ACCELERATE PERFORMANCE - Key Persons
Adam has initiated and developed many of Accelerate Performance's long-term relationships. He has built, delivered, and coached sales/service/leadership development programs at Google, PIMCO, ADP, BlackRock, Facebook and Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Adam is also the co-author of the Amazon.com best-seller, Selling is Everyone's Business. Importantly, Adam's grandmother once claimed that he is one of the top sales coaches on earth.
Before selling consulting services and managing Accelerate Performance, Adam worked in sales, sales management, and marketing at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Score Learning Corporation, a division of Kaplan. At Score, Adam led the top performing team in the Midwest and one of the top performing teams in the country.
Adam received a B.S. in Applied Economics and Business Management from Cornell University, where he played lacrosse for four years, and earned an M.B.A. in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the Anderson School at UCLA. Adam was born and raised in Columbia, Maryland and currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California with his wife Melissa (a top salesperson from whom he receives regular coaching) and his young children Max and Rosie (who are also strong sellers who seem to get whatever they want).
Amanda Boleyn brings an energetic approach to provide an upbeat, comprehensive service to corporate and consumer clients. Her expertise includes sales, marketing facilitation, and online digital marketing.
Amanda began her business career as an Executive Team Leader for Target; she then shifted to Wells Fargo as a recruiter in Des Moines, Iowa. In 2012, she began facilitating sales and marketing training worldwide. Companies she has previously worked with include: JP Morgan, Weight Watchers, Intel, Cisco Umbrella, Kansas University Medical Center, and AT&T.
Amanda founded She Did It Her Way as a digital platform for women who yearn to begin their own profitable coaching business using the unique skills they already possess. The She Did It Her Way Podcast has grossed over 2.6 million downloads to date. It has been recognized as one of the best podcasts for entrepreneurs, as well as a top resource for women starting an online business by Forbes.com, Huffington Post, and Entrepreneur.com
Amanda received her B.A in Business Administration in Finance from the University of Iowa and a certificate in Entrepreneurial Management from the Tippie College of Business. Amanda currently resides in Irving Park, Chicago with her husband where they enjoy renovating their 100-year-old home and playing tennis together.
Amy Tran is a dedicated instructional designer with a passion for crafting transformative learning experiences. With a background in education and a love for technology, she brings a unique blend of creativity and expertise to the realm of instructional design.
With a Master's degree in Instructional Design and years of hands-on experience, Amy is driven by a genuine enthusiasm for helping learners succeed. During her time with the Sky Zone Franchise Group, she created over 100+ e-Learning modules and videos over 7 years and served more than 12,000 team members both nationally and globally. Most of her e-Learning modules have been translated into multiple languages such as Spanish, French, Norwegian and Chinese. On average, each of Amy's training videos have garnered over 600+ views. Amy believes that the key to successful training lies in understanding the learner's perspective, tailoring content to meet their needs, and simplifying complex concepts into something easily understood.
Amy has extensive experience working with teams and individuals all over the world and in a diverse range of industries. She believes in a culturally sensitive approach to instructional design that respects the individuality of learners while emphasizing universal learning principles. Collaborating closely with international stakeholders, Amy ensures that the learning journey reflects a harmonious blend of cultures.
Ana is a dynamic and passionate global leader who has led the development and transformation of digital and mobile ecosystems across Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. During her nearly a decade-long tenure at Google in Latin America, Ana collaborated closely with major multinational media groups and their blue-chip clients, facilitating their digital transformation endeavors.
As a YouTube evangelist, Ana played a pivotal role in unveiling critical insights into how digital video shapes contemporary culture and society. She also supported brands in embarking on this transformative journey alongside their audiences.
Ana has also spearheaded leadership initiatives aimed at addressing gender disparity in the workplace and empowering underrepresented groups. Programs she led include #womenwilllead, #IamRemarkable, and #Xpand, impacting over 2,000 individuals.
In Australia, Ana's responsibilities extended beyond sales to encompass leading product development for transactional websites and mobile apps at former Fairfax Media Group, where she played a pivotal role in tripling the business during her tenure.
Ana holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Communications & Advertising with a Marketing major from ESPM, São Paulo, Brazil, and a Master's degree in Commerce from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Additionally, she has earned certifications from Harvard Business School and Kellogg School of Management in Value Creation, Negotiations, and Consultative Selling.
