Meet Pooja Modi

I started my career with five years at McKinsey, and earned my MBA from Harvard Business School along the way . From there, I took on leadership roles at Blue Apron and Harry’s—two high-growth consumer tech unicorns. I quickly worked my way up to the global leadership team, running sizeable organizations across both analytical and creative functions.

At both companies, I became the go-to leader for solving our most gnarly, high-stakes problems, from commercial to technical. Throughout this journey, I’ve built and led teams through hypergrowth, IPO journeys, downturns, and restructurings. I’ve managed analysts, marketers, and engineers through everything from technical migrations to strategic planning processes, and earned some of the highest team engagement scores along the way.

As I grew into executive leadership roles, one of my most transformative experiences was working an executive coach. My coach helped me see myself more clearly as a leader—for all my strengths and opportunities. She helped me build my executive presence and strategic voice, while pressure testing strategies for driving accountable teams and measurable business results.

This experience inspired me to get certified in Conscious Leadership and train with the CoActive Institute, so I could pay it forward to high-potential, growth-minded leaders.

Today, in addition to coaching, I bring that same operating lens to my work with Talgo and Burton Advisors, where I train and assess senior executives and investment professionals on interview performance and high-stakes hiring decisions. The two inform each other: that work keeps my eye sharp for what actually separates leaders who thrive from those who don’t, and the leaders I coach keep it grounded in what’s really happening in the room.