Develop a Bench of Leaders

Executive coaching for IT leaders, by IT leaders

Priority-1 Group is trusted by:

Sony, LinkedIn, Stripe, Coinbase, Reddit, Twitch, TextNow, Tripadvisor, Fisher Investments, Equitable, MaestroQA, People.ai, Gilead

“As an executive coach, Andrew works in a way that's purposeful and driven, pulling away all the "stuff" that obscures our view so we can see what really matters. His background in corporate leadership roles lends a deeper level of understanding when it comes to dealing with the stress of working in a fast-paced environment. His insights have given me the ability to be a more strategic operator, effective manager, and most importantly an empathetic and passionate leader.”

-Mike N., COO, MaestroQA

“I really get a lot out of the discussions I have with Andrew every time we meet. In addition, Andrew has also shared with me some very relevant information/research that has helped me increase my understanding of the neuroscience of behavior and what we can do to affect these systems in order to improve our ability to perform. As a result, I am discovering new and exciting ways to make meaningful progress towards my leadership goals.”

-Jeff H., Director of Research, Gilead Sciences

Have you found a reliable way to develop your staff into leaders you can trust?

Typical company-approved or HR-run trainings are NOT effective at growing engineers into leaders for three reasons:

  1. The qualities that make a great engineer also make them skeptical of generic, “hand-wavy” professional development programs.

  2. HR-driven programs never address organizational issues or how the company culture affects change & forward progress

  3. For most technologists, “soft” skills are the hardest skills to develop.

It’s incredibly frustrating when the company-approved trainings do not provide what YOU need to improve YOUR organization.

You deserve to have a leadership development partner who knows IT, understands your unique challenges, and can build trust with your engineers.

 

You’re in tough position

The time pressure never stops but you need to develop people skills and leadership skills in your staff as soon as possible. You don’t have time to teach everyone. More and more technical training won’t do it. And your team is highly skeptical of outsiders or consultants that are too “business-y.”

For tech leaders, by tech leaders…

Priority-1 Group leverages a diverse network of certified coaches with strong expertise as senior executives and engineers. The company is led by Andrew Hinkelman, a certified Executive Coach and recent CTO and COO. He has more than 25 years of experience in the Technology and Financial Services industries across roles in IT, Product Management, and Business Intelligence along with consulting and fractional roles.

As a former Chief Technology Officer, his expertise is in solving complex, company-wide challenges and driving strategic goals while leading teams through periods of steep growth and disruptive change.

In addition to core infrastructure and proprietary software development, Andrew has had responsibility for Information Security, Digital Transformation/UI/UX, Business Continuity, IT Compliance (SOC1/SSAE16), and Project Management. He is CISSP and ITIL v3 certified.

Andrew lives in the Seattle area with his family where he spends an enormous amount of time on a bike or paddleboard and watching college baseball.