Bob has been a leader in sales and leadership development for over the last 30 years. I know, he looks young but don't let that fool you; he's old and experienced. Bob has worked with a wide range of clients in various industries. Bob's has worked with and managed client relationships with Hilton, AAA, Enterprise Rent A Car, United Healthcare, Becton Dickinson, PIMCO and Google. Bob executes all phases of our business from prospecting new business to leading client relationships, program development and follow up. Bob is especially passionate about helping clients create the habits and discipline to sustain exceptional long-term performance.
Prior to getting into the performance consulting world, Bob was responsible for leading the sales team at Alamo overseeing sales for the Western United States. Under Bob's leadership sales grew at an exponential rate, and included bringing on multiple multi-million dollar customers. Bob says his biggest sale was getting his wife, Jennine, to say yes! They have a very talented 10-year-old daughter who you'll likely see on America's Got Talent in the next few years (She is an amazing singer, seriously, she is.) Bob grew up in Boston and moved to Southern CA in 1993 and now lives in San Clemente, CA with his family.
Brian has spent close to 30 years working and leading in premier selling organizations, including Ziff-Davis, AOL and Google. In those leadership roles, Brian put an emphasis on training salespeople who serve to grow their businesses and the businesses of their clients/partners. Brian has placed a premium and emphasis on using data to support narratives and propositions, long before data was the coin of the realm - today's " black gold."
Brian has an affinity and talent for using market, consumer and competitive data to draw insights that create compelling narratives. He has a passion for sharing those insights with sales teams for consistent delivery in the market.
Brian regularly and boldly questions the status quo. He is always interested in creating new and improved ways to move businesses forward - yours and your clients'.
Brian has been a part of the Accelerate Performance team since 2007 and has supported the creation and delivery of programs at PIMCO, Google, Causeway Capital and Facebook.
Prior to his work as a Consultant, Brian was a leading producer and manager for one of the largest training and consulting companies in the world. Brian started his career with Ingersoll-Rand, eventually becoming the company's youngest award-winning Area Manager.
Brian received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rutgers University, where he was active in student government serving as president of the residence hall student council. Brian grew up in Cincinnati, attended High School in Southern New Jersey and lives in Long Beach, California with his wife Kim and their high school aged son Bryce. Their daughter Kendall is a freshman at Scripps College.
As a Graphic Designer, Brynn has experience working with different types of clients across diverse industries. In addition to design experience, Brynn also has extensive knowledge of web design, marketing, and print production. She is detail-oriented, quick to problem solve, and enjoys creating designs for both print and online. Because of her outgoing and friendly personality, building strong relationships comes easily to her. Brynn lives in Oregon with her husband, two children, and dog.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Distinguished Business Leader
Camilo is a distinguished business leader, offering clients the expertise of building high-performing teams, garnered through a decade-long tenure at Google. His impactful journey at Google was highlighted by remarkable achievements, overseeing teams responsible for managing top content creator accounts across a range of product suites targeting app developers, web creators, telecommunications, and commerce companies, boasting a portfolio exceeding $300 million. Notably, he spearheaded the innovative Covid Journalism Fund, deploying over $50 million in emergency funds to support journalism during critical periods.
At Google, Camilo co-led the creation of the Sales Academy Fundamentals Training & e-Learning nurturing essential sales skills globally. Integral to this effort was its inclusion in the Managers Sales Coaching Program, where he delivered comprehensive in-person and virtual training to over hundreds of Googlers in the past years.
Beyond his corporate endeavors, Camilo's entrepreneurial spirit is evident through his co-founding of two successful startups, SnappyGo and Mantaraya Travel. His diverse experience spans from launching an online travel marketplace globally to pioneering one of the initial online travel agencies catering to foreign tourists in Colombia. His professional background in risk analysis and corporate banking at Citibank further showcases his multidimensional expertise in finance.
Camilo is equipped with a certificate in Business Analytics from Wharton and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management from Universidad de la Sabana, where he excelled academically. A member of Google's Master Faculty, he brings extensive experience in delivering training programs like The Partnerships Sales Academy, SPIN Selling, and Negotiations training.
Carolina is a passionate and energetic executive coach and leadership development consultant. Besides facilitating sessions with Accelerate Performance, she is the founder of Hikes of Life, focused on professional development programs while hiking in Switzerland, where she is based. She also coaches executives globally in Portuguese, English, Spanish, or French. Carolina's energy, spontaneity, and wholeheartedness form the foundation of her client support, fostering deep connections and guiding individuals to develop the skills they need to succeed.
