{"id":2,"date":"2010-05-18T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topnotchcoachingllc.com\/site\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-05-29T18:39:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T22:39:55","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/topnotchcoachingllc.com\/site\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #285386;\">About Us<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Mario Flores Executive Bio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mario Flores is the founder and President of Top Notch Coaching, LLC, an executive and professional business coaching company specializing in Leadership Coaching for the Financial Executive and Financial Professional. Mario worked his way up the corporate ladder from the <em>mailroom<\/em> to <em>executive <\/em>level in Verizon\/GTE, a Top 20 Fortune Company. He worked for over 36 years with Verizon\/GTE with over 18 years at the nationwide Executive Leadership Level in Finance and Operations and has excellent business acumen developed through a career that systematically evolved from \u00a0professional discipline to business leader.\u00a0 His professional evolution is rooted in strong financial fundamentals in Accounting, Regulatory, Financial Planning as well as business fundamentals in Business Analysis, Supply Chain Management, Retail Markets and Operations.\u00a0 As an executive, Mario has acquired a broad range of financial and nonfinancial experiences over this four decade period in a dynamic telecommunications industry that has evolved from a telephone company to an entertainment and broadband wire line, wireless and video company.<\/p>\n<p>As a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation (ICF), he is an experienced Executive and Professional coach in both \u201cfor-profit\u201d and \u201cnon-profit\u201d environments.\u00a0 Mario\u2019s <em>core competencies<\/em> include coaching, leadership, business acumen, strategic thinking for results-driven execution, multi-functional and end-to-end process viewpoints, and an understanding of the development of the \u201cProfessional <em>to <\/em>Business Partner <em>to<\/em> Business Leader\u201d evolution.<\/p>\n<p>Mario is a life-long learner and continues to grow through his education.\u00a0 He has achieved the following credentials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BBA in Accounting from Angelo State University<\/li>\n<li>MBA in Management from Angelo State University<\/li>\n<li>CPA licensed in State of Texas<\/li>\n<li>Executive &amp; Professional Coaching Graduate Certificate from the University of Texas-Dallas. <a href=\"http:\/\/som.utdallas.edu\/coaching\">http:\/\/som.utdallas.edu\/coaching<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coachfederation.org\/icf\">http:\/\/www.coachfederation.org\/icf<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Certified Winslow Research Institute Coach in the Winslow Dynamic Profile personality behavioral assessment<\/li>\n<li>Certified in the EQ-i 2.0 Emotional Intelligence Inventory<\/li>\n<li>Certified in the Conflict Dynamic Profile assessment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mario serves as an executive coach in the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Executive MBA Program.\u00a0 He is a past member of the UTD Executive Education Advisory Council and has served as an executive coach in the UTD Masters in Management and Administrative Sciences\/UT Southwestern Healthcare Organization Leadership Program.\u00a0 He currently hosts the UTD Executive and Professional Coaching Program international Coaching Expert Forum.\u00a0 He is the founder of the UTD Mastermind Group and has been published in the Financial Executive Magazine, a publication of the Financial Executives International (FEI) organization.<\/p>\n<p>Mario is committed to giving back to the community.\u00a0 He has served on various boards including the Corporate Advisory Board for the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, the Christian Community Action (CCA) Board of Directors\u00a0and Parenting Alone. \u00a0He has engaged in public speaking in various forums including\u00a0Angelo State University, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of North Texas, Nanjing University in China, the United Nations, the Financial Executives International Dallas Chapter\u00a0and other not for profit organizations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Top Notch Coaching, LLC Vision and\u00a0Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>Vision<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To be recognized as the preferred provider of\u00a0 Leadership coaching for the Financial Executive and Professional.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Mission<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Through Leadership coaching allow the Financial Executive and Professional\u00a0 to move forward to reach their fullest potential, achieve and exceed their individual and organizational goals and become best-in-class business leaders.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">About Us<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mario Flores Executive Bio<\/p>\n<p>Mario Flores is the founder and President of Top Notch Coaching, LLC, an executive and professional business coaching company specializing in Leadership Coaching for the Financial Executive and Financial Professional. 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