Leadership
Susan Giles – Founder & CEO
As a strategic consultant and certified coach, I am dedicated to helping business leaders succeed beyond what they envisioned for their companies, their employees, their communities, and themselves.
What if I told you that you could expand your business beyond what you ever thought possible?
What if I told you that you could cultivate a culture within your organization to share challenges and opportunities with your business leaders in an exceptional continuous dialogue?
As a strategic leader, corporate executive, entrepreneur, certified coach in high-level management/leadership, it is all about you – how to help you achieve your goals, target growth, streamline operations, increase financial stability, and create disruption and innovation for expansion or sale.
Bringing you my experience of building companies from the bottom up, knowing how to meet a payroll, developing significant IP, manufacturing products, securing major licenses, and making it all work, I am your strategic consultant and coach – knowing your struggles and opportunities as you expand and grow your businesses.
As Founder and CEO of Giles & Company Strategic Business Consultants, I serve you – general and global corporations, large and small technology companies, B2B businesses, service companies, and financial institutions. I work in the areas of business and financial services, technology, account planning, disruption and innovation, technology roadmaps, and equity/debt structuring.
As a Solutions Coach, Facilitator, Executive, and Entrepreneur, I focus on your business. I have the honor to work with you, helping you succeed, innovate, and grow.
In addition to my work at Giles & Company, I served as a Chair coaching CEOs and Business Executives with Vistage International, Inc. Previously, I served as the Founder, CEO and Board Chair of KidzMouse, Inc., a consumer products company manufacturing and distributing children’s computer accessories to global markets. I was responsible for designing the products, securing the patents, licensing of intellectual property, and overseeing the manufacturing and distribution of the product line. I also served as a partner with EY and led the Western Region in consulting for the banking industry and real estate. I was Senior Managing Director of CBRE.
As Co-Chair of the 2013 Municipal Finance Challenge at ASU’s School of Public Policy, I also served as a Faculty Associate; Adjunct Professor teaching finance and business planning in the Master’s Program at the University of Southern California, School of Policy, Planning, and Development; and Adjunct Professor at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. I have published articles and three books, including Fundamentals of Economic Development Finance – Second Edition and Third Edition (coming soon) among others. I hold a Master’s in City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a Graduate Exchange Student at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. I hold a B.A. in Political Science, Distinction with Highest Honors, from the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Follower of Jesus Christ, Prayer Warrior. CEO, Certified Executive Coach, Author at Giles & Company Strategic Business Consultants,
. . . Susan L. Giles