• Over 15 years of optimizing performance and productivity expertise across four generations in companies committed to developing their most valuable asset; people. Among the industries she has served well are biotech, government, financial, high-tech, insurance, healthcare, and academia.
• Key expertise: Combining the newest brain research with proven performance best practices for executives, managers and their teams. Designing and delivering brain-based interactive programs integrated with peer-learning and team consultations. Facilitating performance enhancement while reducing stress at all levels for better business results.
• Published: “A Brain New Way to Work”™ and “How to Do Space Age Work with a Stone Age Brain”™.
• Specialties: Practical and humorous speaking programs, specialized onsite training applied the same day, interactive productive webinars, enjoyable peer-learning, extensive follow-through resources and team building.
  

• Over 12 years of training and facilitation experience. Clients include energy companies, high tech firms, utilities and non-profits.
• Skill set includes: strategic planning, team building, leadership development, project management, situational assessment, and program development.
• Holds a Masters in Business Administration and is currently involved in Coaching Certification.

• An instructional designer who specializes in designing and developing blended training.
• Key skills include: instructional design, curriculum development, computer-based training, software pilots and implementations, mobile device pilots and implementations, online help, technical writing.
• Experience involves a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, financial services, consumer products, hospitality, and education. 
• Holds an M.S. Ed. in Instructional Technology from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in Psychology and Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

• 25+ years of experience as a training and communications professional.  He has worked in numerous capacities (training manager, external consultant, instructional designer and technical writer) in a range of industries including financial services, healthcare, public utilities and biotechnology.
• Areas of expertise include: assessing training needs, designing and developing instructional materials, training programs and job aids, managing large-scale training projects from initiation through implementation.
• Holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of California, Santa Cruz and has attended graduate programs at California State University, San Francisco.

• 23 years of experience as a training manager and human resources professional.
• Accomplishments include managing a learning and development department, designing and developing online learning programs in business financials and planning, providing comprehensive strategic human resources consulting for executive management.
• Key skills include: training design, development, and facilitation, project management, performance management, leadership and management development.
• Holds a Master of Human Resources Management from the Keller Graduate School of Management.

• Highly successful professional with over 21 years of Fortune 500 corporate and training experience in diverse industries including consumer goods, retail, healthcare, professional seminar development, and financial services.
• Key skills include: curriculum design, program development/instructional design, training and presentation delivery, and project management.
• Holds an MBA in Marketing from Ohio State University.

• A multi-talented learning and development professional with more than fifteen years of experience delivering solutions for the high technology, automotive, financial services, construction and defense industries.
• Areas of expertise include: instructional design and multimedia development, project and program management, e-learning and online collaboration, streaming media and webcasting.
• Accomplishments include managing and developing a professional development program for Cisco’s technical field sales force; designing and producing a real-time parachute skills simulation for US special operations forces; and pioneering the use of live webcasts for Oracle’s sales training organization.
• Additional experience as an accomplished voiceover artist and radio theater and documentary producer.

• Extensive consulting and training experience in coaching, sales and service, and sales management.  Manages client engagements from assessment and customization to implementation and maintenance.
• Key skills include: group facilitation, management coaching, change management, and program implementation.
• Holds a certificate of completion for the Performance Improvement and Instructional Design Program at the University of Michigan.
  
• Is a certified life insurance agent and has held Securities Series 7, 8, and 63 licenses.
• Completed the Executive Leadership program through the Ohio Chamber of Commerce and Center for Creative Leadership.

• A coach and facilitator with over 15 years of Human Resources experience in diverse industries including high-tech, financial services, healthcare, and non-profits.
• Key skills include: executive coaching, team facilitation, leadership development, leadership for women.
• Specialties include leadership skills for corporate women, team-building and coaching for managers.
• Recently appeared in a Wall Street Journal article “Grooming Women for the Top.” 
• Holds an MBA from the University of Michigan (Ross) and a BS in Industrial Psychology from the University of Illinois.

