STRESS-REDUCTION INNOVATOR HEARTMATH® - Key Persons
Chris Jacob is a businesswoman, teacher, and speaker. As Vice President of Finance and Chief Operating Officer, she is an active participant in the development of strategic plans, managing operational processes, and overseeing human resources and staff development. Her duties include financial reporting, government compliance, risk management, database management, and financing. At Louisiana State University Ms. Jacob graduated with honors in Mathematics and French and earned an M.S. Degree in Mathematics. She has eleven years of institutional teaching experience, including Louisiana State University and Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1980 she moved to California, where she became a partner in Planetary Publications, currently the publishing division of HMLLC. She began extensive training in accounting, computer programming, and data processing management and has served as Chief Financial Officer for Planetary Publications since 1987. In 1991, when Doc Childre founded the HeartMath Institute , Chris served as its controller. She continued in this role until 1997 when HeartMath LLC was established as a separate entity and she became its CFO. Chris has also delivered HeartMath programs throughout the United States and Canada on conflict resolution, empowerment and stress management for businesses and schools.
Deborah Rozman has over thirty years of experience as a business executive, serial entrepreneur, psychologist, author, and educator. She has been involved with HeartMath since its inception, first as founding executive director of the non-profit HeartMath Institute , then as executive vice president of HeartMath LLC, and for the past decade as founding director, President and CEO of Quantum Intech Inc. (dba HeartMath Inc) and more recently of HeartMath LLC. Prior to her work at HeartMath she was EVP of Biogenics, Inc., a biotech firm, from 1981 to 1987 and managed 90 employees through the company's rapid growth, going from $3 million in sales to $17 million in nine months. She is also co-author with Doc Childre of HeartMath's Transforming Series: Transforming Stress, Transforming Anger, Transforming Anxiety and Transforming Depression, and is a key spokesperson on HeartMath, heart intelligence, managing stress in these changing times and heart-based living.
Job Titles:
- Director of Public Relations
Harald Striepe has over 30 years of experience in engineering, business development, marketing and business management. He served in senior management positions at Digital Equipment Corporation and Apple Computer, Inc. While at Apple, Harald lead the worldwide launch of Apple's online community eWorld He is also a founder and principal of Windholm Partners, a consulting firm serving clients in defining and executing business, marketing and product strategies with clients including Sony Business Development (Europe). He was also cofounder and COO of Extracents Corporation, a startup in financial services serving banks.
Job Titles:
- EVP, Strategic Development
Howard Martin brings more than thirty years of experience in business and personal development to the position of Executive Vice President, Strategic Development. Howard's responsibilities include global alliances, marketing, and program and product development. Howard has been instrumental in assisting Doc Childre in the development and teaching of HeartMath's programs since its inception. He speaks internationally on the HeartMath approach to advancing human performance that is based on compelling scientific research linking heart function with health, emotional well-being and intelligence. Howard is co-author with Doc Childre of The HeartMath Solution, published in 2000 by Harper San Francisco. He also developed Nightingale-Conant's tape series, "The HeartMath Method." Howard is a dynamic speaker, and has delivered hundreds of workshops and keynote addresses to audiences ranging from corporations, to the armed forces, to educators, families, and human service providers. As a key spokesperson for HeartMath, he has conducted hundreds of media interviews. His appearances include CNN Headline News, U.P.I. Radio network, WNBC-TV-New York, WGN-TV-Chicago, Discovery Channel-Beyond 2000, CBN/Canada, New Women, Muscle and Fitness, San Francisco Chronicle, Billboard, and the Boston Globe.