Larry Cornett 🌲 — Co-Founder

Is this you? ➡️ You’ve led teams, shipped products, and built a solid career with decades of hard work. But lately? You're experiencing friction and your progress has stalled… You’re stuck in endless meetings. Your ideas aren't received as well as before. The work that once energized you now drains you. You're underused, overextended, and feeling invisible. And whether you admit it out loud, a hard truth is settling in: You’re questioning whether you’ve already peaked in your career, and you're not sure what comes next. I coach senior tech folks — VPs, directors, senior ICs — who’ve hit a mid-career wall. They’re feeling burned out, overlooked, and frustrated. But they’re not ready to give up. They want to find purpose, regain control, and feel excited about work again. My clients come to me when: * Promotions have stopped, and feedback from above has gone silent. * They feel like they’ve outgrown an identity they spent decades building. * They feel too old to get hired for something new, but they're way too young to retire. As a former tech exec and founder, I’ve been there. I burned out, too. I drifted for a while. And then I fought my way back to something more rewarding — not by chasing a new job title, but by redesigning my career and life on my terms. Finding ways to make a good living while recovering my health, relationships, and happiness. Now, I help others do the same! With 1:1 confidential coaching, private retreats, and strategic career programs, I help experienced professionals: * Escape burnout and get clear on what’s next — before someone else decides it for them. * Rebuild confidence, executive presence, and momentum in their careers. * Reinvent their career path without starting over completely. But this goes beyond a new job… Many people I work with aren’t just looking for a new job with any old company. They’re looking for a new life. One with time for health, family, personal projects, and maybe even that lifestyle business they’ve dreamed about for years. That’s why I also coach clients through midlife reinvention: * Designing 2nd-act careers that are meaningful and financially viable. * Launching consulting or coaching businesses that leverage their valuable experience. * Creating location-flexible lives with more autonomy, freedom, and joy. If you’ve been successful but now feel restless in life, I get it! You spent years playing the game. But the game changed. And you’ve changed, too. Let’s build a better future for you! ➡️ Message me to explore coaching, retreats, or just to talk about what’s next.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Coaching and Consulting expert with a strong background in User Experience and Product Management.

Location: Placerville, California, United States

Experience: 21 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Executive Coaching
Leadership Development Coaching
Career Development Coaching
Writing
Podcasting
User Experience Design
Interaction Design

Career Highlights

Expert in coaching senior tech professionals.
Former tech executive with extensive leadership experience.
Passionate about midlife career reinvention.

Work Experience

CancerHacker Lab

Advisor (1 yr 5 mos)

Invincible Career®

Editor In Chief | Writer | Author | Podcaster (6 yrs 11 mos)

Voicekick, Inc.

CEO & Co-Founder (2 yrs 8 mos)

Maccabim.com Ltd.

Member of the Board (2 yrs 3 mos)

GigaOM

Research Analyst (2 yrs 4 mos)

Primal

Member of the Board (2 yrs 2 mos)

Advisor (1 yr 10 mos)

Market Brew

Advisor (7 yrs)

Brilliant Forge LLC

Reinvent Yourself Without Starting Over | Career Coach | Business Coach | Empowerment Coach (15 yrs 11 mos)

Yahoo, Inc.

Vice President, Consumer Products (4 yrs)

eBay, Inc.

Director (4 yrs 1 mo)

MindSpan Design

Principal Consultant | Software Design | Web Design | Prototyping | UX Research (7 yrs 5 mos)

Ridge Technologies

Senior Designer (6 mos)

Apple Computer

Senior Designer (2 yrs 9 mos)

IBM

Software Designer (8 mos)

Education

Ph.D. at Rice University

BA at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Larry Cornett 🌲

Co-Founder

Placerville, California, United States21 yrs 4 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in coaching senior tech professionals.
Former tech executive with extensive leadership experience.
Passionate about midlife career reinvention.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Coaching and Consulting expert with a strong background in User Experience and Product Management.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Executive CoachingLeadership Development CoachingCareer Development CoachingWritingPodcastingUser Experience DesignInteraction Design

Other Skills

Small Business ConsultingLife CoachingCreative WritingNewslettersPublishingUser Interface DesignPrototypingUX ResearchStrategyLeadershipBusiness StrategyProduct InnovationUser ExperienceProduct ManagementMobile Devices

About

Experience

21 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 5 mos

Current Experience

Cancerhacker lab

Advisor

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Invincible career®

Editor In Chief | Writer | Author | Podcaster

Jun 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos · California, United States

Dedicated to helping you take control of your job, career, and life. My goal with this newsletter is to give you the information and skills you need to become an opportunity magnet for the best things in life!
Get more out of your job.
Ask for the raise you deserve.
Land the promotion you want.
Find a great new job faster than ever before.
Pursue the career of your dreams.

