Violette B Mahmoudi
Leadership Trainer and Executive Coach at LifeLabs Learning- Claim this Profile
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Fred Kofman
What most impressed me in Violette was her grit in building a career path authentic to herself; transitioning from engineering to executive coaching and leadership training. Her having roots is the world of engineering, gives her credibility with technical leaders. I was also impressed by her ability to to respond to circumstances and bounce forward with a response-able mindset. Throughout her adventurous life she's overcome many challenges, coming out stronger every time. I found her such a good role model that I connected her with my son and daughter, who had recently graduated from college, exchanging my mentoring her for her mentoring them.
Aliki Helman
I met Banafsheh when I presented at a "Networking with the purpose" event and am delighted with her passion for making a difference for "Women in tech" and community with disabilities. It is wonderful to see her light shining, realizing the impact she has on people through who she is, her work, and volunteer activities that she committed to. Banafsheh has so much to offer and it is needed in the world now. Her authentic song is bursting through the limitations programmed by the society, dissolving barriers, and carrying its tune, the unique one, the one that the Universe has been waiting for. Go shine, Banafsheh, the fearless adventurer, the explorer of life and joy, share what you have, it is so valuable..
Bob Robbins
I met Banafsheh some two years ago and was immediately impressed with her enthusiasm, technical expertise, knowledge and professional demeanor. It was however, her ability to carefully listen and empathize that caught my attention. Over the course of this two-year period, I discovered that in addition to a keen intellect, Banafsheh had boundless energy and a real determination to help those needing assistance to master their technical issues. Banafsheh is extremely reliable and has experience with a vast array of technologies. She possesses the ability to handle delicate situations with her clients, and has a particular gift for explaining technical issues in ways her audience can understand. She has an unwavering commitment to exceed customer expectations, is an insatiable learner and possesses a genuine intellectual curiosity. In addition to being strong technically, she is blessed with strong interpersonal skills and is very good at presenting options to solve complex problems. It will become apparent to anyone, that Banafsheh is eternally upbeat. She has an uncanny ability to calm angry or frustrated customers, which I witnessed personally on numerous occasions. Dealing effectively with others in antagonistic situations, she uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict. She uses effective approaches for developing appropriate solutions and takes action that is consistent with available facts, limitations, and potential consequences. Praising her as I did to her supervisors, I discovered they too recognized her many abilities, indicating she possessed a team player mind-set, that she developed and sustained productive customer relationships, enthusiastically embraced change, and made her customers needs a primary focus of her actions. I know Banafsheh maintains the technical and professional expertise required to do her job effectively. Importantly, she appreciates the varied interests and insights of others while working collaboratively and respectfully with individuals of diverse backgrounds, styles, and capabilities.
Fred Kofman
What most impressed me in Violette was her grit in building a career path authentic to herself; transitioning from engineering to executive coaching and leadership training. Her having roots is the world of engineering, gives her credibility with technical leaders. I was also impressed by her ability to to respond to circumstances and bounce forward with a response-able mindset. Throughout her adventurous life she's overcome many challenges, coming out stronger every time. I found her such a good role model that I connected her with my son and daughter, who had recently graduated from college, exchanging my mentoring her for her mentoring them.
Aliki Helman
I met Banafsheh when I presented at a "Networking with the purpose" event and am delighted with her passion for making a difference for "Women in tech" and community with disabilities. It is wonderful to see her light shining, realizing the impact she has on people through who she is, her work, and volunteer activities that she committed to. Banafsheh has so much to offer and it is needed in the world now. Her authentic song is bursting through the limitations programmed by the society, dissolving barriers, and carrying its tune, the unique one, the one that the Universe has been waiting for. Go shine, Banafsheh, the fearless adventurer, the explorer of life and joy, share what you have, it is so valuable..
Bob Robbins
I met Banafsheh some two years ago and was immediately impressed with her enthusiasm, technical expertise, knowledge and professional demeanor. It was however, her ability to carefully listen and empathize that caught my attention. Over the course of this two-year period, I discovered that in addition to a keen intellect, Banafsheh had boundless energy and a real determination to help those needing assistance to master their technical issues. Banafsheh is extremely reliable and has experience with a vast array of technologies. She possesses the ability to handle delicate situations with her clients, and has a particular gift for explaining technical issues in ways her audience can understand. She has an unwavering commitment to exceed customer expectations, is an insatiable learner and possesses a genuine intellectual curiosity. In addition to being strong technically, she is blessed with strong interpersonal skills and is very good at presenting options to solve complex problems. It will become apparent to anyone, that Banafsheh is eternally upbeat. She has an uncanny ability to calm angry or frustrated customers, which I witnessed personally on numerous occasions. Dealing effectively with others in antagonistic situations, she uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict. She uses effective approaches for developing appropriate solutions and takes action that is consistent with available facts, limitations, and potential consequences. Praising her as I did to her supervisors, I discovered they too recognized her many abilities, indicating she possessed a team player mind-set, that she developed and sustained productive customer relationships, enthusiastically embraced change, and made her customers needs a primary focus of her actions. I know Banafsheh maintains the technical and professional expertise required to do her job effectively. Importantly, she appreciates the varied interests and insights of others while working collaboratively and respectfully with individuals of diverse backgrounds, styles, and capabilities.
