Coaches & Advisors
Manuel Hoffmann
Founder of Better Life Decisions
Expertise:
General Coaching - Business Management - Leadership Development - Career Growth - Technical Alliances - Sales - Marketing - Operations - International Business Development
Consulting sessions and packages
Guidance on Better Life Decisions
One session (15 minutes) Free of charge
Book this session to learn more about Better Life Decisions and how it can best benefit you.
Get guidance on how to use the site and platform best.
Consulting session
One session (50 minutes) $249.00
Book this session to strategize with the founder on managing your transformation best. Leverage Manuel’s extensive experience in the high-tech industry. He will design a plan covering personal growth, career management, and financial planning for your success and recommend experts to work with.
Consulting package
Four sessions (4 x 50 minutes), $799.00
Purchase this discounted package with four sessions of 50 minutes each.
Mentoring preparation
One session (25 minutes) $149.00
Book this session to discover how to work with mentors who can propel you to the next level in life and in your career.
PREREQUISITE: Certificate in personal growth and career management online courses.
About Manuel
Manuel founded Better Life Decisions in 2023 to create a unique platfom to enable professionals to make better life decisions in the areas of personal growth, career management, and financial planning.
He decided to create the company after suffering a heart attack in 2022. Luckily, he suffered no damage, but it represented a big wake-up call that made him reflect on how he wanted to live life moving forward.
Feeling he had an accomplished career, he also realized he could have done even better with the right advice for his career and personal life development. That became his driving force to give back and help others be their best.
Before founding Better Life Decisions, Manuel was Vice President for Pepperdata’s Partners, Alliances, and Business Development strategies for autonomic big data optimization solutions. Before Pepperdata, Manuel was FICO’s Sr. Director of Strategic Alliances and Partner Development operations, leading OEM and reseller partnerships with technology providers that augment and complement FICO’s product portfolio. Manuel joined FICO from Kaazing, a real time enterprise web communications company where he lead business development efforts and drove initial OEM partnerships. Before Kaazing, Manuel ran business development and sales for ScaleMP, a virtualization company in high-performance computing. Manuel also led market and business development efforts at Meiosys (acquired by IBM), 3PAR (acquired by HP). He held management positions at Silicon Graphics for business intelligence solutions, marketing, and international business development.
A Swiss native, Manuel holds a BS in electro-mechanical engineering from ECAM (Belgium), a degree in business administration from the University of Leuven (Belgium), and a certificate in international marketing from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
When not busy with work, you will find Manuel sailing the San Francisco Bay.
Testimonials
“I worked with Manuel in the capacity of representing one of his vendors providing Cloud infrastructure and Cloud financial management services. What stroke me is how he treats vendors with the upmost repsect and professionalism. I quickly felt more like a colleague as opposed to a vendor representative. He is a tough negotiator, but he is very transparent and fair. I moved on to join a large systems integration consultancy firm but remained in contact with Manuel as he had become a mentor over time.
His ability to listen non-judgementally , to understand and his constant curiosity are a rarity in the business. Even after many years of not having an immediate professional interaction with him, I often brainstorm with him as he has such a large technology expertise, broad understanding of international business and cultures. He has been more than influencial in my career and personal life aspirations.
Wendy Choi, Cloud Strategy Consultant
“Manuel and I worked together at SGI as colleagues and closed some of SGI's early deals in the business intelligence business years ago. We've stayed in touch over the years and then one day in 2011 he called me about joining Kaazing. For the year and a half that we again worked together I found Manuel to be an exceptional leader. Confident enough in his own skills to hire competent people and let them execute independently against a common strategic direction. We worked in Business Development together where developing and managing the companies key alliance partnerships is done. Not only is Manuel capable of capturing and closing strategic alliance relationships but he is also excellent at managing productive long term relationships with key executives. I wish him all the best in his new venture with FICO.”
Brian Bonenfant, Channels Executive Account Manager
“Manuel and I worked together at FICO. As VP Product Management, I relied on Manuel to negotiate technology partnerships complementing our own IP and software stack. Prior to engaging, Manuel thinks strategically and asks tough questions around products, potential alternatives, and go-to-market considerations to create the best possible partnership model. He focuses on finding pathways to joint success, which is critical to finding a strong negotiating position. His attention to detail, his business acumen and negotiations skills result in considerable value for the company. I’d rather have Manuel on my side than the opposing side when negotiating.”
Doug Clare, VP Product Management
“Manuel is a highly technical, extremely professional business development and sales executive with a rare ability to both manage to high level business objectives and day-to-day sales objectives.
Manuel can both build long term strategic relationships and tactically close sales deals. He has done a terrific job in building long lasting technology relationships that transcend his employers to add value in all phases of product development including trial and testing solutions not yet ready for prime time.
Manuel's patience and determination are a combination that is often overlooked in business development and sales practice!”
Benjamin Bear, VP Marketing