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Our Core Values
Our core values are the principles that guide everything we do, from our company strategy down to our individual actions every single day.
Integrity
We strive to do what’s right, always.
Innovation
We grow the business in a way that grows people who then grow companies. We innovate with accurate data and thoughtful experimentation.
Community
We create a culture of belonging, care, and growth for one another and for those we serve.
Passion
Our passion for the work we do fuels our commitment to make a difference in business.
Humility
We care to listen, seek to learn, and strive to continuously improve. Feedback is our gold.
Strategic thinkers with proven leadership success.
BetterManager's founding partners include a former Google executive and 2 former Google management training coaches. While there, they worked with foundational projects that helped build one of the most successful, productive and scalable workforces in the world.
Leadership Team
Stephane Panier
CEO & Co-Founder
20+ years of management experience across the USA, Europe and Asia — in plant operations, management consulting, and technology.
John Topping
President & COO
30+ years as an executive for leading technology media companies such as CMP Media and IDG and an early executive at Google's Technology Vertical segment.
Wendy Hanson
Chief Program Officer & Co-Founder
20 years of management and executive coaching; 20 years in management and education.
Quinn McLaughlin
CTO
20+ years experience leading technology teams in Silicon Valley and New York City.
Will Corley
Chief L&D Officer
20 years of management and executive coaching; 12 years of management experience;
David Wittenkamp
CFO
High Tech and Software Entrepreneur and CFO. Silicon Valley USA. Resourceful and creative executive with broad general management experience. Co-founder of two successful high-tech start-ups. Large company experience from Ford, Motorola, IBM, EMC, Nokia, and Ericsson.
Tim Bradbury
VP of Sales, U.S.
Tim has more than 30 years of successful business building experience. The majority of his career spent in the media, data and retail/cpg industries, Tim’s past experiences have demonstrated a proven ability to build and operate new ventures and scale businesses in various stages of growth.
Chris Wells
VP of Sales, Europe
Managers are the single most important factor in employee engagement and happiness. The employee-manager relationship determines up to 70% of an employee's engagement. And, engaged employees are the key to company performance. Companies with highly engaged teams outperform peers by 147% in earnings per share.
Karen Benz
Director of Coaching
Karen is an experienced Executive Coach with an extensive background in leadership and management...
Tina Sedonne
Head of Product and Design
Tina is the Head of Product and Design at BetterManager. She has over 21 years of design and art direction experience as Creative Director, Product Designer and...
Kate Rath
Director of Operations
Kate Rath is the Director of Operations at BetterManager. Her career has spanned international development work, public health, communications and the arts. In her work in public health, she designed...
Oliver Waller
Information & Marketing Director
Over the past 26 years, Oliver Waller has been a principle executive for various start-ups and marketing organizations focused on...
Rick Dilliott
Content Director
Rick is the Content Director at BetterManager. He has a wide range of experience growing businesses over the last 25 years.
BetterManager's founding partners include a former Google executive and 2 former Google management training coaches. While there, they worked with foundational projects that helped build one of the most successful, productive and scalable workforces in the world.
Strategic Advisors
Dawnet Beverley
Corporate Leader
Dawnet is a seasoned executive with 30 years of ascending management, sales and technology roles. She is the Executive Vice President with global...
Gordon Freedman
Education Advisor
Gordon is the President of the National Laboratory for Education Transformation, a California-based nonprofit committed to transforming 20th century education into 21st century learning in mathematics, state data, student records and workforce.
Dennis Bonilla
Technology Strategist
Dennis Bonilla is an industry-recognized Digital Learning & Technology Transformation Strategist specializing in the integration of adult learning neuroscience, digital learning technologies and curriculum, data analytics, and corporate and higher education strategies for the modern multi-generational workforce.
Gary Millrood
Strategic Advisor
Gary Millrood is an accomplished executive with more than 25 years of experience in corporate strategy, financing, operations, and business development. He has started businesses and created liquidity for companies in multiple industries. Mr. Millrood holds a B.A. from Marquette University and an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Tamar Elkeles Ph.D
Learning & Development Advisor
Tamar Elkeles, Ph.D. is an experienced Chief Learning Officer (CLO), Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and thought leader in the Talent, Learning, Organization Development and Human Capital field. She is a seasoned wireless technology executive with extensive experience in the high tech industry.
Zia Syed
AI Engineering Advisor
Zia is an accomplished experienced AI engineer, executive, and entrepreneur. He currently serves as Google’s Engineering Leader for its AI platform, leading several teams in Cloud AI Platform group including Cloud Machine Learning Engine (Inference), Kubeflow, Google Cloud AI Hub, DeepLearning VM Images and initiatives related to doing ML in hybrid/multi-cloud environments.
Dr. George Woods M.D.
Education Advisor
George Woods, MD, L.F.A.P.A. is a practicing neuropsychiatrist and internationally known mental health expert. He is also Vice-Chairperson of the Challenging Behaviors Special Interest Research Group...
Simone Brunozzi
Technologist & Entrepreneur
Simone Brunozzi has worked in the IT industry at large companies and startups for more than 20 years, focused for the last ten on Cloud Computing.
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