Ed Forteau

Leader of the Genuine Connections Revolution | Helping Service Providers, Entrepreneurs, and Sales Professionals Build Authentic Relationships | Author of "No More Cringe” | Changing the Way We do Business on LinkedIn

I’m Ed Forteau, Business Growth Strategist, Community Builder, and Creator of The Strategic Ally Method.

I help relationship-driven entrepreneurs attract high-value clients…without chasing, cold pitching, or playing the content hamster wheel game.

If you’re great at what you do, but feel like sales turns you into someone you’re not, you're not broken.

You’ve just been sold the wrong playbook.

Most of my clients come to me feeling stuck.

They’re burned out from outreach that goes nowhere.

They hate the pressure to perform on social media.

And they’re tired of trying to be “everywhere” just to get noticed.

What I teach flips the script:

✅ Start warm, low-pressure conversations that naturally lead to business

✅ Tap into the trust you’ve already earned to unlock hidden opportunities

✅ Show up as a Strategic Ally, not another sales person or content clone

✅ Build “quiet authority” without shouting for attention

✅ Use simple, human systems that work even when you’re not online

Here’s a story I hear all the time:

A client spent months tweaking cold email campaigns.

They saw early wins…until everything stopped working.

Low replies. Spam folder black holes. Endless fixing.

They tried my method. DMed just ten warm messages to mutual connections of people they knew.
Two booked calls. One became a client.

Then came momentum.

They told me, “This just feels…different. Lighter.”

I said, “It’s less work than trying to save a sinking ship.”

That’s the shift:

From pushing and persuading to connecting and converting.

From guessing what strangers want to showing up where you’re already trusted.

You don’t need to become someone else to grow your business.

You just need a better way.

That’s why I created The Genuine Connection Alliance. It’s a private community for relationship-first entrepreneurs.

Inside, you’ll learn my frameworks, build a powerful support system, and attract clients through trust, not tactics.

It’s where my best clients come from, because they experience the method before they ever hire me.

If you believe business can be built through conversations, connection, and real value, let’s talk.

Or better yet, let’s start a conversation that leads to something real.

💬 DM me the word “Alliance” and I’ll send you the Genuine Connection Alliance overview doc. It might be the missing piece you’ve been looking for.

EMAIL DELIVERABILITY EXPERT - Get More Of Your Emails Delivered, Seen, Opened, Read, and Clicked

▶ 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑:
• Any business that uses email to communicate with prospects, clients, or customers that have experienced their emails going to spam, or not getting delivered
• Any business that wants their email accounts set up properly to ensure high deliverability
Why? Nothing has a greater/more immediate impact on your bottom line than fixing email deliverability issues

▶ 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐎:
• Fix any types of email deliverability problems so more of your emails are delivered, seen, opened, and clicked
• Setup your email infrastructure so your emails land in your recipient's primary inbox
• Setup email reporting and monitoring to catch problems early, to avoid lost revenue
• Provide advice on the right email marketing platform to use to meet your objectives

▶ 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐒 𝐖𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐗:
We provide the peace of mind that you are receiving the maximum ROI from emails, because all forms of your emails are delivered. This includes:
• Cold Emails
• Subscription Emails
• Support Ticket Emails
• Proposal Emails
• Contracts via Email
• Invoice/billing Emails
• Transactional Emails
• Marketing Emails
• Contact Us Forms

▶ 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒:
• Email Deliverability Audit - Identifies the source of 90% of email deliverability issues
• DMARC Reporting/Monitoring - Monitors the health of your email accounts and pinpoints the issues that happen infrequently
• Domain Reputation Recovery - Our proprietary method of improving the reputation of a damaged domain in under 30 days
• Email Infrastructure Setup - Ensures maximum email deliverability and protects your domain reputation
• Email Deliverability Repair - Our team has a combined 28+ years in fixing email deliverability issues

▶ 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐒:
• 95%+ email deliverability rate
• An immediate increase in email open and click-through rates
• On average, a 200-400% increase in email-related revenue

▶ 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐘:
• See our LinkedIn Service Reviews

Lori Howard

Outplacement Services for Small Business | Job Transition Coach| Career Transformation Coach

Lori Howard Coaching LLC | Executive Career Transformation

I help tech executives (Director to C-suite) land their next leadership role—faster, with clarity, confidence, and compensation that reflects their value.

