Big Tech to Big Purpose

Trade the Fog for Fulfillment.

After 30 years and 10+ reinventions at giants like Google and Oracle, Colleen Pimentel empowers you to unlearn external expectations and step into your authentic, fufilled life.

Colleen Pimentel

TEDx Speaker

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TEDx Google Woman in Tech WHY Summit? BayTech THE CLUB
TEDx Google Woman in Tech WHY Summit? BayTech THE CLUB

Explore Colleen's Work

Keynote Speaking

Transformative talks on unlearning expectations and stepping into your potential.

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Award-Winning Book

Discover the playbook for navigating career reinventions in "Second Act".

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Workshops & Coaching

Interactive sessions designed to build psychological safety and agency.

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Media & Interviews

Podcast Guest Appearances

Listen to Colleen discuss career reinvention, unlearning external expectations, and finding authentic purpose on top leadership and career podcasts.

Find Your Next Chapter

Find Your Next Chapter

Trading the Fog for Fulfillment with Colleen Pimentel

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Second Acts Unleashed

Second Acts Unleashed

How a 30-Year Big Tech Veteran Found Her True Calling

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TEDx SPEAKER

Keynote Speaking

Colleen delivers candid, eye-opening talks that challenge individuals and corporations to stop choosing "safe" and start choosing their potential.

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Glimpses from the Stage

Talk Objectives & Takeaways

Colleen’s keynotes are designed to be more than just inspirational—they are catalysts for real change. Audiences walk away equipped to navigate their own career reinventions and step into their potential.

  • Catalyze Action

    Move past the "successful but stuck" phase and ignite real, sustainable momentum.

  • Reclaim Agency

    Unlearn the cultural expectations dictating your path and confidently redefine success on your terms.

  • Clarify the Vision

    Utilize proven frameworks to map out the next chapter of your career with clarity and alignment.

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Uncover Your True Desires and Build Real Momentum

Highlights Keynote 2026

Highlights Keynote 2026

The Life You’re Capable Of (And Why You’re Not Living It Yet)

The Life You’re Capable Of

Signature Topics

Uncover Your True Desires & Build Momentum

Perfect for corporate summits. Explore how early career scripts become invisible barriers holding us back from our true "Second Act."

Navigating the Fog

For leaders feeling "successful but stuck." Discover an actionable framework for finding clarity when your employer no longer defines your path forward.

The Burnout Epidemic & Reclaiming Control

A high-energy session tackling modern burnout. Learn to stop treating exhaustion as a status symbol and actively reclaim your schedule.

Engineering Real Direction

Stop performing success and start engineering purpose. Address unvoiced psychological pressures and gain a clear roadmap to optimize strategic performance.

SPEAKING REFERENCES

What Event Leaders Say

"If you are looking for a speaker who can handle the heavy topic of burnout with both high energy and deep insight, look no further than Colleen Pimentel. Last week, Colleen spoke to our group about minimizing burnout and reclaiming control over our schedules. The presentation was anything but passive— Colleen actively engaged the audience, challenged our perspectives, and really made us think about how we approach work-life integration. The energy brought to the session was exactly what our team needed. Colleen is an absolute professional and a compelling storyteller!"

Kristina S

Event Lead | Why Summits

"If you ever have the opportunity to hear Colleen Pimentel speak live, drop everything and buy a ticket. Her recent TEDx talk is a masterclass in executive presence and communication. Colleen understands the deep, unvoiced psychological pressures that individuals carry, and she addresses them with a radical clarity that forces you to think. She completely grabbed the room’s attention from line one, spiked the collective energy, and challenged us all to stop performing success and start engineering real direction. Colleen is a vital voice for modern leadership psychology."

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TEDx Event Lead

1-on-1 Mentorship & Team Immersions

Coaching & Workshops

Transformational guidance for high-achieving leaders and interactive, high-energy sessions designed to help teams navigate change, build psychological safety, and reclaim their agency.

Executive Coaching

Are you successful, but stuck?

My 1-on-1 coaching is an intimate, high-impact container designed specifically for individuals navigating profound career pivots. Together, we will uncover the invisible scripts holding you back, take a true inventory of your desires, and build the clarity needed to step confidently into your potential.

Team Workshops

Inside the Room

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Group Work

Corporate & Team Immersions

Colleen's workshops are not sit-and-listen lectures. They are dynamic half-day or full-day immersions where teams do the hard work of aligning personal purpose with corporate goals. The result? Higher retention, deeper engagement, and a culture of authentic leadership.

CLIENT EXPERIENCES

Coaching & Workshop References

"What sets Colleen apart is her strategic approach. She meticulously studies her audience, fosters deep engagement during sessions, and ensures every new hire walks away with highly actionable knowledge. Her exceptional leadership, contagious attitude, and dedication to mentorship have made her a cornerstone of our hiring success. Colleen consistently turns onboarding into an unforgettable, world-class experience."

Andrea M. Castillo

Global Sales Enablement | Google

"Working with Colleen as an executive coach completely redefined my trajectory. She helped me realize I was successful but unfulfilled. I’ve finally stepped into my true purpose thanks to her guidance."

J Lee

Founder

"Colleen came in at short notice and delivered an incredible 90-minute session on audience empathy and presentation skills for our PM team offsite. It’s not an easy topic to speak about with a group of professionals, but she managed the time expertly and kept the room completely engaged and off their phones. The team had great things to say, and we’re already using her language and frameworks to give feedback on presentations to senior stakeholders."

Shervin Moghaddam

Senior Director PM, Search Ads Google

Second Act Book Silver Award Winner
The Acclaimed Book

Second Act

Silver Award Winner from the Nonfiction Authors Association. After navigating over ten career reinventions, Colleen Pimentel wrote the definitive playbook on rewriting the rules of power and fulfillment for successful individuals.

  • Learn to recognize the subtle ways you choose safe paths over true potential.
  • Practical strategies to gain crystal-clear vision and ensure value alignment.
  • Step out of the "Fog" and reclaim agency over your next professional chapter.
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Reviews

Praise for Second Act

"Second Act is the wake-up call so many high-achieving women didn’t know they needed. Colleen gives language to that quiet, inner shift that happens when success starts feeling empty and you feel like you need something more fulfilling. Her writing is deeply relatable; equal parts strategy and honesty. Second Act a mirror that reminds you that you’re not behind...you’re just getting started."

Melanie Borden

Author | Founder, The Borden Group

"This is truly the pep talk I needed right now in my life. Pimentel spoke breath into the feelings I’ve had: it’s too late? was all this worth it? where am I going? And she came alongside me and gave me the encouragement I deserved. This book taught me how to take my worry and turn into meaning and action. It walked me through finding satisfaction and fulfillment. The anecdotes in the book gave me hope and clear examples of those who got started later in life. This is an easy read, packed with quick tips and reflections. My next decade is going to be the best, and that I can thank Pimentel for."

NonFiction Author Association

Official Review

"SECOND ACT is a helpful and encouraging book with very creative suggestions for discovering your true needs and desires, and with new techniques to achieve them. Gentlemen, don’t be misled by the subtitle; this book applies to us, too.

This book presents effective techniques that help us reframe our fears and fiascos, know what we really want, and learn new methods that keep us on our journey.

Life-changing processes like this aren’t easy, and the book offers tools to keep you on course, maintain momentum, and ultimately enjoy the successes that are truly important to you."

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