Prior to fully immersing herself in professional development, Carolina dedicated almost two decades to diverse corporate roles, spanning sales, logistics, procurement, HR and project management across Latin America, Asia, and Europe. This rich experience offered her not only a comprehensive understanding of business dynamics, but also a humility and flexibility that guides her interactions.
Carolina is originally from Brazil, but has been curious and passionate about the world since a very early age, which culminated with her studying international relations as a bachelor in the University of São Paulo. Carolina also holds an Insead MBA and is a certified Professional Coach from Integral Coaching Canada.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- David S. Han, 한 상욱 코치 Consultant
David has experience in diverse cultures and industries. He has been helping clients discover solutions through coaching, workshops, facilitating, and teaching for over 27 years. David's experiences of learning, reflecting on new approaches, and leaving the safety zone of life, has helped to shape his creative approach to guiding clients. David has a broad and deep business background and perspective that clients appreciate. He began his career in sales and marketing at Kia Information and Microsoft and then spent the last 27 years as an entrepreneur and CEO of start-up companies. He has now found his passion as an executive coach, facilitator and peach farmer!
The changing workplace demands that managers move from boss to coach. As a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, David coaches the strengths that create excellence in work and life by identifying (Name it), accepting (Claim it), and developing (Aim it). David has extended his reach and now teaches and trains new Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach in Korea. David's own top 5 Gallup strengths are: Strategic, Developer, Futuristic, Communication, and Individualization.
David is also a Professional Certified Coach and holds the KPC qualification of the Korean Coach Association. He received a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Kyounghee University and a master's degree in International Business from Massey University in New Zealand. In addition, David holds qualifications for Italian Chefs, Organic Agricultural Technicians, Urban Agricultural Experts, Horticultural Psychological Counsellors, Hand Drip Coffee Experts, and Food Art Therapy.
David's hobbies are camping, cooking, and gardening. David has been married for 32 years and has one daughter.
Jaime is an entertaining, insightful, and thought-provoking facilitator, and delivers a message that helps teams and individuals understand how to create impactful interactions. Jaime's experience and knowledge of people and how to enhance relationships through better experiences, provides new perspectives that inspire, motivate, and drive you to see the way you have been doing things in a whole new light.
Jaime is a graduate of the University of Central Florida in Orlando and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Interpersonal Communications. Jaime has an established, comprehensive, and proven background in sales, branding, training & development, leadership coaching, facilitation, change management, business development and professional speaking.
When it comes to learning and development, Jaime stands by the philosophy that a Trainer is not one who just stands in front of the room and lectures but rather one who knows the importance of engaging and developing an associates' thinking and to encourage them to become an active part of the learning process. She believes that while it's important to know the "what" and, more importantly, the "why".
Jaime has considerable experience working with teams and individuals all over the world and in a diverse range of industries. Her advanced understanding of the behaviors of people and cultural differences allows for her to directly relate to her clients and to create an impactful training, coaching session, and presentation. Being able to interact and connect with all types of nationalities, Jaime has learned that it is not the adage, "treat people as you want to be treated", but better yet, "treat people as they want to be treated." It was that experience that started Jaime's desire to understand more about people and inspired her to get certified in DISC Behavior Styles. Jaime is a certified DISC trainer.
Job Titles:
- Head of Operations
- Internal Consultant
As an internal consultant for Accelerate Performance, Jamie injects energy and oversight while alleviating pressure points for the entire team. She brings invaluable strategic planning support, sales expertise, employee management, client experience management and operational management know-how.
Jamie started her business career at Kaplan Inc where she served as the Midwest Regional Manager in charge of sales, service and operations for the company's K-12 learning division. Jamie was recognized as a company-wide mentor and sales trainer and succeeded at achieving 95% customer retention rate.
Jamie continued her Kaplan career as a Senior Project Manager and Product Manager for the company's professional education division, Kaplan Professional. In this role, Jamie exceeded sales targets through product demonstrations, trade show appearances, virtual conferencing and training and effective prospecting efforts.
Jamie received her B.A. in Psychology from Boston University, where she was also a full time scholarship student athlete on the NCAA D1 field hockey team. Jamie grew up in Westborough, Massachusetts and currently resides in Burnsville, Minnesota with her husband and two boys.
