Laura has over 20 years of experience across Sales, Education & Training. Served 6 years in the US Navy as a Preventive Medicine & Environmental Health Specialist. After an honorable discharge, Laura developed LGC Safety Training, a Food Safety & Compliance organization.

After converting to an online platform, Laura worked in tech sales & marketing, following which she became a Texas Certified Special Education Teacher. Laura holds a Bachelors in Mass Communication from Texas State University.

30+ years of highly accomplished Technology, Sales & Consulting career with Oracle, Infor, Dell, etc. Expert in identifying, analyzing & executing on market opportunities across industry verticals & organizational stages. Lived and worked across the globe.

Successful entrepreneur, angel investor and thought leader having setup & mentored several business operations and leaders across industries and geographies. Sal is a sought after speaker and mentor and has published various books, podcasts, & a video channel. Sal has an MBA from Dalhousie University & Graduate studies from Cornell, MIT & Stanford University and resides in Austin, Texas. Sal is a Certified Edgewalker Coach & Facilitator.

Experienced Digital Marketer, Entrepreneur & senior sales leader with a proven track record of revenue growth, branding & team management.

Skilled in B2B, B2C, digital marketing, public speaking, coaching & mentoring. Travis is a certified John Maxwell Leadership Coach, Speaker & Trainer.

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15+ years at leading SaaS/cloud solutions, developed and implemented targeted data-driven sales and go-to-market strategies to deliver multimillion dollar growth in highly competitive markets. 

Expertise in leading sales teams, coaching, building & growing channel partner relationships and innovative business development in education & technology sales.

Bachelors from Lousiana Tech University

Steven  Zipkes is the former Founding Principal of Manor New Technology High School (MNTH) and currently the Founding Principal of Cedars International Next Generation HS in Austin, Texas. His design of a 100% Project Based Learning public high school that focused on integrated cross curricula STEM content and 21st century essential skills has been recognized globally.

One of Mr. Zipkes’ greatest professional honors
was a visit by The President of the United States, Barak Obama , to Manor New Tech who
highlighted the successful PBL Integrated STEM practices and the positive impact his school’s design had on student achievement.  Mr. Zipkes was awarded the National STEM Visionary Award in 2014 by the International Association for STEM Leaders and has presented at the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of Education, School Administration from Sul Ross State University

Thomas is an expert on Strategy & Performance, and has coached leaders globally on integrating planning, people & performance. Since 1984, the ex-CEO of Swiss Consulting Group, named “Fast Company” by Fast Company magazine, Thomas has coached clients on 4 continents to open strategic frontiers and meet business imperatives.

Dr. Thomas D. Zweifel has a Ph.D. from New York University, is an award winning author of 10 books, and has generated over $9 Billion for his clients, who have realized 40X ROI.

He is based out of Zurich and has taught at Columbia University & St. Gallen University. Thomas has been featured on ABC, Bloomberg, CNN, Financial Times, TEDx etc.

Milaena is a Registered Dietitian with a passion for helping others prioritize their most valuable asset- HEALTH!

Armed with a Bachelors & Master’s degree in nutrition-dietetics, she founded an online consulting business that uses high level genetic testing, to create custom nutrition and fitness plans. Milaena also founded a result-oriented app that gamifies social accountability for health and fitness.

As a Certified Hypnotherapist, Milaena performs hypnotherapy to improve the following-Motivation/behavior change, smoking cessation, pain control, weight management. She uses these interventions in combination with Time-Line Therapy(TLT) for more effective results.

She serves a diverse range of individuals from the general population, to professional athletes by advising them on weight loss, muscle gain, and overall health & performance optimization.

Dori has a Bachelors in Business & Management with a minor in Organizational Psychology and has an Advanced Certification in Counseling, Townsend Institute for Leadership & Counseling Master’s Program. Dori explores tools like Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Enneagram insights, cognitive reframing and tracking methods to find strategies that support growth and change.

Areas of Specialty-Business goals, Leadership, Life Transitions, Spiritual seeking/questioning, Discouragement, Overwhelm & Burnout.

Jeff is a follower of Christ Jesus, Husband, Father, US Army Veteran and University of Texas graduate, and Human Resources Director based in Austin. TX. Jeff is an Employee Experience Champion who effectively directs successes in human resources, talent management, employee engagement, and change management. He is skilled at coaching employees and business leader guidance, building relationships, interdepartmental collaboration and driving process improvements while regularly exceeding expectations.

