Herb Kessner, PhD.
Herb is a Principal Organization Development Consultant, Executive Coach and master facilitator with a Doctorate in Organizational Psychology and a Masters in Engineering. He has extensive experience in conducting organizational, cultural and professional change management, business development and M&A projects and workshops for F100 and medium size clients in the U.S. and worldwide.
Herb is a certified GE WorkOut and CAP for Six Sigma consultant and facilitator. He is an Organizational Psychologist who works with both structure & systems, business process, business development and sales and the human side of change and improvement. Herb has served as adjunct professor of leadership in the Executive MBA program at Sonoma State University, Dominican University and the University of San Francisco.
Tom Gehrig, M.F.A.
Creative Director Tom Gehrig, who counts two ADDYs, an International Summit Award and a SF Cable Car Award among his accolades, is a creative problem solver with a firm grounding in marketing. Adept at implementing high profile communications programs that include strategic brand development, advertising and brand identity. Industry experience spans technology, financial services, healthcare, consumer/retail and non-profit.
Tom oversees competitive landscape analysis, development of positioning strategies & messaging, along with the creation of brand development recommendations stemming from the Brand RoadMap process. Client experience includes: Bogle Vineyards, Genworth, American Century Brokerage, E*Trade, Sybase/SAP, Autodesk, Antolini of Verona Italy and the Foundation for California Community Colleges. In addition, Tom teaches Branding, Graphic Design, Entrepreneurship and Creativity In Business at the Fashion Institute of Design in Los Angeles, as well as the University of California, Berkeley Extension.