Susan Ershler

Presentation(s): A Personal Chat with Susan Ershler, Reaching New Heights: Learning to Adapt is Essential, Reaching New Heights: Learning to Adapt is Essential, Reaching New Heights: Learning to Adapt is Essential

Business Executive, Mountain Climber, International Speaker and co-author of: TOGETHER ON TOP OF THE WORLD: The remarkable story of the first couple to climb the fabled Seven Summits Susan's record would be remarkable enough if it only detailed her business achievements. During her 23-year corporate career, she's held a series of executive positions in several Fortune 500 companies, most recently as a Vice President of Strategic Accounts. She led teams to performance records with responsibility for $600 million in revenue, predominantly designing, selling and deploying large complex data networks for the corporation's largest clients. And during that era of corporate achievement, she and her husband Phil became the first couple to climb the Seven Summits - the highest mountain on each of the world's seven continents. Not a professional mountain climber, she trained by climbing 35 stories in her high-rise office building on her lunch hour for a year - with a 40-pound pack on her back. Her remarkable journey culminated at the top of Mount Everest on May 16, 2002. The feat earned them world-wide media attention, including Good Morning America, CNN, The New York Times and countless others. Today, Susan tours the world speaking about her life journey and sharing with others her secrets for success, determination, and achieving seemingly impossible goals. Her clients include technology companies such as: Microsoft, Pacific Edge Software, IEX, ICODE, IBM, iDirect, Magma Design Automation, Lockheed Martin, Cisco Systems and MetLife Institutional IT.