Parley Acker

Clients who work with Parley Acker tend to leave with something concrete: a clearer sense of where they’re headed, a résumé that actually reflects who they are, and a plan for getting there. Drawing on 25 years as a career and executive coach, Acker built CareerWon around the belief that good work begins with honest self-knowledge — understanding strengths, confronting blind spots, and making deliberate choices rather than drifting through a career by default.

He focuses specifically on Gen Z and Millennial professionals navigating the early and middle stages of their careers — people wrestling with which path to take, how to grow into leadership, or how to recover from the kind of burnout that builds quietly when the workday never really ends and the next message is always one notification away. His background spans career counseling, assessment, and leadership development, with executive roles at Citigroup, Aramco, and General Electric giving him a ground-level understanding of what organizational life actually demands.

Acker holds an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from the State University of New York, with supplemental MBA coursework from Baruch College, and a B.A. in Psychology from Marist College. He is credentialed as an Associate Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation and offers sessions online.