Hi, I'm Aylam.
Change has been a constant in my life. I've called 11 different cities home. I spent 15 years in tech, more than ten of them as an enterprise account executive and a sales leader. In 2022 I started learning AI, and in 2025 I led a CEO-mandated initiative to bring it into how our go-to-market organization works. I became a father. And I left corporate to follow my career dream: helping others reach theirs.
None of those turning points came with a map. Not all of them were welcome, and not all of them were my choice. Each one asked me to let go of something that worked and trust something I couldn't see yet.
Today I coach accomplished senior leaders across industries through their own turning points, with over 5,000 hours of coaching and facilitation behind me.
If you're standing at one now, I'd love to hear about it.
How I coach
I see coaching as a gym for behaviors, attitudes and beliefs. You grow through consistent practice and challenge.
My coaching is clear and fact-based. I blend business know-how with guided reflection and simple behavioral tools. Together we navigate fast-changing environments, identify the real obstacles, understand what may be holding you back, and turn it into action.
I'm structured and engaging, and I'm often told my style is a unique mix of directness, sensitivity and good listening. Our work goes beneath the surface while staying grounded in practical experimentation and action.
I'm especially drawn to accomplished people who are successful on paper, yet feel something is missing. They want a deeper sense of meaning, fulfillment and purpose.
My clients create meaningful change because I help them:
- Identify blind spots
- Explore what matters most
- Experiment with new ways of leading and living
- Build repeatable practices around what works
Why a broken bowl?
When Aviv and I got married, one of our gifts was a set of bowls.
The bowls broke in the mail. I was about to throw them away when my mom said, "Don't throw them. Let's do kintsugi with them." Of course I said, "What the fuck is kintsugi?"
So I learned. Kintsugi is the Japanese art of golden repair: broken pottery put back together with gold in the cracks. The break isn't hidden. It becomes part of the bowl's story.
My mother and I repaired the bowl, and it sits in my office to this day. That was the last artwork we created together, but her memory and teachings live on with me.
Like many things in Japanese culture, kintsugi carries a philosophy. It is often linked to wabi-sabi, which finds beauty in what is imperfect and impermanent. As we go through life, we break. Kintsugi celebrates the breaks and imperfections. Better yet, when we recover, the cracks become the strongest and most beautiful parts of us.
Reading about these concepts made me reflect on my own journey and that of my clients. It resonated so deeply I decided to name my business after it: Kintsugi Tech Coaching.
If you're ready to find growth and fulfillment in your own cracks, I'd love to help you start.
More about me
Outside work, I'm a husband and a father: that's me with Aviv and our daughter, Alma with her addicting laugh.
A few other fun facts about me:
I've played tennis since 2002, for a while semi-professionally, and I played on the McGill team.
I'm originally from Israel, I live in Toronto, and I've visited more than 50 countries. Of all the places I've visited, Myanmar was the most memorable.
I served in the IDF for three years. It was mandatory but I got to volunteer for special forces and I'm grateful for that meaningful chapter in my life as it shaped who I am today.
Nowadays I'm learning contact improv dance and wheel-throwing pottery, two ways to get out of my head and into my body. For someone whose business is named after a broken bowl, the pottery wheel feels like a fitting teacher.
Book a free call with Aylam to look at what's really in your way and establish a path forward.
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