I’ve spent nearly two decades inside high-growth organizations, startups and scale-ups, leading teams, advising leaders, building people strategies, and navigating the messy middle where vision meets reality. I’ve seen brilliant ideas stall, funding rounds explode and fizzle, and teams fracture — not because the product wasn’t good enough, but because leadership wasn’t ready or it was the wrong fit for the season.

As an organizational psychologist and certified executive coach, I’ve worked with founders, founding teams, and senior leaders at companies from scrappy seed-stage startups to global tech unicorns. I’ve helped teams navigate the stress, conflict, and decision fatigue that come with scaling fast.

Founders work with me because I understand the unique pressures of building a company from the ground up: the constant investor scrutiny, the whiplash of rapid change, the isolation of leadership, and the emotional toll of carrying the vision.

Women leaders seek me out because I help them lead with confidence and authority in industries where they are often underestimated — without burning out or losing themselves in the process.

At Pavese Insights Lab, I develop founders to lead as intentionally as they build. My work combines behavioral science, real-world startup experience, and a deep commitment to helping leaders turn their vision into sustainable success — for themselves, their teams, and their companies.