As a former VP reporting to a CIO/CTO, I understand that advancing in tech leadership isn’t just about skill. It’s about navigating the unwritten rules of executive growth, owning your story, and signaling your value with precision while leading with clarity.

I’ve developed a proven, strengths-based, process-driven system that helps high-performing tech leaders:
✅ Break through career plateaus
✅ Clarify their executive brand + leadership voice
✅ Master positioning, storytelling, and negotiation
✅ Access hidden opportunities + secure aligned roles
✅ Command compensation that reflects their worth
✅ Launch strong in new roles with strategic 30/60/90 onboarding

Core Programs:
🧭 VIP Private Coaching – Career transformation, tailored 1:1
🎯 Executive Advisory – Positioning, visibility, strategy
🚀 Job Search Accelerator – Land your next role faster
📈 Leadership Development – Executive presence, influence, growth

Unlike traditional resume writers and career coaches, I go beyond “fixing documents”—I help you position yourself as a high-value, sought-after leader. (Yes! You still get the documents & deliverables.)

Since 2007, I’ve supported 1,000+ tech leaders across Fortune 100, VC/PE-backed firms, and startups—many in Chicago, Boston, and NY. My work combines deep career strategy with strengths-focused, person-centered coaching. And my clients get results they never thought possible!!!

📩 Ready to land your next executive role with clarity and power? Let’s talk:
https://lorihowardcoaching.com/chatwithlori

Executive Career & Leadership Coach | Tech Industry Strategist | Founder/CEO

As a speaker, coach and trainer, I deliver powerful messages to corporate organizations, non-profits and professional groups.  My speaking style is warm, approachable, engaging, and inspiring as I bring enthusiasm, insight, and practical advice to all of my presentations.

I combine training, coaching, and storytelling, to deliver programs for your organization on the business and art of career transformation.

Popular topics include presentations on: Career Transformation, Career Development, and Career Identity.

I provide practical guidance, clear strategies and inspiring revelations based on a wealth of experience to help professionals overcome burnout, unearth their worth, and find or create a job and career they love. 

The measurable results are:
•	Confidence in who you are and what you offer the world
•	Competence in the job search and managing your career
•	Cash flow to support you
•	Career you love

Presentations and Programs include:
•	Career Burnout and Recovery
•	Job Search Strategy
•	Career Resilience
•	Resume Writing
•	Interviewing Skills
•	Networking Skills
•	Career Transformation
•	Career Identity

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PAST EVENTS and RECORDINGS INCLUDE
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•	The Paralegal Voice Podcast: How to Unearth Your Worth: Chat with a Career Transformation Coach
•	From Corporate to Creative Online Radio Show: Transform Your Career & Love Your Job
•	The Wellness Coaches Online Radio Show
•	DePaul University Career Week, Chicago, IL
•	Loyola University, Skills for Search Employment Workshop, Chicago, IL
•	Eisenhower Public Library, Harwood Heights, IL
•	Chicago WITI (Women In Technology), Chicago, IL
•	Mega Resume Review and Career Fair, Aurora, IL
•	Employment Ministry at The Chapel, Libertyville, IL
•	Job Networking Group at Or Shalom, Vernon Hills, IL

Speaker | Presenter | Trainer | Facilitator

IMPACT Group

Deliver tailored coaching engagements for professionals, new grads, and skilled trades professionals navigating career transitions and onboarding into new roles. Provide strategic guidance to support professional integration, cultural acclimation, and early-stage success in alignment with organizational and individual goals. 

➤  Provide one-on-one coaching to transitioning professionals across industries and career levels, with a focus on clarity, confidence, and alignment with personal and organizational objectives.
➤  Support national mobility and integration efforts through culturally responsive coaching and career development planning.
➤  Collaborate with internal teams and client stakeholders to align coaching strategy with broader talent development initiatives and business goals.

Career & Transition Coach | Outplacement & Relocation Support

Harvard Business Review

As a member of the HBR Advisory Council, I leverage my executive leadership, management, and career coaching expertise in technology to provide valuable insights that shape the content they develop. I'm honored to be invited to contribute to HBR.

