Carolyn Thompson
photo by Philip Bermingham
A creative entrepreneur and a Hogan certified career coach, Carolyn is regularly published on topics relating to careers, women in technology, entrepreneurship, women in business, executive coaching, and women in biotech for national magazines, trade journals, and on the Internet.
Carolyn is an active member of the International Coaching Federation and is a frequent speaker who has received rave reviews as an engaging and enthusiastic presenter on a variety of topics as a member of the National Speakers Association.
Carolyn’s passion is to help others by teaching, coaching and motivating them in how to get ahead in their careers and in life. As Principal of the Merito Group, she leads a team that performs executive search, contract labor placement, executive coaching, RPO sourcing, and human resources consulting services.
Carolyn is a board member of the Girl Scouts in both the Nation’s Capital and Tropical Florida councils. She co- founded BioPharma Global which gets drugs approved for rare diseases as well as several other companies including online clothing retailer ResellXL, global continuing education company Elevar Group, and international resale software company Aravenda.
An alumnus and Trustee of Kansas State University, Carolyn is the author of RESUMAZING: TEN EASY STEPS TO A PERFECT RESUME, SEARCHENEERING: TEN STEPS TO FINDING THE PERFECT JOB, and PROMOTICATION: TEN SECRETS TO GETTING PROMOTED available on Amazon.com.