Executive Coach · CEO Peer Group Facilitator · Neurodivergence Advocate About Sven Born in Brussels to a French mother and German father, Sven’s journey defied conventional paths from the start . He drifted through school, barely meeting expectations, but found his true rhythm early—launching his first company at age 22 and earning a doctorate in Biotech Engineering by 28 . A Life of Exploration & Resilience . Traveled extensively—India at 20, South America at 22—and even survived an extreme ski accident before 30 . . Gained corporate experience abroad in China at 29, and weathered a setback at 31 when he was let go after 3 months—but pivoted quickly to build a successful startup from scratch . Building Impactful Businesses . Since then, Sven has launched, scaled, and exited multiple ventures. One notable exit was the sale of his fifth startup to Bertelsmann . . In his late 40s and early 50s, he founded a women’s mental health startup, and two professional service firms: Kuma Partners (executive coaching & team empowerment) and Stralea (strategic leadership alliance) . Leadership & Neurodivergence . At 50, he was diagnosed with ADHD—a moment his wife considered overdue, not defining  . He then co-founded Neurodisruptors to champion neurodivergent leadership (www.neurodisruptors.com) . Sven has trained and certified in executive coaching and leadership development through top institutions like IESE, ESADE, Wharton, and HEC Paris  . He’s also deeply versed in agile methodologies, collective intelligence, and Sociocracy 3.0 . Purpose & Practice . Today, Sven coaches CEOs and senior leaders to unlock their full potential, strengthen clarity, resilience, and impact in a disruptive era . Sven is a lifelong learner and athlete, he continues training in Muay Thai and meditation. . Fluent in four languages, and a certified Vistage Chair for CEOs, he brings a rich cultural and professional depth to his work 

Roberto (Bob) Ruiz is retired from the Federal Government. He supported the CDC as the Senior Advisor to the Director of the Human Capital Workforce. Mr. Ruiz also led several Public Health emergencies in the Carribean and several US locations. His previous assignment was Deputy Director for Management and Operations for the Center for Preparedness and Response at CDC. He is a certified International Coaching Federation (ICF) coach with over 800 hours of coaching experience. Finally, he is currently adjunct professor at the University of Georgia where he shares his extensive leadership knowledge with doctorate level public health professionals.

Professional Background: Don Sardella has been coaching, consulting and facilitating for clients since 1987. The majority of his recent 25+ years has been primarily working in the financial services industry, incorporating his broader, entrepreneurial development resources along with it. His professional skills focus on effective leadership, team and business development, utilizing modern coaching skills to help advisory clients produce their desired and necessary results. Clients report their experiences as personally energizing and engaging, interactive and synergistic, dynamic and challenging, understandable and relevant, readily applicable and rewarding. Don’s primary goal is to help people apply what they have learned to make a meaningful difference towards truly living a life they love and then creating their entrepreneurial business model to support living that life. Since 1995, Don has worked inside of every major national firm and most regional firms, as well as with many independent advisors. Don has helped thousands of Financial Advisors increase their professionalism, productivity and profitability, thereby measurably improving their business performance. Over the years, according to his clients, advisors increased their annualized production as much as 28-42% over and above what they were previously on track to achieve. 50% of his clients doubled their business revenues within 2-3 years, if that was their goal. Many focused on improving their annuitized business models, reducing their labor intensity as they served high quality, long-term, ideal client relationships. Don is actively engaged and credentialed with several global consultant and coaching associations. Don has also facilitated hundreds of workshops on such key topics as Creative Leadership Skills, Communicating with Tact and Professionalism, Innovative Problem Solving and Strategic Thinking, and Successfully Making Business Transitions. Philosophy: Don’s basic operating philosophy for the industry is helping financial advisors (our clients) succeed by supporting them to deeply understand and authentically serve their clients best interests (win-win). Don seeks to both unleash an advisor’s greatest talents and to also bring additional ideas, strategies and creative ingenuity, to further foster their collaborative partnership and team work. This creates more consistent focus, systematic accountability and highly ethical workability, as they genuinely serve clients best interests with exceptional execution, leading to measurable increases in results. Process: After first understanding an advisor’s basic vision and goals, we work to build upon previous accomplishments and optimize operational efficiencies, going forward, to free up valuable time and resources. We then focus on strengthening their value-added services, to elevate their client’s experience. From there, we develop marketing, referral and center of influence programs, to create a robust pipeline of future opportunities that can be converted into results, while continuously improving their business management. Based upon what advisors have accomplished so far, what they most want to achieve next and why, we establish a compelling 2-3 year next stage vision statement and clear 90 day goals - usually their 3 top business and 3 top personal goals, with 2-3 priority actions steps each. As a result of every (typically weekly) coaching call, we leave with agreed upon specific, building block action steps, that keep advisors moving forward and producing optimal results. We have a variety of templates and forms on file, for different purposes. We also help customize correspondence and marketing materials. Utilizing his previous training as a design engineer, Don’s coaching process is very systematic and organized. His process includes 8 Key Strategies for Business Success: 1. Create a compelling and passionate three year vision 2. Make the time to plan and execute your most important priorities 3. Effectively manage all areas of your finances 4. Develop and lead a championship, win-win support team 5. Create exceptionally delighted clients and raving fans 6. Set up a consistent and systematic marketing program 7. Refine and hone your professional sales process 8. Maintain great balance between work, rest, and play Don’s Passion: Using the full range of his professional development background, Don helps advisors define for themselves, (in writing) what, for them, constitutes a great, extraordinary life, well lived - living their dream and being happily (and sometimes surprisingly so) fulfilled. From there, Don helps advisors to design, shape and manage their business model to optimize their fulfilling life - continuously working with them to be fully alive, present, focused, and in the moment, inside of their vision, values and future plans. He is quick to identify and effectively address challenges, and embrace golden opportunities. Advisors get their business to be super systematic and we’re always vigilant to improve. Don’s Promise: To do what is necessary for you to be satisfied and well-served. Don is extremely strict about confidentiality. The only way anyone else knows if we are working together and/or what we are doing is if they hear it from you directly or if you authorize me with your written permission. If there is anything I can do to be of additional service, please call. Don was recently asked: What is your personal philosophy or “words to live by” that you offer to those you train and/or coach, and why have you chosen those words? “Do good, do well. Find something you love to do with people you love to do it with, in communities and markets for which there is a viable demand/need. Get really good at what you can offer and contribute it. Be the best you can be. Keep improving/growing. Perpetually pursue what’s universally true for you and others – create a life you truly love and help as many others as you can possibly reach to do the same or even better.” Why these words? “I believe that it creates the best opportunities for the greatest possible joy, happiness, satisfaction, peace of mind and fulfillment in life, both for yourself and many others” Along with his compassion and empathy for others (and a sense of humor!!), Don is dedicated to the values of integrity, personal responsibility, accountability and hard work Don’s life interests, beyond work: Don loves to sing, dance, listen to and play music, watch theatre, see films, travel, have adventure, exercise to energize, travel, converse, read, explore, inspire and challenge himself and others, speak publicly, run workshops, volunteer, think big and have a blast. Most importantly and most especially, Don enjoys all of these interests and adventures when accompanied by his wife of over 40 years and their 4 wonderful adult children, his large extended family and, in the most recent years, his lively granddaughter and grandson.

Eric is a Professional Business Coach certified through the Professional Business Coaches Alliance. He is an Entrepreneur, Visionary and Value Builder. He is passionate about helping others reach their full potential and thrive in their chosen careers. He has a background in Business and Construction with a specialized focus in Concrete Construction. He is an owner and the managing partner at Central States Concrete, LLC and owns his own professional coaching practice as well.