Catherine Zaruba

Change Leadership Consultant in Houston, Texas

Catherine Zaruba

Change Leadership Consultant in Houston, Texas

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I am a Management Consultant working in the Energy industry focusing on Change Management and IT Strategy. My experience in the workforce, combined with a lifetime of living and working in multiple countries enhances my ability to construct culturally-sensitive change and strategy programs and build relationships across organizational levels.

Beyond consulting, I specialize in cyber security prevention in the Healthcare and Automotive industry. I created a point of view that focuses on how human behavior affects cyber security, specifically how human behavior is often the cause of cyber-attacks within organizations, and how humans can be trained to prevent attacks and steward an overall culture change within an organization.

Beyond my professional roles, I have three main organizations I devote my personal time to. Firstly, I am an active member of the Junior League of Houston. As part of the Junior League, I volunteer at Texas Children's Hospital, a top ranked pediatric hospital in the nation. I work with young patients at Radio Lollipop, which is Texas Children's award-winning, in-hospital radio station. Secondly, I am the Co-Founder of a non-profit called the Fearless Forum. It is an organization that partners with KIPP, a national network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public charter schools dedicated to preparing students in under served communities, and sets-up mentor relationships with young women in middle school and high school with leaders in the Houston community. Lastly, I am a certified spin instructor and love teaching spin classes at local spin studios in Houston.

My hobbies beyond volunteering in the community include traveling, training for half marathons, listening to TED Talks, surfing and being outdoors.

My main purpose in life is to bring out the best in others, whether that is teaching young women to be leaders in their lives or motivating athletes to push themselves harder than they imagined. I have built a life I love that is devoted to that purpose and I look forward to continuing to build on bringing out the best in others in business and society as I pursue my MBA.