I grew up in Silicon Valley, and entered the high-technology industry at a young age. In high school, I worked as an intern for
Tymshare and
Hewlett-Packard, then went off to
UC Berkeley.
During my time at Cal, I continued to pursue experiences in the high-tech world. I spent summers working at
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories and
Imagic, a video-game company, where I wrote a graphics editor for the rockstar-like game designers. I took a semester off after being accepted into the Research Associate summer program at the
Weizmann Insitute of Science in Israel, where I conducted research in logic programming. Upon my return, I joined the Smalltalk group at
Xerox PARC as an intern, before returning to Cal. In 1984, I received a
B.A. in Computer Science, graduating
Magna Cum Laude and becoming a member of
Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
In graduate school at
Stanford University, I created a customized program of study and research for myself in Educational Computing, with the sponsorship of Prof. Terry Winograd. I was particularly interested in the design and development of educational software for children, parents, and teachers. I received an
M.S. in Computer Science in 1987.
After working as a programmer/designer at
Picodyne, an educational software company, I joined
Apple Computer as their K-12 Education Software Evangelist. In this role, I worked with software companies to develop software for schools, and worked with Apple's R&D groups to help create products, such as the Macintosh LC, that were targeted for students, teachers, and school administrators. In eight years at Apple, I held a number of positions in R&D and Sales & Marketing, ultimately becoming the Director of Education Sales and Marketing at
Claris, Apple's software subsidiary, where my team and I were responsible for a $30M annual business. During this time, I also attended the
Stanford Executive Institute.
From Claris, I moved to
Hooked on Phonics as Vice-President of Affinity Marketing. For some years, though, I had become more and more interested in counseling. As a manager and executive, I had always enjoyed the "people side" of management and leadership. I had been trained as a grief counselor and was volunteering in the community, working with people who had had a loved one die recently, or who were facing a life-threatening illness themselves. I decided to switch careers. In 1999, I returned to graduate school part-time and began studying counseling, and opened a management consulting practice,
Marvin Zauderer and Associates, to sustain my family through the transition. In my practice, I worked with executives at companies such as
Adobe to create business plans and strategies for success in education markets.
Ultimately, I graduated from
Dominican University of California with an
M.S. in Counseling Psychology, and was awarded membership in the
Psi Chi psychology honor society. I completed the 3000 hours of experience and the two examinations required by the State of California, and became a
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.In becoming a licensed psychotherapist and conducting a psychotherapy
practice over the past nine years, I have received much education,
training, and experience in many things that help me be an effective
executive coach, including:
• understanding human motivation and behavior
• being less judgmental than many people
• understanding the challenges people face at work and in life
•
understanding how human beings develop and how many of our thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors are within the normal range of experience
• helping people manage crises
• conducting a practice based on published ethics
• balancing a knowledge of people in general with the ability to understand the uniqueness of each person I work with
• helping people resolve conflict and communicate more effectively
In my Executive Coaching practice, I combine my 20+ years of experience in industry with my training in counseling to help executives, partners, and teams improve performance at work.
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