Pearce applies his military background in strategic thinking and team dynamics to lead ‘Built to Evolve’, a firm focused on improving executive and team performance. His work integrates experience and knowledge in neuroscience, psychology, and physiology. This approach is designed to improve executive performance, ensuring leaders are equipped to maintain an optimal state of mind in today’s business environment.

Pearce focuses on developing a culture business athletes. Those that are empowered to increase their stamina, drive, performance and health, so that they can achieve their maximum level of positive impact.

Having collaborated with organizations like Citibank, The Las Vegas Raiders, and Charter, Pearce now primarily advises executives of Private Equity-owned portfolio companies, where he has observed significant mental resilience challenges. His coaching style is grounded in real-world experience, balancing professional development with personal well-being.

Dean is an accomplished entrepreneur, sales professional, and business advisor with extensive experience in high-growth companies. Dean leverages a deep knowledge of human psychology alongside applied analytics to drive business growth. A former U.S. Army Infantry Officer, Dean served 8 years, including a combat tour in Iraq, before transitioning to Orion International, where he assisted veterans in moving into corporate roles. As a founder, Dean has successfully raised millions in private equity funding prior to his acquisition. He also played a pivotal role in launching and expanding Bunker Labs, a nonprofit that supports veteran entrepreneurs, growing it to 40 locations nationwide.

Dr. John Musser holds both a master’s and doctoral degree in psychology, with specialized training and experience as a psychologist. With a background in sales organizational evaluations, leadership and sales assessments and training, Dr. Musser possesses the sensitivity and insight to assess the intangible yet complex forces in the workplace that can make the difference between organizational success and failure. For over 30 years, Dr. Musser has advised business leaders and organizations to reach for a new level of awareness and witnessed a dramatic improvement in their ability to produce results.

As an assessment expert, consultant, trainer, and facilitator, Dr. Musser works with companies in powerful, yet non-threatening ways to maximize their potential to produce results.

Dr. Musser is committed to facilitating and developing corporate environments in which people are empowered to overcome internal and external challenges and are motivated to achieve superior results by supplying them with the necessary strategy, tools, training, skills, and vision to succeed in today’s competitive market. The outcome is stronger teamwork, increased efficiency and productivity, higher levels of accountability and mutual respect, and increased effectiveness and results.

Sharesz T. Wilkinson is an international Executive Communication and Resilience Expert working remotely with highly driven professionals, MNCs, C-Level Executives, and their teams. She brings in extensive experience, and her pragmatic approach offers a high level of professionalism, awareness, focus, and trust. Leading to top-level performance during challenging times, she creates lasting results with her clients in a short period of time.

As a Harvard Business Review Advisory & Forbes Councils Member, she has been focusing on her passion to create effective change top-down with her work. To date, she has received 18x international awards and nominations as a change agent. She is further an international speaker, best-selling co-author, investor, and serves as a Senator for the USA in the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF).

Justin is a seasoned human resource executive whose extensive leadership experience spans a multitude of industries—including manufacturing, distribution, and sales—both public and private. His expertise is not only in navigating the complexities of employment law, workers’ compensation, and benefits programs but also in understanding the profound impact HR decisions have on organizational culture.

He adopts a consultative approach, relishing the process of discovery, diagnosis, and designing of bespoke HR solutions that drive tangible results. Justin is a firm believer in bridging the execution gap through the strategic use of cross-functional teams, enhancing organizational capabilities, and fostering breakthrough performance.

Fluent in both Spanish and English, his specialties lie in people development, cultivating an organizational culture rooted in continuous improvement through Kaizen and Lean methodologies, and implementing Hoshin Kanri for effective policy and strategy deployment. Justin’s approach is holistic, dynamic, and always results-focused.

Chris Nastasi combines the competitive spirit of a former college and minor league baseball player with the strategic rigor of a U.S. Army Special Operations unit leader. Specializing in combating burnout, Chris’s coaching is underpinned by a deep understanding of the high-pressure demands on professional and personal fronts. His approach is personalized, taking into account each client’s unique challenges and aspirations, and leveraging insights from neuroscience and psychology to foster resilience. Chris is dedicated to helping individuals harness their potential, achieve balance, and excel under pressure.

Clayton is dedicated to empowering individuals and teams to reach their full potential. With over three decades of experience leading teams in financial services and non-profit organizations, he offers hands-on expertise and well-honed coaching skills as a training facilitator and executive coach. Clayton’s clients include senior leaders at top Fortune 500 companies. His background in neuroscience seamlessly integrates with a 20-year mindfulness practice and an advanced meditation teacher certificate.
Clayton’s work with established and emerging leaders centers on identifying their barriers to awareness, connection, and perspective, and guiding a mindful approach to help individuals and teams achieve their true potential. His methods are rooted in research-backed brain-based techniques, prioritizing measurable results in performance and personal well-being.

