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Meet the CaTS Team!
Mac Walker
 Mac Walker is Principal
Strategist at Career Mission, consultants in work transition
planning. He firmly believes that an individual who develops a
personal job search plan is likely to make a quicker, more successful
transition. As the founder of New Canaan CaTS, Mac was with two
executive outplacement firms, Drake Beam Morin and Right Associates
before starting his own counseling practice in 1994. He has worked
with over 1,000 candidates in a broad spectrum of organizations and
functional disciplines. A graduate of Yale University, Mac is a
hospice volunteer and also a
parishioner of the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, where he
is an Elder, a Stephen Minister, and the Program Director of CaTS.
Mercer Field
An outstanding contributor
to CaTS, Mercer Field has more than thirty years of business
experience and has advised more than a thousand executives from
differing industries, working with a wide range of functions, levels
and teams. She specializes in coaching senior executives, challenging
them to think out of the box as they create and implement strategies.
Prior to founding her own practice, Core Value Coaching in Westport,
CT, Mercer’s previous business experience includes management in
publishing, employee and public relations at GE and directing
development for Connecticut Public Broadcasting. Mercer is an alumna
of Smith College.
Jill Ernst
Jill Ernst’s career has
been in marketing research and sales for both large corporations and
start-ups. She has been affiliated with CaTS since 2002 through St.
Mark’s Episcopal Church. She is currently working with FusionPoint,
providing custom automated analytic and reporting capabilities across
various verticals. The research organizations she has worked for
include A.C. Nielsen, NABSCAN, SAMI, IRI and MMA (Marketing Management
Analytics). Marketing organizations are Cheseborough-Pond’s and
General Foods. She has a BBA from the University of Wisconsin.
Jim Riehl
With a background in
marketing, sales, and strategy, Jim Riehl has been affiliated with
CaTS since 2004. More recently, he has used the CaTS personal job
search blueprint to successfully transition into a strategic planning
position at Connolly Consulting, in Wilton, CT. Jim has held
increasingly responsible posts with General Mills, Nestle, Fort Howard
and Fort James, as well as serving for a time as an independent
consultant. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard
Business School, and belongs to the First Presbyterian Church of New
Canaan.
Dave Krippene
Our newest team member,
Dave Krippene, joined CaTS in early 2008. Dave is the Managing
Director of the Sales and Marketing Division of The Cambridge Group
Ltd., an executive search firm in Westport, CT. Before joining The Cambridge Group, Dave spent
thirty years in sales, business development, marketing and
distribution for some of the premier paper manufacturers in North
America. A member of the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan,
Dave graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelors of Science in
Business and a concentration in finance.
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