• Jan Coates Consulting (formerly Creative Consulting/Marketing Solutions) provides keynote presentations, workshops, and seminars, as well as consulting, coaching, and training. Founded in 1991, Jan’s firm has provided custom-designed presentations for hundreds of organizations, including, colleges and universities, for profit corporations, non-profits organizations, and associations.

• Jan has worked in business sales, marketing, creative writing, and professional speaking for more than 25 years.

• She is a popular business speaker and has trained, coached, and keynoted for Fidelity Investments, CNA Insurance, Blue Cross, Texas A&M University, numerous associations, as well as regional and local firms. 

•  Her professional memberships include:

   *  American Business Women's Association

   *  Bryan/College Station Chamber of Commerce

  *  Fellowship of Professional Women

• Wrote articles appearing in The Boston  Globe, Hingham Times, South Shore Business Journal, The Networker, South Shore Chamber of Commerce News, The Bryan-College Station Eagle, and Inc. magazine.

• Self-published numerous highly successful marketing, sales, and motivation programs, including:

*  Love What You Do and Know That It Matters    

*  Professional Selling Techniques 

*  Everyone Wins with Exceptional Client Service 

*  10 Proven Techniques to Beat Your Competition

*  Maximizing Your Marketing Investment

*  Successful Communication Skills

*  12 Powerful Keys to Focused Listening

*  Productive Networking

        Jan’s business speaking topics complement the above programs.

• Served as a Professor of Marketing for Eastern Nazarene College.

• Became a pioneer in the computer office automation industry where she worked for numerous Fortune 500 companies.

• Recognized as a top Major Account Sales Manager (top 10 percent sales manager) for Wang Computers. Jan’s former boss, John Chambers, now President, Chairman, and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc., branded Jan as “The Role Model” for professional success.  

• Recognized as a top National Account Sales Manager (top 5 percent sales manager) for NCR Corporation.

• Recognized as a top Area Sales Manager for AM International (exceeded quotas by up to 400 percent).

• Became one of the nation’s first female corporate officers in the nation within the investment banking industry. Jan managed millions of dollars in investments and sold corporate and municipal bonds, as well as OTC stocks, yielding a high ROI for clients and employer.

While working fulltime and raising her son alone, Jan received a Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, Park University, Kansas City, Missouri. She has completed numerous management, leadership, and personal development courses through her previous employers and association member programs.  

She is a savvy, highly-respected business woman and a popular author, speaker, and consultant. Her character, integrity and attitude are her most valuable assets.

 She has lived in Kansas City, MO, San Francisco, CA, and Boston, MA. Jan and her family are at home in College Station, TX, where they have resided for thirteen years. Jan has been married to her husband Bill for twenty-five years.

 

Texas A&M University KBTX-TV-3 Citibank Pebble Creek Country Club A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. The Management Collection Harvard Community Health Plan Rockland Trust Company Quincy Savings Bank Eastern Nazarene College South Shore Bank Hillhaven Assisted Living & Rehabilitation Signature Signs Fastamps & Fastsigns Cranberry Country Chamber of Commerce South Shore Chamber of Commerce Metro-South Chamber of Commerce South Shore Women’s Business Network Sinnott School, Inc. Aquinas College at Milton New Boston Temps CYN Environmental Services South Shore Economic Corporation Corcoran Management Co., Inc. Flatley Corporation Sheraton Hotels & Resorts Industrial Comm. & Electronics, Inc. Copley Business Service, Inc. Curry College Staffing Solutions Excel Telecommunications Insurance Alliance Software Information Group First Trade Union Bank Genesis Telecom, Inc. Houston City Personnel Insurance Information Exchange Brazos Valley Rehabilitation Center Fellowship of Professional Women Texas Engineering Extension Services Stylecraft Homes Manpower Inc. Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group, Inc. Greater Houston Partnership McDonald’s Corporation Macy’s

Fidelity Investments CNA Insurance Scott & White Brazos Valley Small Bus. Dev. Center Post Oak Mall Dallas Collection Braintree Hospital Coler & Colantonio Gale Associates New England Funeral Directors Association Boston Athletic Club Tedeschi Realty Curtis Realty Building #19 Allied American Insurance Agency Weymouth Savings Bank High Tech Manufacturing South Shore Mental Health First National Corporation Settles Glass Company TACC International CBL Malls American Health Services Hancock Paint & Varnish Co. JPMorgan Services Morgan Stanley Financial Advisor Lehman Brothers Prudential Financial   South Shore Hospital Brewster Ambulance Service Wallcoverings International Murphy & Company New England Funeral Director’s Association Kelsey Seybold Clinic The Anderson Company General Electric Supply Party Time Rentals ATSI Telecommunications Siemens Rolm Communications First Trade Union Bank Kathi Macias, Author/Speaker Linda Evans Shepherd, Author/ Speaker Cec Murphey, Author/Speaker Rich Dixon, Author/Speaker Linda Ely-Street, Author/Speaker American Business Women’s Association