The team
Maya Raber
Maya is the founder of Tulip Management. She enjoys utilizing her engineering and senior management expertise to deliver training, provide one-one-one coaching, and develop engaging training content for participants in the high-tech industry.
Her experience prior to founding Tulip Management includes:
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Delivery of world-class products in the enterprise, internet, and consumer industries
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Building and leading high performance product development organizations
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Experience in successful startups, mid-size, and fortune-500 companies
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Leadership of rapid growth, turnaround, out-sourcing, and off-shoring business situations
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Management of distributed organizations in the U.S., Asia, and Europe
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18+ years of successful track record in the high-tech industry
Maya is a graduate of the Technion Institute of Technology in Israel
Languages: English and Hebrew
Fun facts:
Love to cook: www.maya-cookbook.com
Play squash, dance zumba and practice yoga
and most importantly: spend quality time with family and friends
Cristina Lively
Cristina Lively
Cristina is an expert in leadership development for high tech, media, and life science companies.
Her specialized experience spans over a decade working with both startups and established companies,
delivering impactful and transformative training programs.
She enjoys collaborating with innovative companies that create products and services at the forefront of enterprise software, security, storage, networking services, mobile platforms, semiconductors, EDA, ecommerce, supply chain, marketing automation, gaming, green tech, life sciences, medical devices, FinTech, AdTech, automotive, and, most recently, AI applications.
She is a graduate of UC Berkeley in California
Languages: English and Spanish
Fun facts:
Love to travel and read
Cook and spend time with my family
George Manning
George provides technical leadership and guidance to executive teams, colleagues, and external partners. He is passionate about mentoring and coaching the next generation.
George has many years in technology, first as a software developer on personal computers, mainframes, the web and mobile devices. He has been promoted to manager and senior leadership at IBM, Kodak, Salesforce, GM/Cruise and SaverLife. In recent years he has provided fractional IT governance and guidance to nonprofit organizations.
Languages: English, C++ and Bash
Fun facts:
Loves spending time with family and friends. Enjoys outdoor activities including running 100km trails, 100 mile cycling events and open water swimming. Recently he completed his first IRONMAN 140.6 mile event. He gives back to the community by volunteering at nonprofit organizations, both at the individual contributor level as well as a board member and president roles.
Martha Rothbaum
Martha is a facilitator and executive coach, helping clients become more effective (and happier!) leaders. Through 1:1 coaching and group sessions, Martha’s work balances all sides of professional development - the intellectual and emotional, the serious and humorous, the theoretical and practical. She loves helping leaders create culture and processes that enable themselves, their teams and their businesses to thrive. Common topics which arise include navigating hard conversations, emotional regulation, increasing self-awareness, and improving skills like prioritization, delegation, accountability, effective meetings, stakeholder management, and feedback.
Martha has worked in the tech sector for 10+ years. Prior roles include Project Manager, Chief of Staff, and Head of L&D. Martha graduated from The University of Michigan and Brooklyn Law School, and is a certified Co-Active coach.
Fun facts:
Loves reading fiction, traveling, and playing sports with her two boys.
Faith Wan
Faith has over 20 years of Human Resources leadership experience, worked in both US and China for companies across technology, e-commerce, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing industries. She has partnered with Sr. leadership teams, led HR functions, and built capabilities and infrastructures. As HR leader she leads organizational transformation and drives growth for businesses at different sizes and stages.
She believes we all can tap into our potential and keep learning and growing. She dedicates her time and enjoys being a coach and group facilitator, building connections, facilitating individual growth and group learning.
She is a graduate of the Wright Graduate University and the South China University of Technology.
Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, and English
Fun facts:
A hiker and biker, love to spend time outdoors.
She’s also a swimmer and used to be a member of the college swimming team.
Kate Walker
Kate Walker, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, has over two decades of experience driving growth, transformation, and culture within organizations. She’s partnered with senior executives, led HR functions, and built HR infrastructure, providing trusted support for c-suite leaders to navigate strategies, challenges, and change management.
She has worked for global companies like The William Morris Agency, JWT, TBWA Chiat Day, Publicis, USTA, and Nintendo. She holds a B.A. in Speech Communication from San Diego State University.
Kate’s expertise includes designing and facilitating training on performance management, leadership development, and team effectiveness. She’s passionate about executive coaching, small group coaching, and helping leaders achieve impactful results.
Languages: English
Fun facts:
Loves to spend time with family, read non-fiction, and travel to warm climates