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Uta Birkmayer is a pioneering “out-of-the-box” visionary with a unique ability to harmonize disparate ideas, business philosophies and priorities to deliver incredible, tangible business results and memorable experiences. Uta founded or co-founded four businesses in the areas of city and regional planning, wellness, software and leadership development and has held corporate positions in Japan, China, Germany and the US.  Uta is a Mastermind facilitator and coach and has a particular passion for living brand development, visual and virtual tools, health and wellness and connecting humanity in meaningful and transformative ways to inspire people to live their best lives.

  Scott lives and breaths business strategy. Having had a career in investments from running large coast-to-coast investment divisions to building one of the largest ESG investment boutique firms in the country he now focus on helping firms and founders have breakout growth and performance. Scott’s private investments have ranged across industries from Sports, Mental Health, Parking Infrastructure and Technology, Construction, Logistics and others but a common thread runs throughout, “Business is Business”. Every company suffers struggles at times for breakout performance. Scott helps leaders focus on the tools necessary for inspiring and leading their teams to new horizons in growth and profitability. An avid skier, golfer and auto sport enthusiast, each passion requires 100% focus to execute successfully each turn, shot or apex, the same focus required by founders and firms to plan and execute their breakout moments.

  Jackie connects dots, rocks boats, thinks boldly and is passionate about streamlining sales and operational efficiencies so entrepreneurs and leaders can take their organizations to the next level and thrive. As a Professional EOS Implementer, (Entrepreneurial Operating System) she brings her clients the best of what she knows with proven organizations tools and processes that are easy to use. Jackie understands  that no matter the size of the organization, the key to sustained success centers on people and process. It’s why her focus is on building up people, creating healthy teams, and managing operations to business goals. Every leader, at one time or another, needs this help.  

  Doug has been an entrepreneur for the majority of his career and holds executive positions in a number of leadership development organizations.  Doug is on the Board of Advisors of Santa Barbara City College’s (SBCC) Scheinfeld Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and has been an Instructor, Mentor and Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the University of California Santa Barbara’s (UCSB) Technology Management Program (TMP) and is presently Adjunct Faculty with Antioch University Santa Barbara’s MBA program. Doug is also a member of the Sustainable Change Alliance and an Angel impact investor with several active investments.