Sakino Consulting

Sakino Consulting helps American companies be extraordinary in their product development efforts with Japanese companies. Matt Schlegel understands the Japanese culture and how business is done in Japan. Having been a Mombusho research scholar at the University of Tokyo, Matt brings a deep understanding of product development process, language, engineering, and technology to both Japanese and American companies.

InDepth Strategies

Nathalie Udo, founder and president of Projectway, LLC in San Francisco, has built a proven record of accomplishments in leading complex international software development and implementation projects for corporations including the Baan Company, Boeing Corporation, Fireman’s Fund, Autodesk, Kaiser and Permanente.  She is a seasoned professional with extensive project management, cross-cultural communication, and leadership skills. She takes strong ownership and accountability for deliverables and drives positive results in her projects.  Nathalie’s customers compliment her for her expertise, strong work ethic and, most importantly, the ability to deliver on project goals including getting them done in time, within scope and budget.

Steve Piazzale, PhD

Steve guides his clients through challenging career transitions. He helps them find the work they want and deserve more quickly than they would on their own, thus saving them time, money, and a lot of stress. His clients also learn to improve job performance and get recognized, promoted, and well-compensated. Specialties include resumes, networking, interviewing, negotiation, work/life balance, career change, job performance, and much, much more.

You can sign up for his Career newsletter and find out more about his TV show “You’re Hired!” at http://www.BayAreaCareerCoach.com

Steve has a Ph.D. in Sociology (with training in Psychology) from Stanford University and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from the University of Santa Clara. He is a Right Management Associate and is listed in the latest edition of Richard Bolles’ “What Color is Your Parachute?”

Jeff Richardson

An Organizational Development and Team development consultant/trainer with extensive experience leading strategic change and merger integration programs in Fortune 100 settings, Jeff has consulted with over 35 programs at Texas Instruments and Raytheon to define engineering and operating processes, resulting in a 40% increase in program win rate. He also played an extensive role in the post-merger development and deployment of Raytheon’s Integrated Product Development System, followed by a liaison role with the Raytheon Program Management and Business Development Councils to further develop strategic processes to achieve business results.

Jeff’s current work in team development is increasingly centered on experiential education. From outdoor ropes course facilitation to on-site learning exercises, Jeff provides individuals and teams an opportunity to extract learning from shared experiences and then apply them to real world work situations.

Betty Jo facilitates Personal Growth and Professional Development workshops for several highly respected seminar companies, primarily Productive Learning & Leisure, where she had been working alongside the founders for over 27 years..  She has extensive experience leading workshops on various subjects, including communication, leadership, personal presentation, team building, conflict resolution, problem solving and self-esteem.  She has received numerous awards for her teaching excellence and participants in her courses attest to the effectiveness of her trainings.

Betty Jo’s passion and love of her work is evident in her trainings where her style of working with people makes it safe for them to discover and learn.  She is dedicated to providing high value to the participants in her courses by guiding them to create immediate results as well as long-term transformation.

Jim Bandrowski helps management teams develop and implement game-changing strategies and process innovations to achieve rapid, profitable growth. President of Strategic Action Associates, he is a keynote speaker, trainer, consultant, and facilitator on the topics of Remarkable Leadership, Strategic Innovation, Global Marketing, Breakthrough Lean Six Sigma, and Execution Excellence.

Jim is the author of Corporate Imagination Plus: Five Steps to Translating Innovative Strategies into Action, the first book on how to put innovation into strategy. Industry Week stated: “James Bandrowski’s system emphasizes action that helps companies beat their competition.” In 2009, Jim coauthored with Stephen Covey, Ken Blanchard, Brian Tracy, and others, the book titled Discover Your Inner Strength.

Jim’s clients include GE, Disney, Merck, AT&T, HP, Boeing, TRW, Electronic Arts, Chevron, Saudi Aramco and many more.

Ken Chen

Sam Hahn

Chris Kurjan

Quiver Consulting can explore, define and realize your next opportunity: Product and service development, fuzzy project management, facilitation of brainstorm and organizational change sessions, innovation skills training.

Josh Nankivel

Josh Nankivel, B.S. in Project Management,PMP is the founder of pmStudent.com, a site dedicated to helping new and aspiring project managers succeed. He has over a decade of project management experience across the IT, telecom, financial, and aerospace industries.

Camille Smith

Camille Smith, president of Work In Progress Coaching, understands what it takes to change at the individual, team and organizational levels. It’s not easy and it’s required for leaders and their organizations in their quest to deliver value to the marketplace. Specializing in leadership development and team building, Camille provides the knowledge and support to help you create relationships of trust that produce outstanding results. She doesn’t bring the answers; she brings them out of you. Visit her Web site her

Loyal Mealer

Loyal has more than 25 years of project engineering and management experience in R&D, manufacturing, and information technology. Has worked in the high-tech industry as a design engineer, section manager and manufacturing engineering manager and has led teams that included virtual and telecommuting contributors from all over the world. He is an expert in the use of collaborative technologies for vitual teams and has led advanced technology development efforts to improve the effectiveness of virtual workers. He has a BS in Electronics and Computer Science and lives in California’s Silicon Valley.

Director, Culture Crossing

Michael Landers is the founder of Culture Crossing, LLC, a global consulting organization dedicated to finding innovative solutions for groups and individuals working in challenging global conditions.  Michael’s work focuses on providing clients the necessary tools to help them achieve their goals, overcome obstacles, and navigate the complexities of global business with savvy, style, and sensitivity, no matter what shape their ventures take.  For the past 12 years, Michael has been busy designing and facilitating programs for global executives and managers on leadership & change management, cross-cultural communication & team building, diversity & inclusion, coaching & personal development and international marketing & negotiation. Michael has conducted business in over 20 countries, including Japan, the EMEA Region, India, China, Singapore and Latin America.