Mariah Bayne is a Sales-driven career coach, strategist, speaker, and workshop facilitator who has helped 100+ professionals transition into new careers, including tech. She teaches mid-career professionals how to translate day-to-day work into proof leaders reward, then use it to pivot, get promoted, and earn more. Her sessions are practical, fast-moving, and built for people who want language they can use immediately.
Her work is rooted in 12+ years across SaaS and services. She previously served as Head of Customer Success & Operations, managed a $500M enterprise portfolio, and served enterprise customers such as BMW, Home Depot, and Unilever. She partnered across Product and Sales to turn feedback into adoption and growth. She also has a background in risk management, previously serving as a property and casualty insurance underwriter. Honorable mention, she’s a proud alum of North Carolina A&T State University.
She is the Founder of AYC Consulting Group, where she supports organizations through team training, customer experience strategy, and fractional leadership. She is also the creator of Growing the Middle (GTM), a coaching brand and community built for professionals in the middle of their career, past the basics, carrying real responsibility, and ready for the next level. Through GTM, Mariah teaches a simple translation method, tasks, skills, competencies, outcomes, so people can communicate impact clearly in interviews, performance reviews, and scope conversations.
Mariah serves as Strategic Advisor, Career Placement Programs at re:WORK TRAINING, a mission-driven workforce development organization focused on equitable pathways into tech careers. Her goal is simple, help people leave with proof they can use, not advice they forget.