Chris Westfall

About

Honored as one of the Top 10 Business Coaches in Houston, I've received the Vistage Member's Choice Award, the MBA Communicator of the Year Award, and the top BLC teaching award at the Cox School of Business in Dallas. And I've been recognized as the US National Elevator Pitch Champion. A coach to founders and executives, my entrepreneurial clients have appeared on Shark Tank, Dragon's Den in Canada and Shark Tank Australia. So far, my strategies have been a part of raising over $500 million in capital investment (and counting) for new ventures. My communication strategies have helped entrepreneurs to take first prize at the Intel Global Capital Conference, SXSW in Austin, the SEC Pitch Competition, Baylor New Ventures, and the Rice Business Plan Competition (the largest and most lucrative pitch competition in the world, where my teams won in 2016 and 2023). I work with founders from bootstrap to IPO, and everywhere in between. An international coach to Fortune 500 companies and high-growth businesses, my clients include Gartner, HP, Cisco, DISCOVER, Roche, Salesforce, CEDIA, RE/MAX, and many others. I've worked with the US NAVY SEALs, Marine Corps Raiders, Sandia National Laboratories, political leaders, state officials and global organizations. In the media, I have appeared on ABC NEWS, NBC, Bloomberg, FOX News, BBC Radio, PBS, CNN, and many other outlets. A regular contributor to Forbes, my writing has appeared in various media platforms. My specialties include strategic growth, executive presence, branding and recognition, credibility, teamwork and collaboration, peak performance, engagement, retention and strategy. People hire me in order to become more persuasive, collaborative, clear and compelling - particularly in front of customers, board members or investors. I'm the author of four books and a ghostwriter on eight more (including a Wall Street Journal best-seller, when the WSJ did such things). My books include Leadership Language, The NEW Elevator Pitch and Easier (Wiley, 2022). Prior to launching my career as a keynote speaker, author and business coach, I was a senior executive in marketing and sales across multiple industries, including work at a division of Unilever that was based in London. Today, I design and deliver training programs, interactive keynotes, peer-to-peer learning initiatives and bespoke executive coaching. When people need help telling their stories, they hire me as a ghostwriter, keynote speaker or executive coach. To set up a time to talk: http://tinyurl.com/westfallonline