Stop Drifting.
Start Leading.
Move from autopilot to intentional self-leadership
No pressure. No pitch. Just a genuine conversation.
Certified Coach · CPA · Co-Founder, BEyond CPE
Hi, I'm Chris.
Coach. Mentor. CPA. U.S. Coast Guard Master Captain.
Husband & Dog Dad. Scuba Instructor. Adventure Seeker.
From Big Four accountant to Certified Coach, every chapter of my career has been converging toward one mission: helping people stop drifting and start leading their lives with intention and purpose.
A seasoned CPA with over 30 years of experience — including time with Arthur Andersen — I've spent my career helping professionals navigate both technical excellence and the deeper questions of personal growth. My own Disruption Point taught me that professional success and inner fulfillment aren't separate destinations. They're two expressions of the same aligned life.
For over a decade I've been teaching, coaching, mentoring, and speaking — live and virtually — helping thousands develop the clarity, confidence, and direction that comes from aligning thoughts, beliefs, and actions with a definite purpose.
20+
Years Teaching,
Coaching & Mentoring
50K+
Professionals
Served
Global
Live & Virtual
Reach
EVERY CHAPTER MATTERS
The Journey That Led Here
1
Big Four Foundation
Built a distinguished career — including time with Arthur Andersen — developing deep technical mastery working with professionals at every level.
2
The Disruption Point
Despite outward success, a defining moment shifted everything — from "What should I do next?" to "Who do I need to become?"
3
Lessons From the Ocean
As a U.S. Coast Guard Master Captain and scuba instructor, Chris discovered that navigation and course correction apply to life just as powerfully as they do to the sea.
4
Living on Purpose
Co-founded BEyond CPE to give professionals the tools to navigate from drifting to intentional self-leadership — and lives as daily proof it works.
No pressure. No pitch. Just a genuine conversation.
Are You Successful, But Something Feels Off...?
THAT AWARENESS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Even moving fast,
I realized
I was drifting off course.
As a U.S. Coast Guard Master Captain, I understood viscerally that you can be moving — even moving quickly — and still be completely off course.
The question shifted from "What should I do next?" to "Who do I need to become?"
Once I saw it, I changed everything.
What Guided Personal Evolution
Looks Like
01
Discovery Session
A deep-dive conversation to understand where you are, where you want to go, and what is standing in the way. No agenda other than honesty and clarity.
02
Weekly or Bi-Weekly 1:1 Sessions
Conducted via Zoom — structured but responsive. Built around what is most alive and urgent in your evolution right now.
03
Personalized Frameworks & Reflection Tools
Tools drawn directly from BEyond CPE's proprietary system, designed to be applied in real life — not just discussed in sessions.
04
Between-Session Support
Real challenges don't wait for scheduled calls. Ongoing guidance available as you navigate decisions, disruptions, and breakthroughs between sessions.
05
Accountability That Moves You Forward
The kind of accountability that comes from someone genuinely invested in your continuous personal evolution — not pressure, not performance management.
No pressure. No pitch. Just a genuine conversation.
1:1 Coaching With Chris Martin
This Is Not About Adding More to Your Plate.
It is about stepping out of drift and into deliberate self-leadership. Most coaching conversations start with goals and action plans. We start somewhere more important: the gap between who you are right now, and who you are capable of becoming.
Because until that gap is honest and visible, no action plan in the world will get you where you actually want to go.
"Working with me isn't about doing more. It's about becoming more — so that everything you do carries a different weight, a different direction, and a different result."
Together we identify what is no longer aligned in your life and career, reconnect you to your purpose and core values, and build a new internal operating system — one that shapes how you think, decide, and lead every single day.
The professionals who work with me don't just solve a problem. They change how they operate entirely — and that change follows them into every area of their life.
This IS For You If...
You feel successful on paper — but something real is missing
You've hit your Disruption Point and know it's time for change
You're tired of drifting — reacting instead of leading
You want your career and values to finally move together
You're ready to do the inner work — that's where it all starts
This Is NOT For You If...
You're looking for quick fixes or shortcuts
You want surface-level motivation without accountability
You're not ready to examine the beliefs driving your decisions
You want someone to tell you what to do
Work with chris
Choose Your Path
private coaching
1:1 Coaching
personalized guidance
Identity-level work to help you find your Disruption Point and navigate toward intentional self-leadership. This is where real, lasting transformation begins — at the level of who you are, not just what you do.
group Programs
BEyondCPE Programs
growth & community
Courses and webinars that blend practical finance expertise with transformative mindset principles. Built for high-achieving professionals ready to go beyond technical competency into purposeful leadership.
You Don't Drift Into a Life You
Love
Transformation begins with identity
Transformation doesn't begin with doing more — it begins with becoming different.
When identity shifts, actions naturally align, and results follow.
Co-Founder · BEyond CPE
The Gap Nobody Talks About
Professionals invest years mastering their technical craft. And yet, for so many high-achieving professionals, something is still missing. Traditional training teaches you what to do and how to lead others. What it almost never addresses is who you are.
BEyond CPE stands for Continuing Personal Evolution — integrating the self-leadership, mindset, and purpose work that traditional training leaves out. Chris believes that life-long learning and continuous personal evolution are the hallmarks of every great leader, performer, and human being.
Grounded in the timeless wisdom of Napoleon Hill, Wayne Dyer, and Eckhart Tolle, this work empowers professionals to break free from autopilot living and step into intentional self-leadership — for good.
LAYER 1
Technical Training
CPE, certifications, and professional skills that build competency in your field.
LAYER 2
Leadership Training
Management skills and firm-led development designed to fill organizational roles.
LAYER 3 - The Gap
Self-Leadership
Identity, purpose, mindset, and the internal clarity to lead yourself first — before leading anything else. This is what BEyond CPE is built to develop.
"The more you see yourself as what you’d like to become, and act as if what you want is already here, the more you’ll activate those forces that will transform your dream into reality."
— Wayne Dyer
The whole Person
Life In Balance
— At The Shore —
— Dog Dad —
— Intentional Living —
— BEyond CPE —
THE LIFE YOU WERE MENT TO LEAD
Ready to Lead?
Stop drifting. Stop settling. Start living with true clarity, intention, and purpose. One genuine conversation can set everything in motion.
No pressure. No pitch. Just a genuine conversation.
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