Jeff is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) and has helped dozens of organizations and individuals reach their goals, find fulfillment, and achieve more professionally and personally.

Reverend Sandra Bargman is a seminary trained Ordained Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister – ordained through The New Seminary for Interfaith Studies.

Storytelling and stage presence come naturally to Sandra. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie-Mellon University in drama and music and has a 35+ year career as a professional actor, singer, voice actor, director, and vocal coach. Sandra has performed on the stages of Broadway national tours, off-Broadway, regional theatres, and beyond.

With the cumulative technical skills learned as an actress and singer, the mentoring skills learned as a director and performance coach and the messaging and deep listening skills learned as a life strategist—Sandra, based in New York, helps others in finding their best and truest voice and putting their best self forward.

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Chris has a Bachelors degree in Psychology & Sociology, a Masters degree in Substance Abuse and Addiction Counseling and is pursuing a Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership emphasizing Behavioral Health.

Chris as a recovered addict, explores how spiritual leadership effectuates spiritual formation in others. Additionally seeking to expand on this study to establish an Evangelical worldview in leadership research and efficacy of spiritual principles within addiction recovery.

Mark is a Performance inspired senior executive, Board member and business owner with a demonstrated capability of navigating complex business challenges – balancing vision based strategic planning with high impact real world tactical execution.

His professional experience includes an officer role in 4 publicly held companies as well as exposure within an additional 40+ industries. His focus has centered on creating sustainable growth and business/brand development while unlocking and leveraging the power held within each organization.

Mark is a scholarship student athlete from Rice University majoring in Political Science, Religion History, Business Management, with “a minor in Micro Nuclear Physiology”. Mark is the founder and CEO of Alchemy Early Stage. Alchemy Early Stage is an accelerator expressly created to support the origination, capital funding and expansion of select early-stage businesses.

Dr Payal Kumar, a global thought leader, has worked in positions of seniority in both the corporate sector and academia. This makes her uniquely positioned to provide meaningful learning and development programs for working executives. Armed with a Ph.D on workplace mentoring, she is also a certified trainer, prize-winning researcher, and an author of 14 books on leadership.

By combining her experiences as former Vice President in a multi-national corporation where she hired and trained numerous managers, together with her knowledge on leadership, Payal’s training programmes are particularly engaging and popular with both mid-managers and senior executives. As a global L & D trainer she has designed and conducted highly acclaimed workshops for organizations and at the Academy of Management events in the US and Canada.

Amy uses her knowledge as an Executive Coach & certified Spiritual Intelligence Coach (SQ21, a faith-neutral system) to uniquely blend spirituality and business to assist clients in their personal, professional, and spiritual development. Amy is the host of the Create Magic At Work® podcast, a top 5% globally ranked podcast, and the author of the book by the same name. She is an Executive Contributor for Brainz Magazine and has been a guest on over 70 podcasts sharing her insights on how leaders in the workplace can become empowered and embrace their full potential.

Amy draws on her past experiences as a successful Corporate Executive and shares win-win ways people can get results by connecting authentically and seeing the humanity in each other. Amy has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology from California State University and is a Certified Executive Coach from Berkely Executive Coaching Institute, University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business.  To schedule a coaching session with Amy, please email us at coach@maximizeu.life

Dr. Judi Neal is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Edgewalkers International. She was the founding director of the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. Judi is recognized as an expert on spirituality in the workplace and speaks and consults internationally. She received her Ph.D. from Yale in Organizational Behavior.

In 1988 Judi began teaching management at the University of New Haven. She focused her research on business leaders who have a strong commitment to their faith and spirituality, and began studying how they bridged the spiritual world and the material world of business. That led to her research on people she calls “Edgewalkers.” Judi was a co-founder of the Management, Spirituality and Religion Interest Group at the Academy of Management, as well as co-founder of the Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, and the International Association of Management, Spirituality and Religion. She has published widely in the field, and is a popular and inspiring international speaker. She has consulted with major organizations such as Pfizer and General Electric as well as with small entrepreneurial companies and with non-profits.

