Caroline Ceniza-Levine, Co-Founder
Caroline Ceniza-Levine is a career expert and media personality and co-founder of SixFigureStart® career coaching. Caroline is a career columnist for Forbes.com and formerly wrote for Money.com, Time.com, CNBC, and Portfolio. She is the creator of online courses — Behind The Scenes In The Hiring Process, and Making FIRE Possible – and is the author of Jump Ship: 10 Steps To Starting A New Career.. Caroline has been a repeat guest expert on CBS, CNN, CNBC, and Fox Business and has been quoted in major media outlets, including BusinessWeek, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, Fortune, Inc, NPR, and Success Magazine.
As an executive coach, Caroline has worked with executives from Amazon, American Express, Condé Nast, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey, Tesla, and other leading firms. Caroline also teaches professional development and negotiation courses at Columbia University. Prior to co-founding SixFigureStart® in 2008, Caroline spent 15 years in strategy consulting, executive search, and HR.
A classically-trained pianist at Juilliard and Manhattan School of Music, Caroline stays active in the arts, performing stand-up comedy and producing horror and sci/fi with FBC Films. A native New Yorker, Caroline divides her time among Florida, New York and Costa Rica and blogs about her journey to the land of Pura Vida on Costa Rica FIRE.
Connie Thanasoulis-Cerrachio, Co-Founder
Connie, a career coach, writer, speaker, Gen Y expert and co-founder of SixFigureStart®, has a 25-year career with leading Fortune 500 companies including Merrill Lynch, Pfizer and Citigroup. Most recently, Connie was the Chief Operating Officer for Merrill Lynch Campus Recruiting, where she helped to streamline the campus recruiting efforts in the United States, with that of Europe and the Pacific Rim regions.
Connie has contributed career columns for CNBC.com, Vault.com, and Wetfeet.com and is the author of “Six Steps To Job Search Success” (2011, Flat World Knowledge). Connie teaches Professional Development at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, and her career advice and job market insights have been extensively quoted including mentions in ABC News.com, Crain’s NY, BusinessWeek, Forbes.com, and WNYC radio.
Connie is a graduate of New York University. Prior to recruiting, she held a variety of positions in both marketing and sales.
