Business & Entrepreneurial Experience
Selected Clients & Projects
emagine, LLC (www.tonyaensign.com), Founder & President (1996 – 2021)
Strategic Coaching and Consulting
A boutique firm that provided investment/financing and advisory services as well as filled operational roles in deep, multi-year relationships with start-up and growth-stage companies. emagine, LLC's methodology was holistic, research-backed approaches to assist with organizational strategy, finance, tech and manufacturing operations, and people-operations as employees evolved personally, professionally and academically (See Selected Clients page for more info).
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The exclusive Executive Coaching and Organizational Leadership partner to Boards of Directors, C-Suites, and Human Resources departments in more than a dozen global companies with revenues up to $1B and employees up to 6,000 that were owned and operated by True North, TN2, and TN3 Private Equity groups
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Deeply embedded roles in all phases (start-up through acquisition) of three multimillion-dollar True North companies Xyron, Inc. (acquired by Esselte, Inc.), Fluidic Energy, Inc. (acquired by Nant, Inc.), Electric Torque Machines, Inc. (acquired by Graco, Inc.), and PineSpire, LLC (acquired by Xpansive, Inc.)
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Enabled financial, market expansion, human capital, start-up, exit and a myriad of other results via deep, multi-year engagements
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Additionally, guided 500+ individual Founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders in dozens of for-profit and not-for-profit businesses with entrepreneurial strategy, global leadership development, cultural competency, career transition, and other services
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Developed and delivered executive education curriculum and executive coaching programs to thousands of leaders and managers in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Central America over a 25 year period
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Professional development services: global leadership development, career transition and entrepreneurial strategy
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Provided academic services: that assisted working professionals who had returned to school for an advanced degree with optimization of degree program, research, and career advancement or career transition
Honeywell, Inc. (1990 – 1997)
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Co-led the strategic initiative to develop, teach, and manage the roll-out of in-person corporate-wide Global Leadership Development which included traveling to divisions in the U.S., Europe, and Asia quarterly
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Master's Thesis: The Successful Integration of International Culture and Total Quality Management; a mixed methods study
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Director of new and existing technology projects related to the People Operations, Total Quality Leadership , Accounting, and Finance departments
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Manager of Sales, Marketing, and Market Research
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Manager of Financial Reporting and Analysis
Taipei Language Institute, English as a Second Language Teacher (1989 – 1990)
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Developed curriculum and taught English while studying Mandarin in Taichung, Taiwan