Jeff is a sales trainer, coach of the coach and content developer. He developed his practice in the call center and direct sales environment working with travel, insurance, and telecommunication companies on improving their sales communication and coaching skills to drive sales results. Over his career, he has had the privilege of working with companies such as Anthem Blue Cross, Charter Communications, RCI Global, Hotels.com, Hertz, the University of Phoenix, Cox Communications and many others.
Jeffs' sweet spot is facilitating high energy, dynamic, challenging, engaging training and coaching sessions where he has worked with thousands of client-facing representatives and conducted well over 3000 hours of training. His clients describe him as genuine, passionate and dedicated to consistently deliver outstanding results. At RCI Global, for example, confirmations were increased by over 17%, a $30 million improvement. At Hotels.com, there was a 15%, or $15 million, improvement in conversions.
When not on the road, he can be found in Salt Lake City with his wife Tricia and two children. Utah's diverse outdoor environment provides a great balance to the demands of life, work and an opportunity to continue to challenge his biking, skiing, and rock climbing skills.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Executive Coach, Trainer
Jenn has over a decade of coaching and facilitation experience. She worked internally at Fortune 500 companies, and then launched her own coaching and training practice in 2009. Jenn works with leaders at all level and industries helping them realize their fullest potential and assisting them to put a plan in place to reach their objectives. Her professional background, coupled with her undergraduate degree in Human & Organizational Development and the double Masters degree in Counseling and Organizational Psychology, has given her deep skills in the areas of executive and team development.
Jenn has been an executive coach, trainer, and facilitator for leading companies such as PwC, Genentech, SunTrust, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan Chase, and HCA Healthcare. At PwC, Jenn worked in their Advisory line of service, within the Human Capital group, assisting clients in the pharmaceutical, technology, energy and finance industries. Jenn specializes in coaching leaders during career and organizational transitions. She uses various assessment tools to help individuals and teams understand and value differences. Jenn loves working with individuals and groups at any stage in their career helping them to become clear on their own values, skills, and goals, while aligning these with the needs of the people they lead.
John brings a diverse background to his role as an instructional designer and training consultant. After serving as Deputy Training Director for the state of Iowa on President Obama's reelection campaign, John worked as a training lead at two start-ups (one on each coast!) and then was recruited to Oracle as Training Programs Project Manager.
At Oracle, John supported the training and development of all employees within a 2,000-person sales division. He created training materials and delivered training for salespeople at multiple levels of the organization, both virtually and in person, and held sole responsibility for training initiatives in the Santa Monica office of 400+ employees. Collaborating with everyone from executive leadership to entry level employees, John worked to create training solutions that engaged learners and met the needs of the company.
After leaving Oracle, John has done freelance training work for a wide variety of companies and organizations in the medical, staffing and industrial fields. The breadth of his experience makes John a strong and effective training partner for organizations of any size.
Kate Pletcher is the outsourced Head of Recruiting at Accelerate Performance and Founder of Treehouse Partners. Her work with Accelerate involves culling the world over to identify the right-fit talent to deliver on Accelerate's high standards. Prior to these roles, Kate owned and ran a successful franchised staffing firm in Los Angeles, served as Director of Global Brand Licensing for Skechers (sourcing and managing licensing programs on behalf of the $2 billion brand around the world), and worked as Director of Business Development for bsp (a brand extension consultancy). Kate received her BA in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin and her MBA from UCLA Anderson. She serves on a number of education-based non-profit boards, provides sales workshops for a number of individuals and institutions, and is an active member of a number of Los Angeles community organizations. She lives in Venice, CA with her husband, two young children, and fuzzy brown dog.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Founder of KBar
Kerry Barlas, founder of KBar + Co, is a former Facebook leader with years of experience in media, advertising sales, and partnerships. She's focused on helping sales leaders and teams drive greater business impact by cultivating a more customer-centered mindset, strategy, and communication.
With a multi-disciplinary background in consultative sales, learning and development, leadership, and business communications, Kerry brings a uniquely valuable perspective. She has led C-level partnerships, managed high-performing sales and communications teams, created and facilitated training programs for Facebook's global sales and marketing team, advised advertisers on marketing and creative strategy, and authored complex internal and external communications for large audiences. She's currently coaching and advising sales leaders and building programs to help elevate their teams.