Advisory Council Member

Eisenhower Public Library

•	Design and deliver workshops for patrons, in groups of 4-30, to help professionals in career or job transition.  
•	Popular topics include:
— Job Search Strategies 
— Resumes
— Cover letters
— Interview Skills
— Networking
— Career Identity
— Obstacles to Employment

Career and Job Search Workshop Facilitator

REA - Partners in Transition

* Assisted and supported spouses and partners of relocated employees through the job search process to obtain meaningful employment.
* Wrote resumes, provided resume consultations, and updated LinkedIn profiles to target the jobs that match client career goals and skills, resulting in increased job opportunities.
* Provided interview coaching on interview strategies and performed mock interviews to increase client confidence in any interview situation.
* Performed geographic and industry research to support the job search process. 
* Coach clients on networking strategies to support and enhance the job search.
* Coach clients on customized job search strategies to help them find the specific jobs they want.

Career Consultant & Resume Writer

UnearthYourWorth (acquired by Lori Howard Coaching LLC)

* I help professionals discover at last the work they’d LOVE to do, that they’d be GREAT at, feel PROUD of, and pay for all their stuff.

* I help people move from hating their job and toward a career that feels like a calling.  

* I help people to leverage their strengths, skills, passions, and values into a thriving career. 

* I work with professionals who want to draw upon their unique strengths and passions, feel energized by their work and career, and be authentically engaged in their jobs.

* I develop and deliver private one-on-one coaching and mentoring programs, group programs, workshops, teleseminars, webinars, presentations, and multi-media products including: Make Great Decisions Fast (by Honoring Your Real Values), Write a Resume That Works!

* Additional services include: resumes, bios, LinkedIn profiles, web-copy for individuals and small business owners.

Founder/CEO, Career Transformation Consulting, Resume Writer, Job Search & Interview Consultant

★ Design and deliver workshops for professionals in career or job transition. 
 
Popular workshops include: 
➤ How to Leverage LinkedIn to Land a Job You Love
➤ What It Really Takes to Land a Job You Love
➤ What Is My Target Job?
➤ 5 Signs Your Career Is Stealing Your Soul (and How to Take It Back!)
➤ 7 Strategies for Job Search Success
➤ Create Your Professional Brand Statement
➤ Write a Resume that Works!,  Critical Components of Successful Resumes
➤ Conquer the Job Interview, Interview Tactics That Work!, Interview Clinic and Workshop*
➤ Boost Your Job Search with Effective Networking*, Advanced Networking for Your Job Searc

Workshop Creator and Facilitator

Chicago Public Library

* Delivered one-on-one private 30-minute resume consultations to library patrons.
* Provided individualized resume reviews with recommendations for critical resume improvements.
* Ensured each resume aligned with the patron’s target job to help them get the results they wanted – a job interview.
* Also provided job search strategy consultations to help patrons increase the effectiveness of their job search.

Resume Consultant

Next-Job (Outplacement Services)

* Coached recently unemployed individuals, helping them to find a new job.  
* Helped job seekers to find career direction, based on strengths, skills, and passions.  
* Taught job seekers up-to-date job search skills for an effective job search.

Certified Job Coach (Job Search Coach & Resume Consultant)

Olenick & Associates (Consulting)

* Managed communications plan and schedule for large multi-business unit IT project.  
* Authored 75 internal project communication updates and nine (9) company newsletter articles.
* Partnered with internal Communications Team (writers and producers).
* Collaborated with nationally distributed project team (staff through C-suite).
* Facilitated discussions, reviews, and approvals for communications deliverables.

Communications Lead at Exelon/ ComEd (Energy Production & Delivery)

Ibbotson Associates

* Coached staff on individual career goals and career planning, including identifying strengths, skills, and passions, as well as how to target and obtain the job they want.
* Actively sought out by staff from other departments for career coaching and planning.
* Formed, hired, developed, and led team of nine (9) specialists in software testing, process improvement, and configuration management, resulting in increased product reliability and quality for software products worth $12+M in revenue.
* Established internal consulting model for SQA and SCM services in support of organization.
* Collaborated with development managers and staff to design and implement project management and test management methodologies, resulting in improved schedule accuracy and decreased time to market.
* Oversaw launch of project management processes and iterative methology for software development and delivery.  
* Collaborated with technology and data executive leadership teams. 
* Promoted from Manager to Vice President in 2004.

