Karishma Wadhwani - Holistic Career Coach

Founder

Seattle, Washington, United States13 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years of career coaching experience
  • Helped 250+ professionals land jobs in the U.S.
  • Achieved 4 promotions in 3 years
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned career coach with expertise in higher education and organizational leadership.

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Skills

Core Skills

Higher EducationOrganizational LeadershipWorkday Financial ManagementBusiness Process DesignProgram ManagementBusiness AnalyticsAgile Project ManagementProject LeadershipRequirements Analysis

Other Skills

Team LeadershipOrganizational EffectivenessAgile LeadershipEducational LeadershipTraining & DevelopmentBusiness PlanningStrategy ImplementationInspiring TeamsBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness IntelligenceInformation ManagementBusiness StrategyKanbanScrumAccessibility

About

I’m a Holistic Career Coach with 15+ years of experience navigating the challenges of building a successful career in India and America. I help millennials break barriers, own their power, and land roles at industry giants—while securing the success (and salary ) they deserve From navigating the challenges of moving to the U.S. as a new Indian bride to achieving 4 promotions in just 3 years, to balancing motherhood, I understand the struggles, fears, and self-doubt that often come with life and career transitions. That’s why I’ve dedicated myself to guiding others through their transformative journeys, from self-discovery to empowerment. Over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of helping 250+ professionals successfully land jobs in the U.S., negotiate better offers, and confidently step into leadership roles in the companies like: ➡️ Microsoft ➡️ Amazon ➡️ Puget Sound Energy ➡️ T-Mobile And it’s not all! Here are just a few examples of my client's success stories: 👉 A client on an H-1B visa, uncertain and scared about her career, landed a six-figure dream job at Microsoft in just two months of working with me. 👉 A client landed a job with a $250k base salary, a $45k signing bonus, plus stock options after only three coaching sessions with me. 👉 And there are countless other wins, each one unique and inspiring in its own way. As YOUR CAREER COACH, I will assist you in: ✅ Aligning your goals to land your DREAM JOB ✅ Crafting a highly optimized RESUME ✅ Cultivating the right MINDSET (because mindset matters in career success!) ✅ Mastering INTERVIEWS with proven strategies Ready to take your career to the next level? DM “CAREER” now and let’s make it happen!

Experience

13 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

University of washington

5 roles

Director, Enterprise Business Services

Promoted

Aug 2023Jan 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

Higher Education

Assistant Director

Feb 2023Aug 2023 · 6 mos

  • In my current role, I direct & guide a department of 30+ members to empower Central Finance at the UW to transform their business through an enterprise wide workday implementation $300m program (largest in the state of WA). Overseeing efforts to map business processes, system implementation & testing along with deploying change management & training strategies to handhold a department of over 200 + employees as they navigate their future state.
Team LeadershipOrganizational LeadershipOrganizational EffectivenessAgile LeadershipEducational LeadershipHigher Education+4

Business Process Design Manager

Promoted

Feb 2022Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Led the business process design and mapping of the future state for Finance stakeholders. Advise executive leaders to implement strategies to drive results from data, addressing existing needs of technology and building roadmaps for future state through the Finance Transformation at the UW.
Business Process DesignProgram ManagementOrganizational EffectivenessInspiring TeamsBusiness Process ImprovementHigher Education+3

Manager, Business Analytics

Aug 2021Feb 2022 · 6 mos

  • Supervised and empowered a team of 10+ Business Analysts & testers to gather data, build requirements, create test cases and implement strategies on business data & intelligence, support project teams and map business processes spanning 9 end to end business areas for Finance Transformation at the UW.
Business IntelligenceInspiring TeamsHigher EducationStrategy ImplementationBusiness AnalyticsInformation Management

Technical Program Manager

Sep 2020Sep 2021 · 1 yr

Business StrategyKanbanAgile Project ManagementHigher EducationWorkday Financial ManagementScrum

The holistic career coach

Founder & Coach

Jan 2023Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Greater Seattle Area · On-site

T-mobile

Program Manager, Technology

Jul 2019Sep 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • I piloted the Center of Excellence for Accessibility to engage with 200+ product teams at T-Mobile and empowering them to implement methods so that their products comply with WCAG AA standards while the organization was dealing with an FCC complaint.
AccessibilityProgram ManagementOrganizational EffectivenessInspiring TeamsStrategy Implementation

Becu

Technical Project Manager

Sep 2018Apr 2019 · 7 mos · Greater Seattle Area

  • I spearheaded a high visibility project from start to finish successfully in the Data Management group using Agile & Lean principles in a project team including a Data architect, Developers, Business Analysts and Testers.
KanbanAgile MethodologiesProject LeadershipScrum

The finishing touch - education management consulting

Founder & CEO

Jul 2013Aug 2017 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai, India

  • Led and found an Education management consulting company to provide end-to-end customized solutions to education institutes in India. As a Founder and CEO my goals were to build clientele, induct team mates and successfully exit the start up. In my tenure I served 10+ education groups, trained 500+ teaching professionals, impacted 40K+ students
Organizational LeadershipStart-upsCoachingOrganizational EffectivenessEducational LeadershipHigher Education+2

Deloitte consulting

Consultant

Jun 2010Jul 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

  • Consulted and led teams on various client servicing engagements for Oracle ERP implementations. My clients included Fortune 500 companies based in the North Americas and UK primarily in the Defense, Healthcare and Education industries.
Team LeadershipOracle E-Business SuiteRequirements AnalysisOrganizational EffectivenessInspiring TeamsVirtual Teams+5

Education

University of Washington

Strategic Leadership Program

Jul 2021Dec 2022

University of Washington

Project Management

Jan 2018Jan 2019

The Yoga Institute Mumbai

Advanced Teachers Training Course - 900 hours

Jan 2016Jan 2016

University of Mumbai

Bachelor's degree — Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jan 2006Jan 2010

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