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About
the Catlin & Cookman
Group
Building a community
of CEOs who are growing
great companies
In
today's fast-paced
world, CEOs have
the toughest job
of all. While it's
both exciting and
rewarding, it can
also be extraordinarily
challenging. Where
do CEOs turn for
guidance? Since
1989, CEOs of emerging-growth
companies have come
to the Catlin & Cookman
Group for our unique
expertise and resources — proven
methods and frameworks
to plan for and manage
growth and change.
Our sole focus on
the CEO experience
sets us apart, and
the highly targeted
resources we offer — CEO
forums, consulting
processes and practical
tools — are developed
exclusively for CEOs
who are committed
to growing great
companies.
Catlin & Cookman
Group Partners
Katherine
Catlin, Founding
Partner
Katherine
Catlin has helped
CEOs grow great companies
for over 20 years.
With a unique set
of proven processes
and practical tools,
she addresses the
full range of growth
issues, including
helping the CEO clarify
vision and values
and define the company's
strategic and annual
plans, while building
the executive team,
infrastructure, management
process, and cultural
environment critical
to achieving aggressive
growth strategies.
Always
focusing on the CEO's
unique role, she
created and leads
High-Growth CEO Forums,
where CEOs meet regularly
in small groups to
grapple with critical
business challenges,
exchange ideas and
develop best practices
for growth. In 1989
she created Building
the Profit Spiral®,
now a proven, growth-planning
process that guides
CEOs in producing
winning growth strategies,
avoiding typical
pitfalls, building
a cohesive management
team, and establishing
processes for gaining
company-wide alignment
and commitment to
implementation of
growth goals. She
also developed the
CEO Performance Evaluator™ based
upon her experience
in helping numerous
CEOs define the critical
responsibilities
of an effective leader
in growing organizations.
In addition, she
has established The
CEO Exchange, a Web
site for CEOs that
provides articles,
ideas and information
on growth issues.
With
her expertise in
leadership, innovation,
executive teamwork,
and the CEO's role
in planning and managing
growth and change,
Catlin has been a
featured speaker
at the Kauffman Center
for Entrepreneurial
Leadership, Young
Entrepreneurs Organization,
Inc. Magazine's Conferences
on Growing the Company,
JP Morgan Partners,
and Women Presidents'
Organization. She
created and led the
7-part “Growing
Your Company: The
CEO's Challenge” series
for two years for
the Massachusetts
Software and Internet
Council.
As
a thought leader
for CEOs of emerging
growth companies,
Catlin has written
two books, Leading
at the Speed of Growth:
Journey from Entrepreneur
to CEO and Building
the Awesome Organization:
Six Essential Components
that Drive Entrepreneurial
Growth with co-author
Jana Matthews in
conjunction with
the Kauffman Center
for Entrepreneurial
Leadership. Published
articles include The
Profit Spiral: A Practical
Guide for Leaders
Committed to Growing
Their Organizations, Secrets
of Innovation, CEOs
Drive Growth with
Innovation, and Peer
Groups Help CEOs Succeed
in Today's High Risk/High
Reward Environment.
Catlin is a Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of
Sweet Briar College
and received a Masters
degree from Lesley
College in Cambridge,
MA.
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Bouzha
Cookman, Partner
Bouzha Cookman has
over 25 years of operational and consulting experience working in and
with high-growth, venture-backed companies. Catlin & Cookman
Group (CCG) partner for the past ten years Bouzha’s focus is
on streamlining the fast-growth trajectory of investor-backed, technology
companies. Cookman runs the company’s consulting practice,
leads two of the company’s High-Growth CEO Forums™ and
is driving CEO Forum expansion to the Bay Area and Europe. Since
1998, CCG client CEOs have created over $2.7 billion in liquidity value
and the High-Growth CEO Forum community comprises over 100 investor-backed
CEOs worldwide.
Cookman’s
consulting and CEO Forum leadership role is informed by strong, diverse
and successful senior
management positions held in companies
from start-up through post-IPO stages. Employee number 20 at
Avid Technology she grew a sales organization from $1.5 to $20 million
in revenue over a two-year period; directed a product marketing effort
that increased revenues from $51 million to $110 million in one year;
and was responsible for Marketing Communications and Business Development
for a $280 million business. Under her direction the company produced
an Academy Award-winning digital film editing system.
Having
experienced the issues fast-growth organizations face, Bouzha's goal
is to help CEOs build sustainable companies that innovate, thrive,
and provide winning environments for all stakeholders. Cookman
is a Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. She received
her MBA from Harvard Business School and was honored to be selected
by faculty to tutor first-year students. Currently, she is loving
raising Alexander, her 9-year old son, singing in a community chorus,
taking a break from town service after 10 years on the Concord MA Zoning
Board of Appeals and on the BoD of a technology start-up.
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