Jonathan Chizick
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Tech industry executive turned MBA career coach
Studied at Michigan's Ross School of Business
Works at Texas McCombs School of Business
Available tomorrow at 5:30 PM UTC
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Jonathan's Coaching Offerings
Custom hourly · $200/hr
Get help with General Exploration, Professional Networking, and .
Jonathan’s Career Coaching Qualifications
Experience level: Executive
50+ people coached for Career Coaching
Hi, I’m Jonathan - MBA career coach at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business and former startup operator and tech leader. I’ve helped hundreds of professionals clarify their goals, sharpen their stories, and land roles they’re genuinely excited about. Let's chat to talk through a career move or explore a job search strategy.
Jonathan can help with:
General Exploration
Professional Networking
Networking Strategy
Job Search Strategies
Interview Prep
Resume Review
About Jonathan
Tech industry executive turned MBA career coach. I help ambitious professionals navigate career pivots with clarity and confidence and land roles where they thrive. With 20 years in tech, I’ve seen what it takes to grow both companies and careers from the ground up. As a founder and first business hire at multiple startups, I’ve scaled enterprise customers 10X and built Marketing and GTM teams that doubled revenue in under a year. Now, as an MBA Career Coach, I guide the next generation of business leaders through the same kinds of transitions I’ve lived - helping them craft compelling narratives, ace interviews, and seize new opportunities with confidence. I remain deeply connected to the startup ecosystem as a mentor and advisor to early-stage founders and venture funds, blending real-world insights with hands-on coaching. I write a weekly newsletter for professionals navigating career pivots, focusing on clarity, confidence, and smart next steps. Check it out here: https://jonathanchizick.substack.com/
Work Experience
Career Consultant
Texas McCombs School of Business
July 2024 - Present
I coach MBA students to secure their dream roles through personalized career advising and strategic job search planning. As an instructor for Strategic Career Planning (BA 181), I equip students with frameworks for long-term career success. I also design and deliver specialized workshops that sharpen recruiting skills and create meaningful connections between students and industry leaders. Follow my newsletter for free tips: https://jonathanchizick.substack.com/
Co-founder & CEO
SmartPath
May 2024 - Present
Building tools to help parents research and navigate the home education journey for their children. Antler ATX6; Texas Venture Labs Accelerator Fall 2024; Finalist 2024 UM ZLI Alumni Pitch Competition
Mentor
CAPITAL FACTORY
August 2018 - Present
Mentoring founders and startups on business models & strategy, product & customer development, and all aspects of Marketing.
MBA Career Advisor
The University of Texas at Austin
October 2018 - July 2024
Adjunct industry career consultant providing McCombs MBA students with advising on their career search in the technology industry & startup ecosystem.
Strategic Business Development, Office of the CTO
VMware
December 2018 - January 2024
• Developed joint-engineered solutions with our premier global OEM partners • Created and activated a first-of-its-kind joint VMware+Global Technology Partner Solutions Showcase, integrated into partner’s pre-sales motions, to demo new VMware+Partner solutions to joint customers. Delivered $160M+ in attributed deal value in first year
Head of Marketing and Business Development
AppZen
May 2016 - July 2018
AppZen is the world's first AI solution for automating expense audit & fraud detection. AppZen serves 1400+ customers, including 10+ of the Fortune 50 and several of the largest global corporations. AppZen is #171 on the 2021 Inc5000 list of fastest growing private companies • Employee #4 and first business hire. Built the Marketing team from scratch while growing the company from 5 to 50+ employees • Grew our customer base of enterprise clients from single to triple-digits and ARR over 20x from $xxxK to $xxM • Personally sourced AppZen's two largest deals (Amazon and Salesforce) worth over $1M ARR • Evaluated, negotiated, and implemented key distribution partnerships with global industry leaders, including SAP Concur and Coupa. The SAP Concur partnership is Concur's first-ever reseller partnership and is on track to deliver tens of millions in revenue in year one • The Amazon deal and Concur partnership were the catalysts for securing AppZen's $13M Series A funding round and putting AppZen on track for 500%+ y/y revenue growth and positioning for a $35M Series B • Implemented a scalable growth platform to drive and close inbound & outbound qualified leads. Also responsible for messaging strategy, PR, website, SEO, social, email, paid digital, blogging, content creation & distribution, and analyst relations (resulted in Gartner Cool Vendor 2018, 2018 Forbes Cloud 100 Rising Star, and multiple other industry awards)
MBA Career Advisor
University of California, Berkeley
March 2014 - July 2016
• Adjunct industry advisor providing Haas MBA students & alumni with 1-1 and group advising on their career search in the technology & startup fields • Udemy course creator: "The Insider's Guide to Tech Resumes"
VP Sales & Business Development
Drippler
May 2014 - October 2015
As the first business hire of this fast-growing Series-A funded mobile startup, I opened the US office and built the Sales team & processes, sales stack, and B2B Marketing efforts from the ground floor. Drippler has been acquired by Asurion • Closed over 45 direct mobile advertising contracts with top publishers such as Big Fish, Zoosk, Jet, NY Times, Slickdeals, and Scopely • Increased outbound lead generation by 10x • Developed B2B Marketing strategy – including sales materials, case studies, personalized outbound sales videos, Medium blog, and organically growing LinkedIn followers 138% in 6 weeks. Increased qualified inbound leads by 12x • Represented Drippler as industry thought leader on Mobile User Acquisition Panel at GMIC Silicon Valley and on “The App Guy” global podcast Drippler was selected as one of Google’s “Must-have Apps” of 2015 and was backed by Titanium Investments, Silicon Valley's Upwest Labs and a handful of well-known Angel investors.
Business Development, New Ventures
Samsung Semiconductor US
July 2011 - March 2014
• Established on-going relationships with prominent startup accelerators, including 500 Startups, Boost.vc, and TechStars • Identify and enable business partnerships, focused on bringing innovations from startups to Samsung: Evaluated 250+ startups in 6 months and introduced 18 to the Samsung Open Innovation & Business Unit teams. Navigated startups through the Samsung organizational maze of 20+ Biz Dev & Venture Fund teams in Silicon Valley • Produced hi-quality deal flow with strong hit rate for Samsung engagement: (1) signed partnership, (1) active due diligence, but acquired by competitor, (3) in active due diligence, and (3) continue under active investigation
Sr. Marketing Manager
Dell Technologies
March 2005 - July 2011
Directed Brand Management team accountable for growth of $560M Gaming PC business. Responsibilities spanned all channels (eCommerce, Phone, Retail) and full Marketing Mix, including assortment, messaging, pricing, promotions, and integrated marketing campaigns
Consumer Marketing Associate Manager
Best Buy
March 2003 - March 2005
Conceived and implemented annual Marketing strategies for multiple Consumer Electronics categories; managed $3.5M budget and executed integrated retail marketing campaigns across all consumer touch points and advertising & eCommerce vehicles. Campaigns drove sales lifts of 16% - 39% and all-time high market shares
Education
Michigan's Ross School of Business
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing, Corporate Strategy
• Graduated with Highest Distinction • Awarded merit-based Kiplinger Foundation & MBA Academic Scholarships • Selected as U of M representative to MOOT CORP Global Business Plan Competition • Co-author, two published case studies on 3G telecom and Wireless LAN market dynamics • Selected as Teaching Assistant for MBA Marketing and Economics core courses
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
Activities and societies: Pi Kappa Alpha • Graduated Cum Laude; Dean's List every semester • National Merit Scholar
Jonathan was also personally admitted to
Chicago Booth
UCLA Anderson School of Management
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