Career Transition Coach

Ana Michelsen is a Chemical Engineer, Career Transition Coach, and founder of Level Up and Thrive. She holds a Master's in Petroleum Engineering, an MBA from the University of Iowa, and brings 15 years of Fortune 100 corporate global leadership across the United States, Spain, and Canada. She works fluently across cultures and languages, bringing a genuinely global perspective to the intersection of career strategy and human performance. She developed the RECLAIM framework -- Capacity, Clarity, Positioning, Execution -- through her own career transition and her work with high-achieving women navigating misalignment, burnout, and major career moves. The framework has been tested in live speaking engagements, one on one coaching, and real job searches in today's competitive market. Recent speaking: Women Lead Change Quad Cities, Society of Women Engineers Heart of Iowa Chapter.