Steve Paladino has over 35 years of senior executive and business owner experience, specializing in process improvements, streamlining financial operations, scorecard reporting, post-merger integration, and ERP implementations. Over his career he has helped numerous companies improve their financial metrics, operational procedures and scale their business. Steve has successfully implemented seven ERP systems. He has managed the sales process for numerous companies leading to successful exits to both PE firms and privately held companies. He is also certified as a board facilitator and executive coach, oriented towards small to mid-sized enterprises. This enables business owners to concentrate on managing their business rather than performing operational tasks. Which enables them to execute a more focused business strategy. Steve’s approach to solving financial and operational issues is by including all stakeholders in the development of more efficient processes and procedures. His ability to take complex problems and distill them into actionable tasks has enabled companies to leverage their existing infrastructure. Which has resulted in improved operating margins. His industry experience includes SaaS, Consumer Products, Distribution, Light manufacturing, Service industries and Start-ups. ​

Sergiu is a veteran leadership team coach dedicated to transforming executive teams into high-performance units. With a deep focus on breaking down organizational silos and fostering trust, communication, and strategic alignment, Sergiu empowers teams to deliver measurable growth and boost enterprise value.

Known for his hands-on, immersive approach, Sergiu blends strategic insight with cutting-edge AI tools to elevate team dynamics. His innovative use of AI not only drives significant increases in productivity but also enhances employees’ overall satisfaction with their work—creating a thriving and engaged organizational culture.

Outside of work, Sergiu is valued for his ability to bring joy to his clients and colleagues alike, believing that true success is found at the intersection of purpose, performance, and well-being.

Dr. Michael Miletic is a former Olympic athlete and a prominent physician specializing in clinical neuroscience and metabolic medicine. Dr. Miletic evaluates the brain, mind, and body and brings the latest science and evidence-based treatments to optimize your health. Specializing in executives looking to reach their full potential.

Dr. Miletic developed “The Miletic Method” as a new model of mental health treatment, brain functioning, performance, longevity, and health. The model consists of looking at the brain/body as a series of interrelated bidirectional systems influencing and influenced by each other in ways specific to each patient. Understanding the intricacies of this allows us to approach each patient in an individualized way. The method then involves integrating all of the physical measures through history taking and specialized lab tests with psychology and neuroscience in a way that provides a new understanding of mental states.

Kelly McNeill is a Certified Co-Active Coach and Facilitator with over a decade of experience guiding individuals and teams toward stronger leadership, communication, and collaboration. Since 2013, she has partnered with organizations in both the private and public sectors to help people unlock their potential, navigate challenges, and lead with confidence.

With 18 years of first-hand corporate experience, Kelly brings a deep understanding of the pressures and demands of today’s workplace. She empowers her clients to communicate effectively, advocate for their needs, and align their leadership with personal and organizational values.

Throughout her career, Kelly has been recognized as a motivating force and change agent. She has collaborated with medical professionals and the financial services sector to improve practice guidelines and strengthen communication across teams and management levels. Several of the protocols and programs she developed remain in use today across San Diego County, supporting both income-generating medical initiatives and relationship-driven business practices.

Kelly earned her B.A. in Psychology, graduating summa cum laude from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she also served as Vice President of the Psi Chi Honor Society. Kelly earned her Leadership and Development Coaching certification through The Coaches Training Institute in 2013. Her commitment to service is reflected in her volunteer work with the San Francisco Suicide Prevention Hotline and her membership in the Junior League of San Diego. Outside of her professional life, Kelly is a dedicated spouse and proud mom of two.

Dr. Isaiah Pickens has a unique expertise as a clinical psychologist and organizational development specialist is grounded in a career building people and systems.

As former Assistant Director at the UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and a former clinical assistant professor at NYU School of Medicine, Dr. Pickens has built a reputation as a national trauma expert and highly sought-after specialist for building emotionally-intelligent workforces.

As a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leader and Fellow, Dr. Pickens works collaboratively with cross-sector scholars and practitioners to promote a culture of health in America. Building on his national cross-sector work, Dr. Pickens is certified by Stanford University as a Compassion Specialist and uses his expertise in building compassionate systems to guide organizations toward workplace cultures that promote productivity without sacrificing staff wellbeing.