Kerry is passionate about using strategic language and effective communication as primary tools to solve business problems, transform relationships, and drive growth. With a deep understanding of the client and stakeholder perspective, Kerry is a trusted thought partner, advisor, and coach.
Kerry serves on the board of Kol Shofar, and enjoys tennis, skiing, books, nature, people's stories, and good belly laughs. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and together with her husband, they have two sons.
Lauren is an experienced entrepreneur, salesperson and speaker with a passion for helping build businesses and people. At the ripe age of 18, Lauren started her first sales job doing door-to-door sales. Lauren finished in the top 20 of 3000 sales people each summer, and passionately recruited and trained top teams of college students to do the same. At 23 years old, she founded and developed her first business which grossed a half million-dollars in only its third year. She started and sold two successful businesses before the age of 30. During this time, she hired, trained and managed over 400 people in positions ranging from sales to management and operations. Since selling her last company, Lauren has helped businesses around the world develop their people, through customized sales and leadership training and coaching sessions.
Lauren received her B.A. in Liberal Studies with a minor in Communications and Business Administration at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA. She currently lives between Spain, Los Angeles, and Uruguay with her husband Rafael. Together, Lauren and Rafael own a professional soccer team in Spain.
Leila is a dynamic and inspirational cross-cultural coach who focuses on personal development, leadership, mindfulness and neuroscience. Leila brings 15 years of professional experiences in marketing and communications among leading global corporations in Singapore, Paris and London. She has traveled to over 30 countries and her work in leadership development, sales and business coaching has spanned across sectors including technology, luxury and education.
Leila spent most of her career working for leading global advertising/digital and branding agencies such as McCann World Group, Publicis, CP+B and The Brand Union (WPP). She was in charge of leading teams to advise multinational corporations such as L'Oréal, Mondelez, Microsoft, Tiffany & Co, Weight Watchers, Reckitt Benckiser and Sony.
Leila is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach CPCC with the Coaches Training Institute and an Associate Certified Coach ACC with the International Coach Federation ICF. She is also a Mindfulness Instructor and leads mindfulness classes at Singapore Management University.
Leila holds a MSc in Corporate Communication and Change Management from IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management and a BA (Hons) in International Business Management from Oxford Brookes. She is currently in her third year of BSc Hons in Psychology.
Leila speaks three languages fluently, has lived in 6 countries and on 4 continents. She is the founder of Mindful Choices - a coaching, facilitation and mindfulness platform. She currently resides in Singapore with her husband and their two children where she enjoys being an entrepreneur, studying, practicing yoga and travelling.
Marita is an energetic, agile, and engaging facilitator who takes great pride in creating a welcoming learning environment. What clients say they appreciate most about Marita is her ability to weave her experiences from many sales and sales leadership roles across the globe into a dynamic and memorable learning experience for audiences.
Marita started her career at Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner) and worked her way up to a Commercial Director role where she led teams of senior account executives. In this role, Marita led teams in the AMER and APAC markets and managed portfolios of about $10 billion in revenue. While leading the team in Sydney, Marita helped her team turn one of the weakest performing markets into the strongest within a 12 month period. Following her time in sales leadership, Marita moved into Sales Learning and Development. She established herself as a master facilitator and coach specializing in consultative sales frameworks.
Marita has recently fulfilled a lifelong dream of combining her passions for entrepreneurship, mentoring and promoting financial literacy. She's passionate about helping young professionals establish a healthier relationship with money and empowers them to be financially independent.
Marita graduated from the College of Charleston in South Carolina with a degree in International Business. She currently lives in the West Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago which is not far from her large family in the greater Chicago area.
Mark is an Organizational Development Program Facilitator with expertise in program and project management, covering the entire lifecycle from design and implementation to output evaluation. He focuses on creating initiatives for conflict resolution, needs analysis, behavioral and personality development, motivational/stress management, and other leadership requirements relevant to the organization.
For over a decade, Mark has been the catalyst behind high-performing teams. His journey in training and development (11+ years) is fueled by a singular passion: igniting growth and excellence.
As a seasoned facilitator, Mark doesn't just guide discussions - he orchestrates transformative experiences. He leverages Six Sigma for meticulous process improvement, wielding data analytics to drive informed decision-making. A master of risk management and problem-solving, Mark fosters effective collaboration through skillful stakeholder engagement.