• A retired United States Navy Nurse Corps Officer with a passion for increasing organizational effectiveness through a wide range of performance improvement solutions, all customized to meet the specific needs of the client.
• Key skills include: training design, development, and facilitation, project management, performance management, leadership and management development.
• Since retiring from the Navy, has continued in her quest to help organizations succeed through increasing the effectiveness of their biggest asset…their employees.

• Over 15 years combined experience in employee and leadership program development, line through executive level facilitation, and organization development.
• Specializes in project management, strategic planning, employee recognition and culture management.
• Has directed employee recognition, culture management, training, instructional design and computer-based training departments in several fast-paced organizations, including two Fortune 500 companies.
• Industries she has served include: finance, manufacturing, and education.
• Holds a Bachelor Degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

• Skilled instructional designer with 15 years expertise in designing, developing, and implementing training programs and performance solutions.
• Capabilities include: designing and developing training programs, writing and editing user guides, job aids, manuals, and workbooks, creating user-friendly documentation, coaching instructors on facilitation and presentation skills, developing and producing marketing tools to promote and complement training offerings.
• Industries she has served include franchising, real estate, fast food, insurance, pharmaceutical, retail, public utility, healthcare, and automotive.

• Background in executive and career coaching with an emphasis on intergenerational issues, recruiting, and onboarding.
• Focused on helping organizations develop a more effective onboarding process, placed high-level executives for Yahoo! and other technology companies.
• Experience includes the development of learning curriculum for emerging technology firms, sales and marketing for enterprise software companies, and ownership of a publishing company.
• Graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Davis with a B.A. in International Relations.
• Received his coaching certification from New Ventures West.
• Published a book called "The Book of Goals: Achievements, Plans, and Dreams of a Lifetime.”
• Currently involved with Springboard Forward as a trainer and coach.

• Over 20 years experience helping organizations improve their bottom-line through leadership training and organization development initiatives.
• Partnered with companies in the fields of energy, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, military, mining, telecommunications, and transportation.
• Strengths include: leadership and professional development facilitation, organizational development, career development, program design.
• Holds a Masters degree in Human Resources and Organization Development from the University of San Francisco and certification as Master Facilitator with Development Dimensions International (DDI).

• 14 years of human resources and sales and marketing training and development and management experience in the healthcare industry.
• Proven success and results as an internal consultant and project manager in the areas of competency modeling, operations, onboarding, facilitation in sales and marketing, human resources, and product development.
• Key skills include: training design, facilitation and project management, strategy development, teambuilding, and operations management.

• Over 20 years of extensive experience in the development of sales, marketing, training programs and strategies for multiple industries including retail, healthcare, publishing, and financial services.
• Areas of expertise include: strategic planning and execution, training development and facilitation, product development and launches, staff development and training, development of marketing and communication programs.
• Graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and minors in English and Studio Art.

• Experienced graphic designer who has served such clients as Adidas, Intel, Macromedia, PayPal and Wells Fargo.
• Specializes in: graphic design (print/web), motion graphics/flash, website design and development.
• Collaborates with local bands to design album art, promotional packages, and web sites.  When he’s not immersed in graphic design, he can be heard playing drums for Oakland-based indie rock band Truxon.

• Communications consultant, training professional and freelance writer with over ten years of experience in instructional design, content facilitation, project management, internal communications,  needs assessment, conducting surveys, and test development.
• As an independent consultant, she has worked with professionals from the financial services, real estate, healthcare, food service, insurance, payroll, and retail industries.
• Specializes in: instructional design, information design, customized learning maps, project management.
• Holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English with an emphasis in writing from California State University, Long Beach, and a strong background in financial services.

