CareerWon
Your future is our focus
Your future is our focus
Parley E. Acker, M.A., founder of CareerWon, has over 30 years of experience as a career strategist, executive coach and talent development executive. He has held global leadership roles with companies like Citigroup and General Electric, including Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Citi Cards and Global Head of Career Development with Aramco.
Mr. Acker has designed and managed a variety of programs in the areas of executive and career coaching, mentoring, emerging leader coaching, team workshops, assessments and recruiting. This multi-cultural leadership experience has provided him with an insider's view of the success factors required for multiple careers and the challenges faced by organizations, women and diverse leaders, new leaders and early career professionals.
Mr. Acker is a Certified Executive Coach, holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from the State University of New York and a B.A. in Psychology from Marist College. He has also completed the Certified Career Management Course with the Career Coach Academy as well as the Practitioner in Executive Coaching course with the Academy of Executive Coaching, both programs accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF).
Mr. Acker has designed and managed a variety of programs in the areas of executive and career coaching, mentoring, emerging leader coaching, team workshops, assessments and recruiting. This multi-cultural leadership experience has provided him with an insider's view of the success factors required for multiple careers and the challenges faced by organizations, women and diverse leaders, new leaders and early career professionals.
Mr. Acker is a Certified Executive Coach, holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from the State University of New York and a B.A. in Psychology from Marist College. He has also completed the Certified Career Management Course with the Career Coach Academy as well as the Practitioner in Executive Coaching course with the Academy of Executive Coaching, both programs accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF).
Kelly Grace, Ph.d, is a leadership coach dedicated to helping emerging leaders reach their full potential. With nearly a decade of experience as a gender specialist and trainer, she is passionate about equity coaching and coaching towards equitable leadership principles. Through her intersectional gender work, she has been helping individuals and organizations around the world develop more equitable and gender-sensitive beliefs and practices. She has led countless projects globally for the socialization and advancement of women.
Much of Kelly's coaching practice involves coaching emerging women leaders. She also provides training and research on gender issues and inequalities around the world.
Kelly also speaks four languages - English, Russian, German and Khmer (Cambodian). She holds a Ph.D. from Lehigh University in Comparative and International Education, an M.Ed. from Texas A&M University in Curriculum and Instruction and a B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M university.
Much of Kelly's coaching practice involves coaching emerging women leaders. She also provides training and research on gender issues and inequalities around the world.
Kelly also speaks four languages - English, Russian, German and Khmer (Cambodian). She holds a Ph.D. from Lehigh University in Comparative and International Education, an M.Ed. from Texas A&M University in Curriculum and Instruction and a B.S. in Psychology from Texas A&M university.
Terri Acker is a Certified Career Coach who has been helping Millennial clients discover their "career-calling" since 2012. She also works with clients to learn and practice effective interviewing techniques - including job specific mock interviews to provide real-time feedback and provide tips to answer common interview questions.
In addition to Ms. Acker's experience as a career consultant, her background includes experience as a small business owner, involvement in school/education programs (Coppell, TX ISD) and a sales and marketing professional with Johnson & Johnson Company. She holds a B.S. in Marketing from Texas Tech University.