About Our Team

Biography

Annmarie is the founder of Catalyst Executive Group, an executive coaching and leadership development firm based in Oregon.

She brings more than 20 years of senior leadership experience in the technology industry building teams, navigating turnarounds, and leading through the high-stakes decisions that define careers and organizations. That experience is the foundation of her coaching practice: not theory, but hard-won clarity about what leadership actually requires. Her work is further grounded in formal professional coaching certification, combining real-world leadership depth with structured coaching methodology.

Annmarie started Catalyst Executive Group on a conviction she developed over two decades in the field: human potential is the greatest competitive advantage, and it compounds when you invest in it deliberately. She has seen, firsthand, what separates leaders who reach their full potential from those who plateau. It almost never comes down to talent or opportunity. It comes down to three things: the clarity of their goals, the depth of their grit, and their willingness to keep growing.

That insight is the foundation of the Goals → Grit → Growth framework she brings to every engagement. Goals that genuinely stretch you. Grit to stay the course through the hardest stretches of the road. And a commitment to growth that continues long after the easy wins are behind you.

Annmarie works with ambitious leaders and high performers who are ready to close the gap between where they are and what they're capable of through 1:1 executive coaching, leadership development, and strategic advisory. Her approach combines analytical rigor with genuine empathy, drawing on the experience of someone who has operated in senior leadership roles and the personal conviction of someone who has had to choose, more than once, to keep going when stopping would have been easier.

She knows what it means to refuse to let where you started define where you're going. That conviction shapes every coaching relationship she builds.

"It never gets easier. You just get stronger — and the strength compounds."

Biography

Stephen Sifers bridges the gap between complex technical strategy and high-performance human leadership. By applying systems-thinking to organizational growth, he helps leaders scale effectively, cultivate autonomy, and maintain operational excellence in high-stakes environments.

Stephen operates at the critical convergence of technical architecture and organizational influence. With a career in high-growth technology environments and refined through directing Business Intelligence and Network Operations, Stephen has a profound understanding of the friction that arises when rigid systems meet fluid human dynamics.

Stephen's coaching practice is designed for leaders tasked with scaling teams while maintaining excellence. He combines a disciplined leadership foundation with the precision of a technical expert to help executives bridge the gap between strategy and execution. His work is characterized by a commitment to data-informed decision-making and the cultivation of teams that are as resilient as they are autonomous.

At the heart of his coaching is a focus on fostering psychological safety and strategic influence -- the essential tools for leading in volatile environments. Drawing on years of managing mission-critical infrastructure, Stephen provides the mentorship needed to lead with quiet authority, deep empathy, and a focus on lasting organizational health.