Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

May 2020 – Mar 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

• As Chief People Officer at SprintRay, I led enterprise-wide people and culture strategies aligned with the company’s mission to transform digital dentistry.
• SprintRay is at the forefront of innovation, reshaping oral health through advanced 3D printing technology and customer-focused solutions. I oversaw all aspects of HR strategy and operations, building a high-performance, inclusive culture that enabled teams to excel and deliver breakthrough results.
• My work spanned talent strategy, leadership development, organizational design, and cultural integration—attracting, developing, and retaining top talent in a rapidly evolving industry. By fostering innovation, accountability, and collaboration, we advanced SprintRay’s vision of making high-quality dental care more accessible and affordable for millions worldwide.
• This work was recognized with two ATD Excellence in Practice Awards and the ATD Talent Development for Good Award.

Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · Remote

• Advisor to the CEO at Tranquilla AI
• Tranquilla.AI is building and providing digital coaches and empathic learning assistants to help students and educators to accelerate learning, increase retention and augment limited resources. It is also being developed for use in corporate learning and development.
• As an Advisor to the CEO, I provide key input and strategic guidance in how to leverage empathic AI in education and corporate learning. My role involves shaping the direction of the company, driving operational excellence, and ensuring that our solutions align with the needs of users and stakeholders.
• If you would like to see the amazing empathic AI tools we are building, get in touch.

Oct 2018 – May 2021 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Jan 2017 – Dec 2025 · 8 yrs 11 mos

• Skill Beyond Boundaries (SBB) is a business-to-business (B2B) membership platform designed to revolutionize human capital management by enabling companies to collaborate securely and confidentially. The platform allows organizations to optimize their workforce by sharing underutilized talent, thereby increasing revenue, reducing costs, and minimizing reliance on external agencies.
• SBB addresses several key challenges in the skills market:
• Optimizing Skills Utilization: By facilitating collaboration among member companies, SBB helps organizations leverage their existing talent more effectively, leading to cost savings and new revenue opportunities.
• Enhancing Talent Acquisition: The platform streamlines the hiring process, reducing the need for traditional recruitment agencies and job portals, and promoting direct engagement between companies.
• Improving Hiring and Retrenchment Experiences: SBB aims to make the hiring and retrenchment processes more dignified and transparent, reducing the negative impact on individuals' self-confidence, family, and social status.
• By fostering a collaborative environment, Skill Beyond Boundaries seeks to blur the traditional boundaries in human capital management, creating a more efficient and respectful marketplace for skills exchange.

Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr · Greater Seattle Area

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr · Delhi, India

Oct 2009 – Present · 16 yrs 6 mos

• When you lift one person, many grow.
• I advise organizations and leaders on how to apply my Transforming Teams™ framework to intentionally build relationship-centered cultures—elevating leadership, trust, inclusion, and innovation so people, teams, and enterprises can thrive and perform at their best.
• Through strategic advisory, executive coaching, leadership development, team transformation, and cultural integration, I partner with leaders to navigate complexity and drive sustainable, human-centered success.
• Over the years, Nelson Cohen Global has partnered with organizations across the world, including:
• 🌍 Global: PwC, SprintRay, Western Union, Xerox
• 🇦🇺 Australia: Capgemini, National Australia Bank
• 🇮🇳 India: Apollo Tyres, CGI, HCL Technologies, Infosys, Polaris
• 🇰🇪 Kenya: Brave Venture Labs
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine: SoftServ
• 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Barclays
• 🇺🇸 United States: Aon, DMV.ORG, Emergent BioSolutions, Farmers Insurance, Fluid Technologies, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Novo Nordisk, Silverado Senior Living, The Autism Community in Action, Tenant Inc., Warner Bros. Discovery, Yahoo
• Everything begins with relationships. When leaders create cultures where people feel valued, safe, and believed in, performance, resilience, and impact follow.