Mark Woodland brings nearly two decades of sales management and marketing experience to Accelerate Performance. Mark has been involved in building and training sales and marketing teams all over the world. Mark works with some of the world's most disruptive brands like Google, Facebook, Adobe, Anthem Blue Cross, American Funds and many others. Mark has recently written a book entitled "Compete Selling" and is regularly interviewing and working with many of world's most influential sales executives.
Mark brings a unique blend of operational and consulting experience to each of his projects. Before coming to Accelerate Performance, Mark ran an extensive sales and marketing operation for one of the country's oldest Direct Response companies.
Being responsible for a marketing budget of $7.5-12M per year and ensuring a proper return on marketing investment, building brand awareness and driving consumer interest, Mark is acutely aware of the needs of both marketers and customers alike.
Personally, Mark received a Bachelor of Science in Economic Theory from Utah State University and an MBA from the Huntsman School of Business where he also serves as an Adjunct Professor teaching sales and public speaking skills to MBA students. Mark currently lives in Northern Utah with his wife Sebrina and their five children.
Molly brings a unique set of entrepreneurial experience and leadership skills to share with the Accelerate Performance team and her clients. Molly started her career working as a door-to-door salesperson and quickly realized the thrill of commission and being directly rewarded for her hard work. Molly soon became the number one representative in the Midwest, laying the foundation for a successful career in sales and leadership.
In 2011, Molly was recruited by Trunk Club as one of the startup's first twenty employees, serving as a key contributor to the company's growth from a scrappy startup to acquisition by Nordstrom for $350 million.
In her time at Trunk Club, Molly pioneered the national expansion of the company and moved her family to Los Angeles where she helped launch the company's first west coast office. Consistently promoted throughout her tenure, Molly ultimately recruited, hired, and trained over three hundred employees and conducted over two thousand interviews. One of her proudest accomplishments is building a team of sales people that were known for their high performance, positive attitude, and regular promotions. She worked tirelessly to create a best in class experience for her clients.
Molly was the youngest leader promoted onto the executive team at Trunk Club where she helped lead the integration efforts between Trunk Club and Nordstrom. She most recently oversaw the National Sales Team across Los Angeles, Chicago, and Dallas. In late 2019, Molly built and launched Trunk Club's first remote workforce which was rolled out to the entire company at a critical time when the company's operation went remote. She has a reputation for her willingness to embrace challenges, inspire people to be the best version of themselves, and have fun in the process.
Molly received her BA in Art and Art History from DePaul University where she also juggled three jobs including her own jewelry business. Molly grew up in the suburbs of Chicago with four other siblings. Her father was a successful entrepreneur and instilled three things in her that are the foundation of her work ethic: "do it right, do it now, and do as you say." She is currently residing in the mountains of Colorado with her new baby, husband, and chocolate lab.
Monica D. Livingston uses her extensive experience as an educator, business owner, highly sought-after motivational speaker, and accomplished retired professional athlete to create world class learning experiences for Accelerate Performance clients. She is also active with Electives.io, Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA), The Center for Teacher Effectiveness, and The Maryland Business Roundtable on Education. When she's not speaking or training somewhere in the world, Monica is regularly asked to be a guest on a number of popular podcasts and serves as host of her own internationally broadcast podcast, "The Huddle with Monica D. Livingston".
Monica was an all-star running back, offensive MVP, and Hall of Fame inductee due to her stellar contributions on and off the field for the DC Divas, a professional women's tackle football team. She continues to support women in sports as the Chief Revenue Officer for the Women's National Football Conference (WNFC).
Monica has spoken to tens of thousands of people while presenting for national organizations such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, FedEx, YMCA, and National Institutes of Health and international groups from Russia, Ghana, and Zambia.
Monica uses humor to educate, engage, and inspire and has twice been named winner of Comcast SportsNet "Funniest Sports Celebrity in Washington" contest. She has been an integral part of developing and disseminating PCA's Sports Can Battle Racism and volunteers her time as a panel expert on a range of issues from equity in athletics to women in business to race in society.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Monica H. Kang, 모니카 H. 강 Consultant
As a bilingual coach and facilitator, Monica is passionate about developing global leaders and building creativity cultures where all generations can thrive. She is an internationally recognized expert in workplace creativity and facilities culture transformation, leadership development, and team building in a way that is fun, actionable, and relatable. In her mission to make creativity and leadership accessible for all, Monica writes, trains, and speaks often on how mindset shift is the key to strategy growth and systematic transformations.
