization they hope to create, clarify the essentials of their most pressing challenges and create practical plans to make their vision a reality.
Laird McLean brings 30 years of experience as a visionary leader to his role as Chief Executive Officer of Proteus.
Marie Holive brings two decades of experience as an inspirational leader and successful executive to her work at Proteus.
Christine is Proteus’ Director of Finance, HR, and Administration, bringing over 20 years of extensive expertise in small and medium size companies, spanning accounting, finance, human resources, and administration to Proteus.
Alicia serves as Director of Operational Excellence & Client Services for Proteus, working with our client experience and sales support staff to ensure exceptional client experiences while continuously improving our systems and processes.
Jen’s consulting philosophy is to ask the right questions, understand key objectives, build trusted partnerships, and develop actionable solutions that will make a difference.
Ron brings to his work with Proteus over two decades of experience working with Fortune 1000 companies and start-ups in sales leadership, consulting and product development.
Caitlyn Judge is our Business Development Specialist, based in Proteus’ Minneapolis office. A problem-solver by nature, she enjoys understanding the full sales cycle and troubleshooting gaps to make improvements
Michelle Moser is a Client Experience team member, based in Proteus’ Minneapolis office. She has worked across various industries, and in a broad range of functional roles, including sales, finance, process-improvement and operations. The constant thread throughout her career has been a focus on delivering customer satisfaction.
Jermaine Hernandez is a Client Delivery Specialist with Proteus’ stellar Client Experience team, bringing over 15 years of expertise in client-facing roles.
Kathy brings her own experience as a leader and deep understanding of what makes businesses work to her coaching practice—including how to create teams that can navigate through tough times to achieve success.
Mike assists organizations undergoing dramatic change. He draws on more than two decades as a human resources executive across a variety of industries to provide focused advice, insights, and tools to senior executives.
Cindy provides senior teams and executives with skills and understanding that enable them to determine where they want to go, create a strategy for getting there, and ultimately fulfill their potential to lead.
Simon Minett is a senior Sales and Operations Executive with over 35 years of comprehensive experience in leadership roles in the global technology and services sales sector.
Cindy helps her clients understand their current impact and clarify their vision, then supports them to identify and make the strategic shifts in mindset, style and behavior that will most powerfully foster their success in achieving their hoped for futures—now, in their next role, and for years to come.
Therese Miclot is the Director of Proteus’ Facilitation Excellence area. She works with organizations to improve the impact and quality of facilitated experiences.
Jennifer Sherman is a seasoned executive coach, master trainer, and facilitator. She serves as a trusted partner and advisor to executives, managers, and business owners from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups.
Cari is a versatile facilitator, executive coach and consultant who builds relationships, breaks down complex issues to help find elegant solutions, and designs approaches that deliver results.
Tina is a consultant, trainer, and facilitator who enjoys using her industrial engineering background and nearly 20 years of consulting experience to help organizations make the most of limited resources and bring people, technology, and processes into harmony.
Debra is an experienced operator and strategy consultant, with more than 20 years’ experience in strategic planning and developing & implementing growth strategies.
Jim serves as a trusted advisor to his clients, partnering with leaders and teams to achieve breakthrough results, improve working relationships, and fully realize individual and collective potential through strategic consulting, coaching, and facilitation.
Lawrence Dunford has successfully led Organizational Development & Learning initiatives across various industries including Healthcare, Retail and Commercial Banking, Media and Technology.
Kate Payne has been advising senior leaders building businesses for 20+ years—both as a handpicked insider and outside consultant. Her gift for helping smart leaders sharpen their skills and grow their teams makes her a trusted resource to clients and colleagues alike.
Ian partners with organizations to help them innovate and transform. He helps leaders see where their systems, processes, and technologies can be improved to capture more value for the organization and deliver better customer and employee experiences.
Paul is a Trainer and Executive Coach who builds leadership capacity in people and teams. Paul specializes in creating safe, collaborative learning environments where people can grow and reach their highest potential.
Malcolm Pickup brings over three decades of experience in learning and leadership development, working globally with diverse and complex organizations to support leaders in building organizational capability.
Amy is an accomplished executive coach, transformation consultant and facilitator, with a strong record of supporting clients through foundational change.
Leah partners with business leaders in times of transformation to facilitate strategic change for individuals, teams, and organizations as a consultant, coach, and facilitator.
Tessa Tubbs, a senior consultant with Proteus, brings 25+ years of experience working with executive and senior leadership teams to envision the desired future of their organization, identify and marshal resources, and develop and execute on plans to bring their strategy to life—all the while strengthening the leader’s ability to caste the vision and bring others along the journey with them.
Sean Clinton Madison is passionate about creating a powerful learner experience, whether working as a highly engaging facilitator or behind the scenes as a production manager for virtual or in-person events.
Iván is the Latin America Director for Proteus, leading our work in the region with multinationals and local corporations. Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English, he can apply his expert skills as a facilitator, learning professional, and performance improvement consultant in a wide variety of business contexts.
Vanessa is an executive coach and trainer, known for her communication and engagement skills, her intercultural awareness, and her deep understanding of the impact change can have on individuals and organizations
JC Lippold is a passionate learner-centric facilitator, versatile communicator and leadership development coach.
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Believing in something; acting on that belief...
- Our work is judged by how well we help our clients build their business.
- If people can see the true shape of a problem, they can solve it.
- Teams thrive only with high trust, common vision, and consonant values.
- When people feel capable and powerful, they can learn and change.
- Listening is the foundation of success.