Oct 2009 – Apr 2021 · 11 yrs 6 mos

• As co-founder of Nelson Cohen Global Consulting with Pris Nelson, I specialize in executive coaching and strategic advisory work that helps leaders and organizations strengthen effectiveness, trust, and performance. Over the years, our firm has partnered with leaders around the world, including those at Aon, Amazon, Farmers Insurance, Novo Nordisk, and Yahoo, to elevate leadership capability and foster meaningful organizational development.
• Our commitment to innovation and excellence has been recognized with multiple Excellence in Practice Awards from the Association for Talent Development (ATD), underscoring our focus on delivering practical, relationship-centered solutions that drive sustainable growth and long-term success.
• Specialties:
• Mindfulness · Authentic Leadership · Team Development · Learning & Leadership Development · Technology Training · Executive Coaching · Facilitation · Change Leadership · Organization Development · Relationship Building · People Strategy · Talent Management

Nov 2005 – Oct 2009 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• In 2005, I moved to India to serve as the Senior Vice President of Talent Management and Learning at Satyam Computer Services (now Tech Mahindra). In this role, I spearheaded full lifecycle talent strategies, advised top leaders and the board of directors on people-related matters, and managed a $100M annual budget. My work transformed the organization’s leadership culture from directive to distributed, driving impactful and sustainable change.
• Leading a team of over 600 talent and learning professionals, along with vendor and university partners, I implemented innovative programs, including a blended onboarding process that integrated residential learning, business simulations, virtual sessions, action learning, coaching, and mentoring. This initiative reduced new leader turnover from over 28% to less than 5%, achieving a $5M annual ROI.
• I architected and led the Satyam School of Leadership, developing more than 5,000 senior leaders annually. These efforts positioned the organization as one of the best places to work in Asia and earned global recognition. Satyam became the first and only company outside the U.S. to be named the number one learning and development company in the world by the Association for Talent Development (ATD).
• During my time in India, I was introduced to mindfulness and authentic leadership, studying with several Gurus to deepen my personal and professional growth. These experiences profoundly shaped my approach to leadership, emphasizing empathy, resilience, and purpose-driven strategies.
• After Satyam’s merger with Tech Mahindra in 2013, the organization continued to excel as a global provider of IT, networking technology solutions, and business process outsourcing.
• Specialties:
• Mindfulness | Authentic Leadership | Learning & Leadership Development | Talent Management | Team Development | Executive Coaching | Change Leadership | Organization Development | Relationship Building | People Strategies | Technology Training | Facilitator

Apr 1998 – Nov 2005 · 7 yrs 7 mos · McLean, VA

• In 1998, I joined the executive team at Booz Allen Hamilton as Director of Learning and Organizational Development and, in 2001, advanced to Senior Director of Learning and Talent Management. Overseeing a $60M annual budget, I led a team of 125 professionals, alongside vendor and university partnerships, to implement transformative learning and leadership initiatives.
• In close collaboration with the firm’s CEO and senior leadership, I transitioned Booz Allen from a performance-based to a values-based leadership model. This strategic shift resulted in double-digit organizational growth and reduced turnover to single digits, delivering a calculated ROI exceeding $500M during my tenure from 1998 to 2005.
• One of my hallmark achievements was the creation of Booz Allen's Center for Performance Excellence, a globally recognized corporate university. The center provided tailored development programs for employees at all levels, from entry-level to executive leadership, and became a benchmark for excellence in corporate learning. This success earned Booz Allen top accolades as the number one learning and development company in the world from both ATD and Training Magazine. Additionally, the firm received recognition from Working Mothers Magazine, Diversity Magazine, Consulting Magazine, and Hewitt Best Places to Work for its outstanding learning and development programs.
• Booz Allen Hamilton continues to be a leader in management, technology consulting, and engineering services, delivering innovative solutions to Fortune 500 companies, governments, and non-profits worldwide.
• Specialties:
• Business Strategy | Team Development | Learning & Leadership Development | Executive Coaching | Learning Strategy | Change Leadership | Organization Development | Relationship Building | People Strategies | Talent Management | Metrics & ROI

Apr 1994 – Apr 1998 · 4 yrs

Jan 1988 – Jan 1994 · 6 yrs · Orlando, Florida Area

Jan 1984 – Jan 1987 · 3 yrs · Greater New York City Area

• As the Learning Manager at Pace University, I spearheaded the IBM project. Managing a team of 15 technology trainers, I wrote and oversaw IBM’s content development strategy to support the first software application for the desktop.
• I was recruited into this role after spending 3-years teaching math and computer education to high school and university students at Miami American High School, University School, and Nova Southeastern University.
• Specialties: • Computer Training • Instructional Design & Development • Learning Styles • Adult Learning Methods • Team Management • Trainer • Technology Programmer • Change Management • Relationship Building • Talent Management