Monica is the Author of Rethink Creativity and Have You Seen My Friends?. She is also an ICF-certified coach and DISC-certified trainer.
Before launching her career as a coach and facilitator, Monica was a nuclear nonproliferation policy expert working in diplomacy and government affairs. She worked in Austria, Switzerland, South Korea, and the United States at international organizations, government agencies, and think tanks. Today, Monica brings her "building bridges" skills from diplomacy into leadership development. She holds an M.A. from SAIS Johns Hopkins University in Strategic Studies and International Economics and a B.A. from Boston University. She lives in Washington D.C. and South Korea and loves to travel to client sites to learn about new people and cultures. When Monica is not working, you'll find her indulging in reading, cooking, and traveling for fun with her family.
Monique has led the design, development, and implementation of global training programs for several Fortune 500 companies in different industries. In recent years, Monique has had the opportunity to partner with several teams across Google, Facebook, PIMCO, and Pearson Online Education. Her experience on projects ranges from assessing and improving existing onboarding programs to creating customized frameworks for sales, customer service, operations and leaders.
Prior to instructional design and consulting, Monique worked as a product manager for Spinal Elements, a medical device company, where she trained sales and customer service reps how to speak to surgeons about the biologics line of products. Monique started her professional career at University of Phoenix as a manager and student success regional manager coach.
Monique received a B.A. in Psychology and minor in Special Event Management from Arizona State University, and an M.A. in Innovative Leadership from Western International University. Monique has spent most of her life in the Pacific Northwest and Arizona and currently resides in San Diego, California with her daughter, Olivia (an expert in snack negotiations).
Montana Chan is a dedicated, passionate, and driven coaching and training professional with more than 20 years of people development experience. Montana has worked with several of the world's best-performing global organisations including LVMH, HSBC, Google, Dior, Estee Lauder, L'Oréal and more.
As a driven professional who has always had a knack for best practices, Montana built a name for herself as a skilled corporate executive. Her success and reputation has brought her to different cities in countries spread all around the world. She has directly facilitated and supervised training programs across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, serving more than 4,000 trainees worldwide.
Montana holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from Monash University in Australia, and a Master of Business Administration MBA from HKUST in Hong Kong. She is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.
Additionally, Montana is an ICF certified credentialed coach and holds accreditations in leadership development and personality assessment tools like Situational Leadership, Hogan Assessment, SDI Core Strengths, DISC, NLP, and more.
Job Titles:
- Content Developer and Consultant
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- Phil Cole / E - Learning Instructional Designer
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Member of the Council for Women of Boston College
Rochelle is an entrepreneur and educator at heart. She has successfully launched her own online marketplace and is a clinical faculty member at Loyola Marymount University, where she teaches entrepreneurs how to scale their businesses. Rochelle specializes in global brand marketing across entertainment, retail and technology sectors. She has proven experience working with brands such as Activision (Franchise: Call of Duty), Quiksilver (Brands: DC Shoes, Quiksilver, Roxy), Apple (Product: iPhone) and Visa. She is globally recognized for her record-breaking brand and product launches where she won media plan of the year and a Grand Effie for Call of Duty's Black Ops 2 and MW3 product launches, which at that time were the biggest entertainment properties of all time and generated $1 billion in 15 days. She has successfully led all global planning and execution of marketing activation initiatives in over 175 markets around the world. She eventually left corporate America to run her own marketing and business strategy consultancy, The Dialectic Compound, aiding start-ups with their growth strategy and execution. She felt that new ventures deserved an opportunity to succeed regardless of the fact that they were lacking resources.
As an active member of The Council for Women of Boston College, Rochelle is dedicated to furthering the role of women as leaders and active participants in the business community. She is also passionate about the environment and serves as a Board Member for 1% for the Planet, focusing on building, supporting and activating an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet. Through her community support, Rochelle has advised many start-ups, such as Neat Capital, Blue Fever, Vagenie, and Make in LA Accelerator. She completed her undergraduate studies at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, MA and graduated with her MBA from UC Berkeley, Haas School of Business in Berkeley, CA.
Sasha is a passionate consultant, entrepreneur, educator and speaker from Atlanta, GA. As a consultant, she helps Fortune 100 companies successfully launch new product portfolios by providing both data driven solutions and consulting on brand/product positioning, sales forecasting, and in-market launch activation. Sasha has consulted for a number of companies such as Coca Cola, Colgate, and Intel ... to name just a few.
