Ascend: A Coach's Roadmap for Taking Your Performance to New Heights
Ed DeCosta is President of Catalyst Associates LLC, an executive coaching and management consulting firm. Ed helps clients set and achieve smart goals, enabling them to meet their personal and business objectives. Clients range from small entrepreneurial ventures to Fortune 500 corporations.  In his corporate life, Ed managed worldwide sales and marketing teams and opened offices on three continents. He is presently working as a partner with best-selling author and leadership guru John C. Maxwell, serving as one of the faculty members in the Maxwell Leadership Development Program.  He is an ICF certified executive coach, has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from West Virginia University as well as Masters Degree in International Management and MBA from the University of Texas. Ed is also an adjunct faculty member in WVU’s College of Business and Economics, teaching Selling and Entrepreneurship courses. Ed and his wife Linda live in Morgantown with their 3 children, 2 cats and a dog named Stella.