Marisa Liao (She/Her)

Pioneer
DISC Type : DSI

VP of Talent at Ascenda

United States

Overview

Marisa Liao is the VP of Talent at Ascend, leveraging her global talent acquisition experience from Meta, Deliveroo, and Binance. An ICF Certified Coach with an MBA, she specializes in building high-performing recruiting teams. Colleagues describe her as a strategic, empowering, and results-driven leader with great attention to detail.

Outside of her corporate role, she is deeply passionate about empowering others through her coaching practice, Elevance Coaching. Marisa is also a founding member of Uncommon, a private network dedicated to developing the next generation of female leaders in Asia, and has presented public speaking workshops.

She is a certified practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), which she uses in her coaching.

Personality Overview

Driven But Considerate

Decisive But Friendly

Dynamic But Sincere

They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed  They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product

Topics They Care About

Leadership Coaching
As the founder of Elevance Coaching and an ICF-certified coach, she is passionate about helping professionals elevate their careers and leadership potential.
Global Talent Strategy
Has deep expertise in scaling teams and creating hiring strategies across North America, EMEA, and APAC for companies like Binance and Deliveroo.
Female Empowerment
She is a founding member of Uncommon, Asia's first private leadership network designed to equip and support future female leaders.

Media Appearances

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Work History

12-2023
VP of Talent at Ascenda
9-2023
Founder, Career and Leadership ICF Certified Coach at Elevance Coaching
3-2021
Founding Member at Uncommon
4-2022 - 9-2023
Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Binance
7-2020 - 4-2022
Head of Global Business Recruitment at Deliveroo

Education

BA from University of California, Davis
MBA from St. Mary’s University College Twickenham London

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Insights For Selling To Marisa

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Ask them for a lunch or coffee once some rapport has been established
  • Use phrases like ‘your decision will’, ‘you will impact’ etc.
  • Mostly stick to your standard pitch and qualifying script, but add some stories or anecdotes to it

DONT's

  • Don’t be very informal during the early interactions even if they are being so themselves
  • Don't lean very heavily into providing too much information, sharing whitepapers etc.
  • Avoid focusing only on the product or its ROI, keep building trust subtly

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Marisa is

  • Nothing less than a strong combination of proof of results, relationship and high levels of professionalism is effective with them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Marisa

  • They can say no while staying friendly, but can also be pursuaded to reconsider

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Marisa move?

  • They are generally fast movers and can take quick decisions
  • Can Marisa take some risk or not?

  • They have high risk-appetite but can get ahead of themselves once in a while. Observe carefully

You And Marisa

Personality Compatibility


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