Fred Kofman
What most impressed me in Violette was her grit in building a career path authentic to herself; transitioning from engineering to executive coaching and leadership training. Her having roots is the world of engineering, gives her credibility with technical leaders. I was also impressed by her ability to to respond to circumstances and bounce forward with a response-able mindset. Throughout her adventurous life she's overcome many challenges, coming out stronger every time. I found her such a good role model that I connected her with my son and daughter, who had recently graduated from college, exchanging my mentoring her for her mentoring them.
Aliki Helman
I met Banafsheh when I presented at a "Networking with the purpose" event and am delighted with her passion for making a difference for "Women in tech" and community with disabilities. It is wonderful to see her light shining, realizing the impact she has on people through who she is, her work, and volunteer activities that she committed to. Banafsheh has so much to offer and it is needed in the world now. Her authentic song is bursting through the limitations programmed by the society, dissolving barriers, and carrying its tune, the unique one, the one that the Universe has been waiting for. Go shine, Banafsheh, the fearless adventurer, the explorer of life and joy, share what you have, it is so valuable..
Bob Robbins
I met Banafsheh some two years ago and was immediately impressed with her enthusiasm, technical expertise, knowledge and professional demeanor. It was however, her ability to carefully listen and empathize that caught my attention. Over the course of this two-year period, I discovered that in addition to a keen intellect, Banafsheh had boundless energy and a real determination to help those needing assistance to master their technical issues. Banafsheh is extremely reliable and has experience with a vast array of technologies. She possesses the ability to handle delicate situations with her clients, and has a particular gift for explaining technical issues in ways her audience can understand. She has an unwavering commitment to exceed customer expectations, is an insatiable learner and possesses a genuine intellectual curiosity. In addition to being strong technically, she is blessed with strong interpersonal skills and is very good at presenting options to solve complex problems. It will become apparent to anyone, that Banafsheh is eternally upbeat. She has an uncanny ability to calm angry or frustrated customers, which I witnessed personally on numerous occasions. Dealing effectively with others in antagonistic situations, she uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict. She uses effective approaches for developing appropriate solutions and takes action that is consistent with available facts, limitations, and potential consequences. Praising her as I did to her supervisors, I discovered they too recognized her many abilities, indicating she possessed a team player mind-set, that she developed and sustained productive customer relationships, enthusiastically embraced change, and made her customers needs a primary focus of her actions. I know Banafsheh maintains the technical and professional expertise required to do her job effectively. Importantly, she appreciates the varied interests and insights of others while working collaboratively and respectfully with individuals of diverse backgrounds, styles, and capabilities.
Fred Kofman
What most impressed me in Violette was her grit in building a career path authentic to herself; transitioning from engineering to executive coaching and leadership training. Her having roots is the world of engineering, gives her credibility with technical leaders. I was also impressed by her ability to to respond to circumstances and bounce forward with a response-able mindset. Throughout her adventurous life she's overcome many challenges, coming out stronger every time. I found her such a good role model that I connected her with my son and daughter, who had recently graduated from college, exchanging my mentoring her for her mentoring them.
Aliki Helman
I met Banafsheh when I presented at a "Networking with the purpose" event and am delighted with her passion for making a difference for "Women in tech" and community with disabilities. It is wonderful to see her light shining, realizing the impact she has on people through who she is, her work, and volunteer activities that she committed to. Banafsheh has so much to offer and it is needed in the world now. Her authentic song is bursting through the limitations programmed by the society, dissolving barriers, and carrying its tune, the unique one, the one that the Universe has been waiting for. Go shine, Banafsheh, the fearless adventurer, the explorer of life and joy, share what you have, it is so valuable..
