Val O'Brien Email & Phone Number

Val O'Brien is a CEO & Co-Founder at Black Cat Media Consulting based in Winston-salem, North Carolina, United States, North America. "A human wiki, if wiki were more organized, had clearer answers, an inexhaustible work ethic, and a sincere desire to help you out in any way she can. Val excels at creating, implementing and driving adoption of effective processes. She is able to clearly articulate her vision and influence others to adopt it both directly and indirectly." The greatest feedback I can receive is about my ability to make improvements for those around me. I strive to find simple solutions to complex problems. I find excitement in that moment I find a solution and feel truly accomplished when that solution helps the person next to me. When asked to describe me my mom loves to tell a story from childhood. When I was about 8 I was attending a birthday party at an arcade (seriously what happened to awesome birthday parties at arcades?!). Mid-party, two other party-goers began to fight that the $1 bill one had found on the floor actually belonged to the other. Yelling began, the adults froze, and didn’t know who to give the $1 back to. I confidently walked up, took the dollar, went to the counter to convert this dollar into quarters, returning to give each $0.50. Everyone stood shocked at this 8-year-old with such confidence in the resolution, waiting for the yelling to start back up. Instead, both looked at each other, one declaring, “let’s go play hoops”. Now it may seem odd to share a story from over 25 years ago to describe who I am in a work setting but this story, in fact, is a testament to who I am as a person and I bring that person to my work every day. As a leader I believe I need hear all sides and guide us to a resolution that maybe no one else sees. When developing processes my priorities are simple to execute, easy to remember solutions. During my professional career I have been presented with a multitude of ambiguous problems that needed to be solved. Each day I arrive ready to solve the next one, always with my client in mind.