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”There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
Ernest Hemingway
Andrew Hinkelman
Seattle, WA, USA
Andrew is an experienced Executive Coach who specializes in working with C-level leaders in highly technical organizations. With over 25 years of experience in IT roles, he has led teams through periods of steep growth and disruptive change. Andrew’s real-world IT experience enables him to understand the challenges that engineering leaders and teams face on a daily basis.
Andrew helps his clients develop self-awareness through emotional intelligence, 360-degree feedback, and self-assessments. He has coached leaders in Fortune 500 companies as well as pre-seed, seed, and Series A stage startups, and brings extensive leadership experience as both CTO of a global investment manager and COO in the climate-tech industry.
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
Cultural transformation and leadership alignment in a large investment management firm
Engaged as trusted advisor to the CTO of a 600-person IT team, identifying dysfunction resulting from rapid growth and coaching the leadership team on the behavioral changes needed to drive transformation.
Engineering organization enhancement for a Series B climate-tech business
Worked with the CEO and executive team to uncover sources of confusion within the engineering organization and establish predictable planning and communication processes.
Leadership development for a global engineering head
Conducted a 12-month engagement across seven VP and Director-level engineers, delivering a customized leadership model and group coaching to establish common goals and organizational buy-in.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
Certified Professional Coach, CPC, ICF, ACC
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 & 360 Certified
Energy Leadership Index Certified (ELI-MP)
Master of Science, Engineering