Avva Thach
Houston,TX
Summary
U.S. Citizen senior LEADERSHIP COACH | PROGRAM MANAGER | YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ADVOCATE Visionary Senior Leadership Coach and Program Manager with 15+ years of experience building and mentoring high-performing teams, designing innovative educational programs, and coaching emerging leaders. Expert at training frontline facilitators (“Guides”), developing playbooks, and leveraging adaptive technology alongside data-driven feedback to maximize student engagement and success. Dedicated to youth development, leadership communication, and empowering learners to uncover hidden talents and life skills through dynamic, hands-on coaching. Possesses a strong strategic mindset as a strategist in mentoring others with initiative and responsibility to inspire others toward achievement.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Adjunct Professor – Leadership Communication & Business Communication
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
12.2023 - Current
- Teach undergraduate courses in leadership and business communication, engaging over 200 students to date.
- Incorporate AI tools to enhance students’ critical thinking, curiosity, emotional regulation, and executive presence.
- Mentor students to build effective communication, leadership skills, and professional confidence through interactive coaching and activity-based learning.
Senior Leadership Coach
CoachHub
Houston, TX
01.2023 - Current
- Delivered coaching and consulting to 200+ executives and teams across 49 Fortune 500 companies, resulting in $1M+ operational savings.
- Developed leadership playbooks and actionable feedback systems to enhance Guide facilitation skills and student engagement, while ensuring supportability of new strategies.
Senior Leadership Coach & Program Manager
Avva Thach LLC
Houston, TX
02.2019 - Current
- Designed and implemented AI-powered leadership development programs emphasizing human-centered coaching and independent thinking that challenges the conventional norms.
- Created comprehensive training playbooks and frameworks for Guides to implement innovative learning systems with excellence.
- Partnered with HarvardX to mentor 25 Vietnamese CEOs, fostering cross-cultural leadership and educational growth, embracing science as a fundamental aspect.
- Secured a multi-year leadership training contract supporting 3,000+ employees in strategic growth and operational maturity by addressing compensation and training needs.
Principal Management Consultant
Ahead
Houston, TX
06.2021 - 12.2022
- Led enterprise Agile transformations and coached 20+ Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches, driving team autonomy and quality improvements.
- Developed and maintained OKR and KPI tracking systems to inform coaching and improve team alignment and delivery consistency, ensuring records of progress are kept.
Agile Leadership Coach
Accenture
Houston, TX
04.2019 - 09.2020
- Facilitated SAFe PI planning and Agile ceremonies across 7+ teams and 80+ senior leaders in a $22B digital transformation program.
- Coached 55+ teams to improve Agile maturity and velocity, while building leadership dashboards to track program performance.
Program Management Coordinator
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
11.2009 - 05.2015
- Co-led 2 international conferences with 8,000+ attendees using Agile collaboration techniques.
- Facilitated Agile adoption and collaboration for 10,000+ researchers on an open-source educational IT platform.
Education
M.S. - Management & Leadership
Western Governors University
B.Com. - Organizational Behavior
Mount Allison University
Skills
- Leadership Coaching & Mentorship (Youth & Executive)
- Youth Development & Educational Programming
- Facilitation & Playbook Development
- Adaptive Learning & Technology Integration
- Team Building & High-Performance Culture
- Data-Driven Feedback & Metrics Analysis
- Program Strategy & Execution
- Executive & Student Coaching
- OKRs, KPIs & Performance Scorecards
- Cross-Functional Stakeholder Alignment
- AI-Enhanced Critical Thinking & Emotional Regulation
- Crossover Skills in Data Analysis and Finance
- Independent Contractor Experience
- Jira
- Confluence
- Azure DevOps
- Salesforce
- ServiceNow
- Mural
- Miro
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- ChatGPT
- Adaptive Learning Platforms
- Microsoft Excel
Certification
- Professional Certified Coach (PCC) – ICF (1,400+ hours)
- SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) 5.1
- IC Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- Certified Product Owner (CSPO)
- Stanford Agile Project Management
- Organization Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC)
Timeline
Adjunct Professor – Leadership Communication & Business Communication
Texas Southern University
12.2023 - Current
Senior Leadership Coach
CoachHub
01.2023 - Current
Principal Management Consultant
Ahead
06.2021 - 12.2022
Agile Leadership Coach
Accenture
04.2019 - 09.2020
Senior Leadership Coach & Program Manager
Avva Thach LLC
02.2019 - Current
Program Management Coordinator
Stanford University
11.2009 - 05.2015
B.Com. - Organizational Behavior
Mount Allison University
M.S. - Management & Leadership
Western Governors University