Susanna Shamim
Executive Career Consultant and CoachRefining your Brand and Positioning you for Professional Success
I believe in empowering you to take charge of your own destiny. As a Coach and Consultant, my goal is to help you realize your vision for a better career and reach your leadership potential.
What Makes me Uniquely Qualified to Help You?
I bring a genuine commitment to helping my clients succeed—and a talent for bringing out the best in you through an intuitive understanding of your strengths, talents, and leadership potential.
With more than three decades of business experience, I have worked with C-suite executives, senior leaders, and professionals across public, private, higher education, and small business environments. I draw on that breadth of experience, along with my own leadership and consulting background, to provide insightful, strategic guidance tailored to your unique career goals.
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35+ Years Executive Experience
- Founder, Executive Career Consultant of HiPoint Career Solutions, an award winning firm with clients in U.S. and abroad.
- Co-Founder and Managing Partner of a management consulting firm, Beacon Management Group.
- Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for a matrix subsidiary of a $3B multinational publicly held company .
- Dean and Director of Development – Los Angeles Community College District-Chancellor’s Office.
- Founding CEO of an economic development start-up, L.A. PROSPER
- Vice President for Regulatory Affairs of a publicly-held $300M national education company.
- Director, Management Consultant – firm started by a White House Senior Policy Advisor to a U.S. President.
- Launched four different nonprofit organizations.
- Serve on the nonprofit boards
Advanced Education & Academic Prep
Master’s Degree, Public Policy Analysis, University of West VA
Bachelor’s Degree, Double Majors, Political Science & French (Summa Cum Laude), Fairmont State University, WV
Post-Graduate Studies, Human Resource Management, University of California Los Angeles
Certificates of Professional Expertise
- Certified Executive Coach ( CLC)
- Certified Professional Career Coach (CPCC)
- Certified Executive Resume Writer (CPRW)
- Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
- Certificate, Business Leadership, Disney Business Institute
Awards, Recognition and Leadership
- Recognized as Best Career Coach by LinkedIn.com
- Recipient of Best Career Guidance and Resume Development Business – Pasadena, CA
- Recipient of over a dozen Commendations from CA State Senators, Assembly-members, and U.S. Congress
- President’s Advisory Board for Pasadena City College
- Member, Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
My Approach
I help you clarify and articulate your professional brand so you can communicate your value with confidence to employers, clients, boards, and other decision-makers.
Whether you are an accomplished professional, leader, executive, or entrepreneur, you bring a distinctive combination of experience, strengths, values, perspective, and expertise. My role is to help you identify what differentiates you and translate it into a compelling value proposition—one that reflects not only what you have accomplished, but the value you bring.
I then bring that positioning to life across the personal branding assets that support your career goals, including resumes, CVs, bios, and LinkedIn profiles. I also provide strategic coaching to strengthen how you communicate your experience and value in interviews, networking conversations, and other opportunities.
Over the years, my clients have secured high-profile professional and leadership roles, with compensation ranging from six to seven figures.
As an Executive Career Consultant, I bring an experienced leadership perspective to helping professionals, executives, and entrepreneurs position themselves for their next opportunity—and build a strong foundation for continued career success.