VP, Software Quality Assurance | Testing | SDLC Methodologies | Financial Services | FinTech 

I partner with you, tech execs, to step into your full leadership potential and land your right-fit next executive role—with more impact, income & visibility, GUARANTEED. As a former VP reporting to a CIO/CTO, I know firsthand: advancing in tech leadership isn’t just about ability—it’s about navigating the unwritten rules of growth, owning your value, and communicating your impact with confidence.

I’ve seen talented leaders overlooked or underpaid—not because they lacked skills, but because they didn’t know how to position themselves.

I’ve helped 1,000+ tech executives break through plateaus, land right-fit leadership roles, and negotiate compensation that reflects their worth. I’ve built a proven, superpowers & values-driven system—refined since 2007 to stay current with what works today in tech hiring, branding, and job strategy.

This isn’t fluff. It’s not a plug-and-play template. It’s a strategic, adaptable roadmap and execution partnership that delivers results.

★ How I Help Tech Executives★ 
✅ Clarity & Positioning:  Define your unique leadership value & executive brand
✅ Executive Presence & Storytelling: Show up powerfully on LinkedIn, resumes, and in networking—without feeling like you’re bragging
✅ Job Search Strategy: Target the right leadership opportunities (including hidden ones)
✅ Interview & Negotiation Coaching: Land the job and the comp package
✅ Onboarding Success & Leadership Growth: Start strong and set the foundation for long-term success.

★ Who I Work With ★ 
Tech execs & leaders (Directors thru C-suite) across industries, including software, IT, healthcare financial svcs, consulting, and many other tech-driven sectors. My clients come from startups, mid-sized companies, Fortune 100 organizations, and VC/PE-backed firms.

★ Why Clients Choose Me Over Other Executive Career Coaches ★ 
✅ I’ve Been in Your Shoes: I built a thriving career from developer to VP and understand how tech execs think, work, and succeed.
✅ A Proven, No-BS, No-Hype System: Structured, results-driven, values & strengths-based, and customized to your goals
✅ Deeply Personalized Coaching: I meet clients where they are, ensuring every engagement is tailored to your needs, from strategy to execution.
✅ A Bigger Mission: My work isn’t just about landing jobs—it’s about placing values-driven leaders in the right roles to create real impact.

★ Ready to take your next step? Let’s talk! ★ 
📩 lori@lorihowardcoaching.com
📅 Click “Book an appointment” at the top of my profile.

🎁 Grab your free Tech Executive Networking Playbook: lorihowardcoaching.com/networking

Executive Career Coach | Leadership Consultant | Certified Executive Coach

I help technology leaders find an EPIC executive job where you will be seen, make an impact, and get paid what you deserve - in record time.

★ Are You A High-Performing Leader Who Feels Frustrated Or Stuck? ★

👉 Underpaid? Passed over for a raise or promotion?
👉 Overlooked for your achievements & contributions?
👉 Is your impact limited or the work you do unsatisfying?

★ Do You Want To … ★

🎯 Take control of your career with confidence while receiving recognition & rewards for your achievements.
🎯 Land a job you enjoy & create a lasting impact that makes you proud.
🎯 Earn the income you deserve with the daily satisfaction you seek.

My clients consistently achieve these results and more. They repeatedly land a job they love where they get recognized for their contributions, create an impact that makes them proud, and get paid what they deserve by identifying their highest value strengths and skills, developing their professional brand positioning, and executing a data-driven executive job search strategy.

Additional results posted in my “Featured” section of my LinkedIn profile.

★ I Help You ★

1. Identify your perfect fit next role and ideal company profile in which you’ll thrive, along with real-world target job titles, even if you don’t know what that is right now.
2. Create your professional brand position and your job search tools (targeted resumes, cover letters, and your LinkedIn profile).
3. Leverage a personalized networking strategy that helps you access your right-fit job opportunities.
4. Master how to tell your career story and highlight your unique offering while vetting the company in interviews.
5. Know how to guarantee you will get the BEST offers from your ideal opportunities.

★ Connect With Me ★

👉 If you want to learn more on how to find get an epic executive job fast, join my free workshop: https://lorihowardcoaching.com/master01

👉 You can also book a free Consult & Strategy Session with me: https://lorihowardcoaching.com/enjc

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