Judi is the Author of Edgewalkers: People and Organizations that Take Risks, Build Bridges and Break New Ground, The Spirit of Project Management, The Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, and Creating Enlightened Organizations.

Lisa is an author, TEDx Speaker and a high-performance Success Coach based at McKinney, Texas. Are you burned out, exhausted, and emotionally spent? Do you feel there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish what you need to do? Has self-care become a luxury? Do you reach for food as a source of comfort, only to find that it’s ultimately making you feel worse? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Is your health suffering? Lisa helps business executives develop mental fitness so they can manage stress, prevent burnout, and get healthy, so they can live their happiest, healthiest, and most successful life. 

Client success stories include:

* Significant reduction in stress and anxiety by creating a balanced life
* Weight loss
* Improved health
* Development of sustainable healthy habits (mind and body)
* Releasing limiting beliefs and creating space for growth
* Development of a laser focused Vision for goal achievement
* Building strong confidence
* Positive mindset shift
* Improved relationships
* Transition from toxic work environments to careers aligned with their values, passions, and strengths

Captain Joe Polanin (US Navy, retired) has advised the President of the United States, the National Security Council, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, and many senior defense officials and military officers from the U.S. and allied nations in national security matters including geo-political risk, strategic communication, public relations, intelligence oversight, strategic planning, technology, training and education, financial risk, legal and policy compliance.

Joe has led and managed global teams as large as 412K people with a $518B annual budget and has 20+ years of successful Command leadership for global organizations developing and communicating bold vision, synthesizing enterprises to achieve that vision, and inspiring extraordinarily talented people to achieve aggressive goals early and under budget.

Joe has a Bachelors in Science from the United States Naval Academy, a Masters of Arts from the College of International Security Affairs and an MBA from Grand Canyon University and is based in Florida.

Janet Sharkis brings decades of experience in supporting people to build their mental health. She provides a warm, friendly & respectful environment. She specializes in people with disabilities and their families, infertility, adoption, sexual abuse, child abuse, and being raised in a challenging environment.

She provides sliding rates and is licensed in Connecticut and Texas. Janet has a Bachelors degree in Special Education and a Masters degree in Counseling.

Specialties:
Anxiety and panic disorders
Depression
General relationship challenges (family, friends, co-workers)
Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Women’s mental health
Therapeutic approaches
Client-centered Therapy
Humanistic Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Strength-Based Therapy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Service types
Child and adolescent therapy
Individual therapy

TEDx Speaker | Culture x DEIB x Social Impact Thought Leader | Executive Coach | Edgewalker

Kristin is creating exponential inclusion around the world by partnering with global leaders and organizations who are walking the edge, leaning into the future, and creating more inclusive spaces for all to thrive. She collaborates to design and scale social good focused on inclusion & belonging. Kristin is a Social Entrepreneur, Certified High Performance Coach, and Speaker who helps organizations move beyond words into action using human-centered design. Kristin has a Bachelors degree in Spanish Language and Literature and a Masters degree from Michigan State University.

Emanuel Rose was born and raised on the West Coast of the United States. He has spent over three decades earning a reputation in cutting-edge marketing. A renowned expert in the field, Emanuel specializes in branding, advertising, and day-to-day operations at his digital agency, Strategic eMarketing. His passion lies in helping companies achieve business success from the bottom to the top. Emanuel’s unique approach to marketing strategies has resulted in countless clients reaching their goals.

Emanuel enjoys learning his craft and implementing new techniques and theories for his clients, not only in his home state of Oregon, but around the world. Together with his hand-selected staff, Emanuel creates opportunities while solving challenges in the ever-changing digital landscape. He is a firm believer in using his personal experiences to help others and this dedication continues to impress.

John Cottrell is a certified yoga instructor, wellness expert, and holistic living maestro on a mission to enhance lives. Experience transformative yoga classes, workshops, and retreats led by John, cultivating growth and wellbeing.

His background in clinical psychology, with a Ph.D. from Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, elevates his unique blend of Western psychology and Eastern wisdom. Certified as a Yoga Therapist by IAYT.org, John bridges psychology and yoga, fostering self-improvement and growth. John’s book, “Yoga With Intention,” infuses yoga into daily life, offering insights on obstacles, freedom, and balance. His latest book, “Embrace the Positive: Letting Go of Negative Thinking,” takes you on an insightful journey toward a more positive lifestyle.