Eric Markowitz
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Business Strategist | Revenue Growth & Operations | 20+ Yrs
Studied at Parsons School of Design, The New School
Hiring Manager at HERO Business Coaching
Available Monday at 3:00 PM UTC
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Eric's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $250/hr
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Eric also coaches for AI Strategy & Transformation, Executive Coaching, Management Consulting, Leadership Coaching, Pharmaceutical, and Marketing. View all.
Eric’s Business Operations & Strategy Qualifications
Coaches professionally
Experience level: Executive
100+ people coached for Business Operations & Strategy
I've spent 20+ years helping organizations build better operating models, accelerate revenue growth, and turn strategic vision into executable plans. I've worked across Fortune 500 companies and high-growth organizations in pharma, life sciences, CPG, financial services, technology, and professional services. My proprietary CORE® framework has helped clients reduce time-to-market by up to 43%, improve margin performance 20–70%, and increase effective billable rates by 20–30% – deployed across 100+ engagements with companies including AT&T, IBM, American Express, Merck, Pfizer, Campbell Soup, Colgate-Palmolive, and Xerox. I coach business leaders on go-to-market strategy, operating model design, revenue acceleration, new business development, and building scalable systems that don't depend on any one person to function. If you're trying to grow, pivot, or fix something that isn't working, that's exactly where I do my best work.
Eric can help with:
AI Automation
AI Fundamentals
Business Strategy Development
Competitive Analysis
Cover Letters
Financial Analysis
Interview Prep
LinkedIn Review
Market Research
Negotiation Skills
Networking Strategy
Operations Management
Process Improvement
Project Management
Resume Review
Eric also coaches for AI Strategy & Transformation, Executive Coaching, Management Consulting, Leadership Coaching, Pharmaceutical, and Marketing. View all.
About Eric
I've spent most of my career doing one thing: finding what everyone in the room is missing – and turning it into the breakthrough nobody saw coming. I led the global launch of Gardasil for Merck. I helped a pharma client cut costs by 9,000% by seeing a problem nobody else had questioned. I walked into a company on my first day to find two partners had just walked out with half the business – and rebuilt it. These weren't lucky breaks. They were the result of learning to see differently. That's what I bring to coaching. I've worked with over 100 Fortune 500 companies – AT&T, IBM, Pfizer, J&J, AstraZeneca, American Express – not as a spectator but as the person in the room helping leadership teams make the calls that mattered. I've also been the founder who had to figure it out alone, the consultant who got it wrong before getting it right, and the coach who learned that the most important breakthroughs rarely come from more information – they come from asking a better question. Today I work with CEOs, founders, and executives who are navigating real pressure – building something new, pivoting something broken, or trying to lead through a moment that feels bigger than they expected. I also help leaders and organizations understand where AI can actually move the needle in their business – not the hype, but the real, practical applications that change how teams work. My approach is direct, honest, and built around you – not a framework or a formula. I'll tell you what I see, challenge what isn't working, and help you find the path you couldn't see before. If that sounds like what you need, I'd love to connect.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I know what it feels like to be the most capable person in the room – and still feel completely alone in the decision. For most of my career I was the outside expert. I'd come in, see what others couldn't, fix what was broken, and move on. I was good at it. But there's a version of that life that's isolating – especially when you're the one running your own business, navigating uncertainty, and expected to have the answers for everyone else while quietly wondering if you have them for yourself. I didn't have a coach early on. I had mentors, I had clients who pushed me, and I had some hard lessons that cost me time and money I didn't have to lose. Looking back, the thing I needed most wasn't more strategy or more information. It was someone who could see me clearly – my blind spots, my patterns, the stories I was telling myself that were slowing me down – and tell me the truth with enough care that I could actually hear it. One of the things I believe most deeply is this: I never fail. Not because everything always works out – it doesn't. But because as long as I'm learning and growing, I don't experience setbacks as failure. I experience them as experiments. My daughter once told me, "Dad, I never see you fail." I smiled and told her the truth – I fail all the time. But I'm always learning, always growing, always trusting my experience, my intuition, my gut. That reframe changed everything for me, and it's one of the most important things I help my clients find for themselves. That's why I coach. I've sat across from CEOs of billion-dollar companies and founders building something from nothing, and the thing that strikes me every time is how similar the internal experience is. The pressure. The doubt that lives right next to the confidence. The gap between who you're performing as and who you actually are. I coach because I believe that gap is where everything important happens – and because I've seen what's possible when someone finally has a thinking partner who's fully in their corner and isn't afraid to tell them what they need to hear.
