Don Blumenthal is the Founder and Principal of C.O.A.C.H., a subsidiary of Top Line Success, LLC - a career coaching, personal branding and small business consultancy.  Don is a sought-after performance coach for emerging professionals and businesses.  Don’s “hands-on”, player-coach style has enabled him to create success for individuals seeking career guidance, personal and professional identity as well as small businesses who want to break through the clutter and thrive.  C.O.A.C.H. stands for Capturing Opportunities And Creating Heroes. Don was formerly the Vice President of Marketing for Tyson Foods, Inc. and Vice President and General Manager for ConAgra, Inc., two Fortune 100 Corporations.  After working for these two industry giants, he founded Top Line Success, LLC.  His prestigious client list includes companies like Nabisco, Clorox Corporation, Kraft, Foster Farms, Cadbury-Schweppes, Gerber Baby Products and start-up enterprises all over the Nation. Don is a featured business and industry speaker for organizations such as The International Foodservice Manufacturer’s Association, The Association of Sales and Marketing Companies, The Marriott Corporation, KFC, Gorman Publishing (Conference of New Products) and others.  He has also been a part of the editorial staff of Institutional Distribution Magazine (Column: “Sales Thinking”), has written guest articles and editorials for Merchandising News, Frozen Food Age and The Southeast Foodservice News. Don served as an Affiliate Faculty member at Antioch University, Santa Barbara, California, where he taught Brand Development, The Art of Negotiation and Consultative and Relationship Selling.  In addition to his teaching, Don served Antioch University as their Internship Advisor and Coordinator.  Don has mentored dozens of students in the areas of career coaching and personal branding and has matched and placed interns at various for-profit and non-profit organizations.  Most recently he has worked on a new internship and pre-apprenticeship initiative for Santa Barbara City College’s School of Extended Learning.  He was also an Adjunct Instructor in Marketing, Project Management and Professional Development at North Arkansas Community College and Sanford Brown College in Missouri.  Originally from New York, Don received his Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University in Maryland, where he garnered honours as an all-star Division One lacrosse player.  He served as a coach at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is now the men’s lacrosse coach at San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara, California. Areas of Expertise: Personal Career coaching Personal branding Professional development Networking basics Soft skills enhancement How and why to get an internship Job search to job interview Business Start-up and small business coaching SWOT analysis Art of negotiation Strategic and tactical planning and execution Branding essentials New product roll-out Consultative and relationship selling   *Available to Part Time, Full Time, Dedicated Desk and Office Members