About Magical Teams

At my core, I’m a maker and a builder. I love to uncover the improvements that make the most impact and then build solutions other people can maintain. I’ve been nicknamed by clients the “all-seeing eye” and often get crushed on for my mad organization skills. I also have a personal passion for finding and empowering hidden gems in the hiring process – the folks who often get overlooked but are secretly wonderful team members.

MY MAGIC: Investigative puzzle solver. Coaching that feels easeful yet potent. Builder of products and experiences. Organizing all the things. Celebration and nurture of people’s potential.

I’m obsessed with helping business owners find their dream team. I’ve been helping online entrepreneurs and digital businesses for nearly a decade and know all about the intricacies of online business and struggles many business owners face. I also know the importance of hiring a solid team and how it can easily make or break your company! When I’m not making moves behind my computer, I can be found traveling (I currently live nomadically), hiking mountains, playing with my dog (and other dog friends) or luxuriating at spas. I love living the good life!

MY MAGIC: Infectious enthusiasm and positivity + a genuine care for others and creating relationships across the virtual space. I love making people feel welcome and heard.

Fun and spreadsheets are not mutually exclusive, and if you ever thought so, I am deadset on proving you wrong.

After a stint in corporate as a Chartered Accountant, I traded high heels and pencil skirts for backpacking my way through South America. Along the way, I started a consulting business and helped dozens of entrepreneurs “lift the fog” when it came to business finances. 

I’m a certified Director of Operations, which means my advice is grounded in the day-to-day of you running your business – not as solely an accountant behind a spreadsheet.

MY MAGIC: Bringing order to chaos in your business numbers. If you’re too afraid to “look under the hood” of your business numbers, don’t worry, you are totally not alone! I’ll partner with you to demystify your numbers and build you a sustainable and profitable business. 

I’ve helped grow over 40 companies in a wide variety of industries, including as an early stage investor. I founded 5 companies. I’m a philanthropist and an International Marketing Consultant with work in India, England, Estonia, South Africa, Canada, and the US.

MY MAGIC: Obsession with data-driven decisions. Always mapping what comes next. Doing the exact work I was meant to do.

From working in the intelligence community to over a decade in Silicon Valley to somatic coaching to master certified BBQ judge… I’ve been told by folks they never know what I will get into next. I’m a deep generalist. I believe what matters most is kindness, playfulness, good food, nature, and movement. I’m passionate about building teams with sustainable longterm strategy so they can be great without me.

MY MAGIC: Narrative storytelling. Distilling complex concepts into simple visual frameworks. Giving and receiving feedback. Expertise and experience across a wide range of industries.

From Information Technology within large international corporations to marketing for independent small local businesses, I’ve worked with a variety of business types and sizes. The common denominator in my career path is being a Strategist – I want to help a business figure out “What’s the plan for success?” One of the biggest keys to that is a team that can help the business grow, and I love having a part in helping our clients find their own magic team.

MY MAGIC: I thrive on working with small businesses and helping them to build the right team that helps them grow and fulfill their vision. I also love working at a higher level on projects to sort through multiple moving parts and make it a streamlined process for my team and my clients. I’ve been fortunate to work in a number of industries and I’m beyond thankful for that experience and insight.

I’m an operations whiz with two decades of experience building successful retail companies from the ground up. I’ve partnered with international retailers to showcase my brand’s products across the globe and have found the most fulfillment in building something that is bigger than myself. My passion is in advocacy and truly believe we should leave the world a better place than we found it, for all humans and creatures great and small.

MY MAGIC: My first job was working for Disney and I took what I learned from them about the “gold standard of the customer experience” and run with it in everything that I do. My goal is to give clients the best possible experience so they feel wowed, valued, and delighted. I seek to build out true, long-lasting partnerships.

From social media to wireframes and databases, I’ve done it all. For the past 6 years, I’ve worked to become an expert generalist and am a proud self-proclaimed ‘Jill of All Trades’. 

I’m a certified Google Project Manager and UX Designer with experience in marketing, product management, web design, and of course, operations.

When I’m not elbow-deep in ops, I can be found studying for my Masters in Ancient History, attending a dance class, or working on my nonprofit. 

My Magic: While I may be a generalist, operations is my speciality. If you can think about it, I’ve built a database for it.

Five things: 1) Blending Coffee, milk, and ice together in a magic bullet does make it taste better, 2) The best discussions are the ones that can make you do a little “discussion jig” that isn’t quite a dance, but isn’t standing still, and if you aren’t audibly saying “YES”, you’re thinking it, and 3) I think everyone deserves to feel valued, trusted, respected in life, and the work they choose to do. 4) Did I find Recruiting, or did recruiting find me? 5) All skills are transferable, you just have to find out how!

MY MAGIC: I’m an actor (who still acts) turned recruitment coordinator who genuinely loves to connect with people. My magic is a strong desire to get out of my own comfort zone, which means I’m often good at inspiring others to get out of theirs! Also handstands…

When starting my career in the real estate world, I accidentally fell in love with recruiting even more than selling houses. If I’m not researching candidates and reviewing applications, I’m likely road tripping across America to the mountains, beaches, and everywhere in between. Fueled by my crippling coffee addiction, love to photograph breathtaking destinations, and longing to find the best hole in the wall restaurants that the locals adore.

MY MAGIC: A lover of new challenges, I bring my toolbox of lessons learned, skills mastered, and yearning to make the world a better place with me everywhere. Connecting someone with their dream job. Marketing the latest and greatest ‘built in the basement’ boutique. Blogging the best restaurants in town. Making a house a home. I love it all.

I’m a Franco-Māori American-Australian (yes, I have 4 citizenships!) who started out as a knitwear designer and coach in the fiber industry. My experience as a small business owner allowed me to to accumulate multiple skill sets, which I can bring to the table in helping other small businesses achieve their goals and dreams. My core value is infusing aroha (love, compassion, empathy) into everything I do and I operate from a Māori mindset whenever and wherever possible. I enjoy challenges and throwing myself into the deep end of the swimming pool and learning how to adapt quick!

MY MAGIC: Taking sticks and string and transforming it into wearable items. Finding the silver lining in every scenario. Observing the best business practices across multiple industries and adapting them for specific niches. Nurturing people’s transformations. Transmuting words into stories that resonate.

I am a generalist who’s happy place is anywhere there is coffee. I enjoy the process of closing loops, devising new ways to enhance performance and upgrade how things are done. Outside work, I’m a fulltime mom with a mission of using my grit to get the most out of life—even with three kids. Life has been colorful and messy. But at the end of the day, there’s so much beauty and love.

MY MAGIC: I love reducing processes, procedures and plans to their most basic parts. I love spotting minor flaws others fail to notice and figure out what needs to be fixed upgraded and updated. My calm response to chaos reassures others and helps me respond to what people need.

Living up to my “Gemini” sign, I thrive in being part of different things – collecting new recipes, joining seminars and workshops I find interesting, attending an event that I passed by on the street, picking up a book, or just making friends with the person beside me. I see everything as a double-edged sword which gives me a good judgement of what is too much and too little. In everything I do, I am motivated to become the best sister I can be to my brothers, that includes Chupee and Issy, our furbabies.

MY MAGIC:  You can find me adding my own “flair” to every task I’m in, communicating new ideas and strategies, and always retaining a good foresight on what may or may not happen, because problems will always come along the journey of learning, but it is with the preparation that success will be assured.