WritingCreative WritingNewslettersPodcastingPublishing

Voicekick, inc.

CEO & Co-Founder

Apr 2014 – Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

We help you discover the power of authentic storytelling.
Our new Pearl app makes it easy to turn your photos into narrated videos. Unlock the story of your photos with your voice, and create deeper and more meaningful connections with your friends, followers, or customers.

Maccabim.com ltd.

Member of the Board

Mar 2014 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Modi'in, Israel

Joined the Board of Directors at Maccabim in March, 2014. Maccabim provides government agencies and trademark owners the most comprehensive and cost-effective global brand enforcement and takedown solutions for the Domain Name System (DNS) by combining the world’s best and most frequently updated domain and DNS data from DomainTools® with patent-pending technologies and unparalleled industry expertise.

Gigaom

Research Analyst

Nov 2012 – Mar 2015 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Research Analyst for GigaOM Pro; typically consulting on topics such as the Semantic Web, Search, and Consumer E-commerce experiences. Profile: http://research.gigaom.com/analyst/larry-cornett/

Primal

2 roles

Member of the Board

Promoted

Jul 2012 – Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Joined the Board of Directors at Primal in Jul, 2012. Primal provides Internet consumers, publishers and developers with an interest network that filters Web content based on individual interests.

Advisor

Sep 2010 – Jul 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos

Joined the board of advisors at Primal in Sep, 2010. Primal provides Internet consumers, publishers and developers with Internet automation products based on its proprietary semantic technology platform. Primal enables a more convenient and productive online experience, driven by the thoughts and intentions of individual users.

Market brew

Advisor

Aug 2011 – Aug 2018 · 7 yrs

I joined the Board of Advisors at Market Brew (fka SEO Engine) in August, 2011. They have developed a new type of "Transparent Search Engine" that allows users to see, in "real-time", how a Search Engine is scoring and evaluating all of the pages and links inside a website. It's basically like getting a sneak peek behind the scenes at Google's algorithm.

Brilliant forge llc

Reinvent Yourself Without Starting Over | Career Coach | Business Coach | Empowerment Coach

Jun 2010 – Present · 15 yrs 11 mos · Northern California · Remote

Are you a good person who's feeling a bit burned out by your job, stuck in a rut, but don't know what to do to get back on track?
Frustrated with your work environment?
Tired of working for toxic bosses?
Passed over for a promotion?
Feeling stuck in your career?
Ready for a change?
A better future?
I'm an empowerment coach who helps you break free of traditional traps to create a more Invincible Career® or build a Lifestyle Business so you can truly enjoy the best things in life!
I work with you confidentially to define a strategy and create a plan where you get to do more of what you love and less of what you hate in your work and life.
I have a "No Jerks" policy, so I enjoy coaching good people who want to get unstuck, accelerate their career growth again, become more compassionate leaders, find better work environments when necessary, or learn how to start their own lifestyle businesses.
I also advise those who are already entrepreneurs, small business owners, and startup founders who are looking for new ways to grow and expand their businesses.
I can also provide fractional and interim Product & Design leadership for your team. I fill empty leadership seats ASAP, help you find and interview your new FTE leader, and assist with the onboarding and transition plan until your new leader is up and running.

Executive CoachingLeadership Development CoachingCareer Development CoachingSmall Business ConsultingLife Coaching

Yahoo, inc.

Vice President, Consumer Products

Jun 2006 – Jun 2010 · 4 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

Vice President of Consumer Products for Yahoo! Search. I led a multinational team of product managers, designers, and developers focused on creating world-class Search experiences to compete with Google and Bing.

Ebay, inc.

Director

Apr 2002 – May 2006 · 4 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

Led a multinational design and development team focused on Tailored Shopping Experiences, Platform, and International sites. Managed and built product teams; Researched and created product vision, strategy and frameworks; Blended business, product and user requirements into holistic solutions; Information architecture; Interaction design; and managed business relationships.

Mindspan design

Principal Consultant | Software Design | Web Design | Prototyping | UX Research

Aug 1998 – Jan 2006 · 7 yrs 5 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

MindSpan Design offered a variety of consulting services to support the design, definition, development, and evaluation of web and software products.

Interaction DesignUser Experience DesignUser Interface DesignPrototypingUX Research

Ridge technologies

Senior Designer

Feb 1998 – Aug 1998 · 6 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Researched, designed and prototyped innovative storage management software for Storage Area Network systems (SAN) and a new Network-attached Storage device (NAS). Company was acquired by Adaptec.

Apple computer

Senior Designer

May 1995 – Feb 1998 · 2 yrs 9 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

Member of Apple's Human Interface Group. Initially was the Design Lead for the International system software group, then served as the Finder Design Lead for Mac OS 8 - 9 and Rhapsody (Mac OS X).