A seasoned Leader and Business Partner, Ms. Martin helps client groups optimize performance during periods of rapid expansion and unprecedented change. During her 20-year career, she has helped strengthen the skills of 1,000+ middle managers and senior leaders in their mission to scale globally, transform culture, and increase operational efficiency. She has worked with biotech, high-tech, finance, not-for-profit, and healthcare companies. Ms. Martin's expertise includes leadership development, organizational effectiveness, assessment of talent needs, and succession planning in global organizations. Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Martin worked at Microsoft, where she elevated the executive leadership skills of 200 general manager-potentials in Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East through a learning platform delivered enterprise-wide. Ms. Martin also worked at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, where she maximized collaboration between 900 scientists and physicians across seven Harvard medical institutions, and EMC, where she created and executed curricula that set performance management standards across global business units. In addition, she co-founded and managed two successful consulting firms—both focused on leadership and organization development—that have served private and non-profit enterprises in Boston and Seattle. A graduate of Duke University, Ms. Martin holds a master's of business administration in marketing and organizational behavior from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management.