Morton C. Aaronson
Senior Advisor — Corporate Strategy — Inflection Advisory
Morton ("Mort") C. Aaronson is a chief executive, board member, and executive coach, and Senior Advisor for Corporate Strategy at Inflection Advisory.
Over more than two decades he has founded, led, advised, and coached over fifty businesses across telecom, energy, semiconductors, IT services, government contracting, hospitality, fintech, advertising, digital media, and ad tech — a breadth of experience he has distilled into a methodology he calls experience-based coaching.
He began his career at MCI Communications as a senior member of the company's $8 billion Business Markets management team, responsible for go-to-market strategy for a division that grew revenue more than 150%. He went on to become Chief Operating Officer of KN Energy (Kinder Morgan, NYSE), where he was charged with $5 billion in responsibility and the mandate to deregulate the nation's first energy company, integrating multiple acquisitions and launching five new operating entities.
Today he is Principal of Greymatters and a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches, where he is known as a "vision catcher and sparring partner" to the leaders and teams he advises.
At a Glance
- Role
- Senior Advisor — Corporate Strategy, Inflection Advisory
- Current position
- Principal, Greymatters · Executive Coach, Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches
- Career
- Former COO, KN Energy (Kinder Morgan) · Senior leader, MCI Communications · Founder or CEO of 50+ ventures
- Based in
- Denver, CO
Highlights
- Former Chief Operating Officer of KN Energy (Kinder Morgan), holding $5B in responsibility while integrating multiple acquisitions and launching five new operating entities.
- Senior member of MCI Communications' $8B Business Markets team, driving revenue growth in excess of 150% and industry-leading market share.
- Founder or chief executive of ventures including en.able (the nation's first consumer-services bundler), Ricochet Networks, Placewise Media, Refinition, and Qlip.it.
- Marshall Goldsmith Certified Stakeholder Centered Coach and a member of the Marshall Goldsmith 100 Coaches since 2020; mentor at Forefront.
- Author of Toughest Table: Cooking for Those You Love.