Bob Robbins
I met Banafsheh some two years ago and was immediately impressed with her enthusiasm, technical expertise, knowledge and professional demeanor. It was however, her ability to carefully listen and empathize that caught my attention. Over the course of this two-year period, I discovered that in addition to a keen intellect, Banafsheh had boundless energy and a real determination to help those needing assistance to master their technical issues. Banafsheh is extremely reliable and has experience with a vast array of technologies. She possesses the ability to handle delicate situations with her clients, and has a particular gift for explaining technical issues in ways her audience can understand. She has an unwavering commitment to exceed customer expectations, is an insatiable learner and possesses a genuine intellectual curiosity. In addition to being strong technically, she is blessed with strong interpersonal skills and is very good at presenting options to solve complex problems. It will become apparent to anyone, that Banafsheh is eternally upbeat. She has an uncanny ability to calm angry or frustrated customers, which I witnessed personally on numerous occasions. Dealing effectively with others in antagonistic situations, she uses appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict. She uses effective approaches for developing appropriate solutions and takes action that is consistent with available facts, limitations, and potential consequences. Praising her as I did to her supervisors, I discovered they too recognized her many abilities, indicating she possessed a team player mind-set, that she developed and sustained productive customer relationships, enthusiastically embraced change, and made her customers needs a primary focus of her actions. I know Banafsheh maintains the technical and professional expertise required to do her job effectively. Importantly, she appreciates the varied interests and insights of others while working collaboratively and respectfully with individuals of diverse backgrounds, styles, and capabilities.
Credentials
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LifeLabs Learning Founding Community Member
LifeLabs LearningJul, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Managing Generation Z
LinkedInFeb, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
EMC Proven Professional Information Storage Management v2
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EMC Proven Professional Data Science Associate
Dell EMCFeb, 2021- Nov, 2024 -
Certificate in Organizational Psychology
Khaneye Ravanshenasi Aria -
EMCDSA
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Java/J2EE
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Network+
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Experience
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LifeLabs Learning
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United States
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Leadership Trainer and Executive Coach
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Jan 2020 - Present
Successfully facilitated 500+ world-class, interactive workshops rooted in adult learning theory and centered on leadership, including negotiation skills and influential communication for globally distributed audience of engineers, engineering managers, and senior executives. Successfully facilitated 500+ world-class, interactive workshops rooted in adult learning theory and centered on leadership, including negotiation skills and influential communication for globally distributed audience of engineers, engineering managers, and senior executives.
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Independent consultant
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Global
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Executive Coach & Human Capital Consultant
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May 2017 - Present
-Consulting with Human Resources, Learning & Development and Senior Management, at local and international companies to develop and execute employee development programs and learning strategies based on the current and future strategic plan that foster growth, innovation, and global reach. -Partnering with the leadership team to gain a deep understanding of customer needs, translate them into specific and actionable requirements, product roadmaps and project plans and build programs and solutions globally and across lines of business. -Coaching Technology Team's leaders to improve their leadership capability, team effectiveness, and business performance and maintaining positive employee relations to set managers and employees up for success. -Executing results with a data-driven HR approach to business success, combine experience with metrics to make informed decisions and connect individual performances to organizational performance. Show less
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Dell EMC
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Engineer (Customer Success Manager)
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Sep 2015 - May 2017
-Served as a trusted advisor and key customer resource proven to increase revenue through engaging C-suite client executives by driving insight from data and building solutions and strategies, developing succession plans and best practices from the analysis.-Led on-boarding and training initiative to ensure successful adoption and utilization of EMC solution while cultivating strong, lasting relationships with senior managers and leaders.-Provided support to sales and customer for renewal conversation and acted as a product specialist for more technical and data-driven sales conversations.-Worked cross-functionally with sales, product, and engineering to develop, implement and deliver value-added initiatives for enterprise customers. Acted as the primary Voice of Customer to ensure the product continues to evolve with the customer in mind.-Actively engaged in corporate social responsibilities and diversity initiatives including internal and external women’s leadership programs. Show less
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Associate Systems Engineer II
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Sep 2014 - Sep 2015
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Associate Systems Engineer I
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Sep 2013 - Sep 2014
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Apple
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United States
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Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Genius Bar Tech Specialist/ Trainer at Apple
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Aug 2010 - Sep 2013
-Designed and led tailored trainings for both corporate and individual customers, solved complex technical issues and provided optimal Apple solutions to improve the user experience. -Mentored new support technicians through their on-boarding and skill-development process, empowering them to exceed individual performance metrics and produce high customer satisfaction ratings. -Designed and led tailored trainings for both corporate and individual customers, solved complex technical issues and provided optimal Apple solutions to improve the user experience. -Mentored new support technicians through their on-boarding and skill-development process, empowering them to exceed individual performance metrics and produce high customer satisfaction ratings.
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Organization of Budget and Planning
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Tehran-Iran
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JAVA/J2EE Programmer
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2009 - 2010
Contributed as a developer for a team working on a GIS program for a government road planning project. Contributed as a developer for a team working on a GIS program for a government road planning project.
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Azad University
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Tehran-Iran
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Teaching Assistant – VLSI Design & Control Systems
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2008 - 2009
Assisted with coursework and class administration for each class of about thirty students. Responsible for grading, exams, and class communications. Assisted with coursework and class administration for each class of about thirty students. Responsible for grading, exams, and class communications.
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Education
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Tehran Azad South University
B.S degree, Computer Engineering