Sasha is also very passionate about global women and child empowerment. She co-founded a small business focused on helping girls in Ghana and Jamaica receive their Secondary School education and created several community initiatives domestically to increase aptitude in math and science.
Sasha received her B.S in Mathematics from Florida A&M University and is currently residing in Atlanta GA where she enjoys the weather, southern hospitality, and endless opportunities to explore the fast growing city.
Simon Lassen has been living and working as an educator in Seoul, South Korea since 2012, fully immersing himself in Korean culture, society, and also committing himself to learning the language both independently and through formal classes at Seoul National University. He has become an advanced speaker of the language, culminating in achieving the highest level in the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK).
Simon was born and raised in Sydney, Australia. During his teenage years, he decided to work part time in an ice cream store, and this is where he fell in love with the concept of sales. He learned first hand what works and what doesn't when interacting with customers, and he continued to gain knowledge while working in retail, having to gain the confidence to sell a variety of goods and be able to answer any queries from potential customers.
Simon then went on to receive a Bachelor of Economics from The University of New South Wales, where he was also chosen from 6,000 applicants to undertake an independent marketing campaign for the Sydney Morning Herald in order to promote their publication to university students on campus. The campaign was a good learning experience, and he gained a lot of knowledge from having to be responsible for the success or failure of the campaign with his team.
Seoul has now become Simon's second home. He is a vital member of the Accelerate Performance team and aims to create the very best experience for every participant and client whilst bringing Accelerate Performance's world class training to the shores of Korea and beyond.
Stephen is a highly strategic and curious sales trainer with extensive experience in SAAS sales. Over his 10-year career, he has worked in growth start-ups and international technology companies across different industries. Initially trained as a sports physiotherapist, Stephen transitioned to SAAS sales and quickly excelled. Within two years at Gartner, he earned the prestigious title of the number one sales performer in Europe for new business and ranked in the top 1% globally among 10,000 sales professionals.
Motivated by his personal accomplishments, Stephen decided to join the global sales enablement team to support others' success and scale his impact by creating and delivering exceptional sales training. He was specifically chosen to be part of a small team responsible for redesigning global sales onboarding for a remote-first workforce. The program was rolled out to thousands of new sales representatives and enabled Stephen to accumulate over 600 hours of 1-on-1 sales coaching.
Driven by his continued passion for empowering people to unleash their full potential, Stephen pursued certifications as a Certified Executive Coach for Berkeley HAAS, a qualified archetypal leadership coach and a relationship therapist. He now focuses on supporting leaders and organizations through major change initiatives through a humanistic developmental approach.
Stuart is an innovative sales & customer-service trainer and consultant. CEO's, Sales leaders, Consultants and Private Equity firms hire him to improve the performance of their teams quickly.
Stuart develops and instills sales & customer-service process into organizations. Many of his clients never had a customized sales process previously and identified the following seven benefits:
Increased employee job satisfaction and morale
Reduced employee turnover
Identified top-performer best practices.
Taught those best practices to the rest of the team
Gained uniformity of procedures
Improved customer and coaching interactions
Increased revenues and profits
Stuart employs adult learning technologies and leads interactive, experiential training sessions that help sales and customer service teams and their managers learn new skills and change behaviors.
Stuart develops poor players into decent players, good players into excellent players and excellent players into superstars.
With over 20 years of experience, Tushar is a result-driven sales professional and seasoned expert in industrial sales, marketing, and business development. Combining his qualifications in Mechanical Engineering and Management, he blends technical prowess with strategic acumen to consistently drive success across various roles.
Highlights of Tushar's career (so far!) include:
Pioneering expertise in leading distribution teams and formulating effective sales strategies across India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.
Proven track record of exceeding sales targets and fostering sustainable business growth.
Trained over 5,000 professionals using strategic learning interventions to cultivate high-performance cultures. His innovative approach, exemplified by the creation of the "Selling Is Love" program, promotes ethical and enjoyable sales practices, ensuring consistent profitability.
Recognized for his dynamic leadership and commitment to talent development. Tushar is passionate about driving cross-functional collaboration and implementing initiatives to maximize workforce effectiveness.
Focuses on building win-win relationships and guiding business strategy, playing a key role in achieving organizational objectives and fostering long-term success.
Job Titles:
- Yuichiro Ishihara, 石原 由一朗 Consultant