Work Experience
Lead Coach | Certified Business Coach & AI Educator
Mindvalley
2023 - 2026
➤ Selected from 7,000+ applicants as 1 of 20 coaches for Mindvalley's Chief Life Officer (CLO) program – served 100+ CEOs and founders globally on business strategy, leadership, and high-performance execution ➤ Served as Mindvalley's first external Business Coach inside the Personal Coach program ➤ Trained and developed coaches as host and facilitator in the Certified Business Coach and Certified Life Coach programs – contributing to a global coaching curriculum reaching thousands of professionals worldwide ➤ Certified Positive Intelligence® Coach – specializing in mental fitness, leadership resilience, and behavioral change for senior executives
Co-Founder & Chief Innovation Officer
T!E CONSULTING
June 2013 - Present
Hiring Manager
➤ Co-founded growth-focused consulting firm deploying AI strategy, digital transformation, and commercial innovation for Fortune 500 and mid-market clients across healthcare, life sciences, and technology ➤ Deployed custom AI agents and GPT-based workflows for clients – reducing manual effort and accelerating speed-to-insight across marketing, operations, and sales functions ➤ Developed IoT strategy for a medical device manufacturer projected to reduce sales lead-time by 35%+ – connecting platform architecture, device integration, and sales workflow into a unified digital product roadmap ➤ Contributed to $1M–$2M+ in new business wins through consultative AI solution design and executive-level strategy presentations
VP, Director of Interactive & General Manager
Flashlight Interactive (Omnicom Health Group)
October 2010 - February 2012
Hiring Manager
➤ Led digital strategy and AI-enabled solution design for pharma and life sciences clients including Pfizer, Merck, and AstraZeneca within Omnicom Health Group ➤ Reduced a pharma client's KOL presentation platform costs by 9,000% – identified and scoped a SaaS solution that eliminated conversion expenses entirely and negotiated $360,000 in recurring license revenue ➤ Delivered $1.2M+ in sales wins with 20–70% margin improvements through consultative solution selling and AI-enabled workflow design
Group Lead | Account Manager & Project Manager
Refinery
August 2005 - November 2006
Hiring Manager
➤ Spearheaded Merck's most successful product launch of 2006 – led the $11M+ global interactive launch of Gardasil across multiple countries, directing multichannel strategy, international stakeholder alignment, and analytics. Featured on Good Morning America. Won 2006 WebAward Pharmaceuticals Standard of Excellence ➤ Managed 13+ enterprise-wide interactive marketing and eCommerce projects for Merck – led cross-functional team of 20 and managed department P&L
Founder | Management Consultant & AI Strategist
HERO Business Coaching
January 2001 - Present
Hiring Manager
➤ Senior management consultant and AI strategist serving Fortune 500 companies across life sciences, pharma, financial services, technology, and CPG – named clients include AT&T, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, AstraZeneca, Genentech, American Express, Xerox, MetLife, Prudential, McGraw-Hill, Chrysler, Colgate-Palmolive, Campbell Soup, and UNESCO ➤ Designed and deployed production AI agents and GPT-based systems for B2B lead qualification, sales automation, knowledge management, and executive decision support ➤ Coach CEOs and founders on AI adoption, strategy execution, and organizational transformation – helping leadership teams identify high-impact AI use cases and build roadmaps their teams can execute ➤ Apply proprietary CORE® framework to reduce time-to-market by up to 43% and increase effective billable rates 20–30% across enterprise engagements
Education
Parsons School of Design, The New School
Additional training in Advertising Design, Advertising Design/Branding
1983 - 1984
Activities and societies: Student Mentoring Program Branding, advanced design fundamentals, creative direction. Instructors included creative director for Captain Morgan Spiced Rum campaign.
The College of New Jersey
BA Advertising Design, Advertising
1979 - 1983
Activities and societies: Creative Director/Graphic Designer at the Career Center of TCNJ, Budo Ryu Karate, Creative Director Co-op at the NJ Tuition Aid Grant Office Advertising Design Major, Led TCNJ Co-op and Intern programs, developed "Invest in Your Future" internship program inviting companies and prospective interns to meet and exchange information, resumes. Co-op for Tuition Aid Grad office designing all marketing.
Eric was also personally admitted to
Mindvalley
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