About Us
Since 2011, Madelyn Mackie & Associates has been helping clients activate their career dreams with optimized, branded, results-focused resumes that showcase the talent, expertise, and accomplishments of each client. Many of our resume writers are certified through the National Resume Writers Association or the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches and have been writing resumes for more than five years. We prioritize training and professional development to ensure that we know the latest trends and best practices for your career documents.
Madelyn Mackie & Associates, LLC is a women-owned and minority-owned certified business.

Meet our Leadership Team

Madelyn Mackie, CCMC, NCOPE
Career Activator
Madelyn Mackie is the Career Activator! She is a Certified Career Management Coach, Nationally Certified Online Profile Expert (NCOPE), member of the National Resume Writers Association, and former board member of the National Speakers Association/Northern California, and she has presented in front of corporate, government, nonprofit, and community audiences of all sizes and backgrounds. After working with Madelyn, clients have landed positions at AAA, Accenture, American Red Cross, AutoDesk, Blue Shield of California, Deloitte, Facebook, Google, Kaiser Permanente, KPMG International, NFL Super Bowl, Mozilla, Safeway, and Tripit.com, as well as several other tech firms, health care agencies, and nonprofit organizations. A sample of Madelyn’s resume work can be found in Modernize Your Resume: Get Noticed … Get Hired (Emerald Publishing) by master resume writers Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark, and she has been quoted in articles on Glassdoor.com, Ivy Exec, and A Great Days Work

Porsché Small
Client Engagement Lead
Porsché Small brings a unique blend of creativity and organizational expertise to the table. What sets her apart is her passion for service and making a difference. She has had the opportunity to work on a variety of projects as an executive assistant, project manager, brand representative, and accounts receivable manager for The Body of Art (Living Masterpiece, LLC), Make Up for Ever, Statista, and the Global Brands Group, respectively. Recently, Porsché was recognized for her talents with the RISE: Google Professional Project Management Scholarship through the Serena Williams funded startup, The Mom Project. Colleagues often describe her as a talented, dependable, and collaborative team player who consistently adds value to any project or initiative.
Meet Our Career Documents Activation Team

Angela Bates
Resume Writer
Angela Bates is a seasoned communicator with over 15 years of experience in the fields of career development and personal branding. She possesses a unique talent for transforming ordinary resumes into extraordinary career narratives. She is renowned for her ability to empower individuals through the written word, serving as the creative force behind multiple dynamic resumes and LinkedIn bios for directors, managers, and executives. Angela’s clients consistently praise her talent for capturing their essence and translating it into words that truly stand out and elevate their profiles.

Heather Halldin, NCRW, NCOPE
Senior Resume Writer
Heather Halldin is an extraordinary, dual-certified resume writer and career coach who helps clients bring their career dreams to life with equal parts empathy, optimism, and resilience — plus a passionate dedication to best practices in resume writing, online profile creation, and interviewing techniques. She can uniquely hone our clients’ success stories into successful job searches. Heather is truly at the top of her field as part of a few select professionals certified by the National Resume Writers Association.

Iris Hunter
Resume Writer
Iris Hunter has helped empower thousands of ambitious professionals with an incredible range of success. From crafting over 2,000 interview-winning and ATS-friendly resumes to coaching 3,000+ job seekers in achieving their career goals, Iris advances entry-level and senior executives into powerhouse brands such as Microsoft, Apple, Nike, Boeing, and Visa. Her unrivaled credentials include membership in organizations like the Society of Elite Resume Writers and Coaches, BEAResume Writer, National Association of African American Résumé Writers, and Career Directors International.

Amber Pesce, CPRW, NCOPE
Executive Resume Writer
Amber Pesce is a Certified Professional Resume Writer and a Nationally Certified Online Profile Expert. She has over 7 years of experience delivering effective, executive-level career documents with an extremely high success rate. She will uncover and convey each individual’s value in a tightly written, distinctive resume and LinkedIn profile that helps land the job you want, fast! She stays up-to-speed on industry trends, continuously educating herself on job market hacks and ways to get you the upper hand in your career search.

Nikki Townsend, CPRW, NCOPE
Executive Resume Writer
Nikki Townsend has been the lead resume activator for Madelyn Mackie & Associates for 10 years! She has honed her craft as an executive resume writer through the years with advanced training from the National Resume Writers Association (NRWA), Career Thought Leaders (CTL), and the Professional Association of Résumé Writers & Careers Coaches™ (PARW/CC). Nikki is a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW) and a Nationally Certified Online Profile Expert (NCOPE). Our clients love working with her! “I am so grateful to Madelyn and her team (shoutout to Nikki) for everything they have done for me. I am now in a role I love with a great company.”
Meet Our Executive Career Coaching Activation Team

Sheryl Brinkley, MBA, ACC, CHIC
Executive Career Coach
Sheryl Brinkley is a Hudson and International Coaching Federation–certified Executive Coach and is a Certified Leadership Development Professional specializing in high-potential and mid-level career progression and acceleration. She is passionate about collaborating with leaders who aspire to continue their rise up and into senior-leadership and executive-level seats. Sheryl’s decades of experience in Fortune 100, public, private, tech, and utility sectors have given her a wide and varied lens on leadership environments. She is a proud Bay Area native and holds an MBA from Holy Names University, a certificate from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business – Women’s Executive Leadership Program, a specialty certification in Emotional Intelligence EQ-I 2.0, and a designation as a Positive Intelligence Coach. Her core values are faith, family, and fulfillment, and she notes that her personal mission statement is to “live the fullest expression of herself and to help others to do the same.”

Denyse Rabbat
Executive Career Coach
With over 20 years in corporate and consulting settings, Denyse Rabbat is a resourceful, accomplished, and energetic coach who has a passion for helping individuals tackle their career transitions, one step at a time! Her superpower is helping people make changes in their careers, and she focuses on hot topics and issues for people in midlife on her podcast, Midlife at the Mailbox, which is available on Apple, Spotify, and Amazon podcasts and ranks among the top 20% of podcasts. Denyse is also the founder of a networking group called Armenian Professionals in Entertainment (HYPE), which held quarterly events in the Southern California area in the early 2000s. Denyse has a Master of Arts degree in career counseling from San Jose State University and is a native of Fresno, proud Armenian American, and UCLA undergraduate alumnae.