• 20 years of marketing experience in the healthcare industry, including pharmaceutical and medical devices, both on the client and agency sides of the business.
• Broad spectrum of real-world experience developing and implementing initiatives in marketing, strategic planning, product launches, advertising/branding, and medical education.
• Experience across a variety of therapeutic areas including: cardiovascular disease, dermatology (therapeutic and cosmetic), interventional radiology, and ophthalmology.
• Key skills include: communication (verbal and written); team leadership and mentoring, facilitation and account/client management; strategic oversight for marketing and product launch plans; key opinion leader (KOL) relations and development; program implementation; creative/brand development and collateral production in various print and web-based media.
• Holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Sonoma State University, in California.

• 17 years of experience in leading training programs with various Fortune 500 companies, specializing in leadership development, communication, and team performance. 
• Experience includes: training and coaching all levels of employees, from executive leadership to frontline employees, across a variety of professional development topic areas.
• Key skills include: consulting, facilitation, writing, teambuilding, and leadership development.
• Extensive corporate experience linking team and individual performance skills to business.
• Provides practical tools for growing leadership and improving communications, to produce a higher impact organization.

• A highly skilled instructional designer and technical writer with over 20 years experience.
• Key skills include: consulting, instructional design, process training, sales and service programs.
• Holds a master’s degree in organization management and a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
• Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD); the latter awarded her its Distinguished Service Award in 1997 and 2006.

• Instructional Designer with over 18 years of experience developing training materials in the retail, financial services, electrical utility, healthcare, and biotechnology industries.
• Support tools include: computer-based training, web-based training, instructor-led training, storyboards/scripts, user guides and manuals, job aids, PowerPoint presentations.
• Expertise consists of organizing and coordinating multiple projects, meeting commitments and deadlines, and practicing excellent interpersonal, communication, and relationship building skills.

Luanne Stevenson

• 25 years of experience in the biopharma arena, including pharmaceuticals and diagnostics.
• Has held executive positions in brand marketing, customer marketing, contracting and pricing, and training.
• Deep therapeutic experience in Oncology, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Anesthesia and Infectious disease. Broad customer segment experience in all managed markets, including hospital, managed care and government.
• Responsible for the development and delivery of marketing curriculum for new marketers; leading contracting training for account managers, developing reimbursement training for multiple functions and leading an MBA leadership program.
• Key skills include development and delivery of marketing and sales force training; development of managed markets product launch strategies; performance management and coaching, and facilitation.

• Rae has two decades of corporate training experience in diverse industries and holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Learning.
• Specialties include millennial leadership, coaching, progressive learning methods, sales force development, and HR/OD consulting.
• Has been published in several national management journals and professional publications on various topics related to human performance.
• Has designed, developed, implemented, and evaluated numerous successful performance improvement programs and strategies within the financial services, healthcare, biotechnology and retail industries.

• 16 years of experience in training, curriculum design, and technical writing in a variety of industries including biopharmaceutical, labor-management partnership, workplace safety, mortgage and retail banking, and healthcare.
• Responsible for developing and implementing national training programs to support corporate goals and initiatives for the largest labor-management partnership in the United States.
• Developed scripts and screens for a biopharmaceutical company’s web-based Records and Retention Management Compliance on-line training program.
• Training officer and Board Member of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Search and Rescue Team.
• Emergency Medical Technician for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

• 21 years of experience in the healthcare industry including the pharmaceutical and medical device/diagnostic arenas.
• Hands-on industry experience in senior positions within sales, marketing, strategic planning, product development, sales/marketing training, and professional medical education. (Johnson & Johnson, Scios, ALZA, Sangstat, Roche, Boehringer Mannheim)
• Both technical and business-related experience with a wide variety of therapeutic areas including: hematology/oncology, pain, cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, laboratory medicine, endocrinology, immunology, and transplantation.
• Key skills include: strategic guidance for product development and commercialization plans; key opinion leader (KOL) development; sales/marketing training design and facilitation; CME programming; development of grant review policies and procedures.
• Holds a Bachelor of Science in Pre-Med and Medical Technology from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana and is a certified Medical Technologist (MT ASCP).

Suzanne Weissenberg

Christy White