Being human. Values in action. Intentional love. Aikido. Tango. Book multitasker.

Andrea has been building businesses and teaching entrepreneurs her whole career. She has faced serious health and personal challenges on her entrepreneurial path, and is now driven to help others overcome their own. Prior to co-founding Awesome, she was President of ServiceRocket, where she helped rebuild an international team to build a culture that led to a doubling of revenue. Previously, she co-founded Startech Global, an international, full service software development firm. She ultimately sold and exited.
In her work with UCLA Anderson’s Management Development for Entrepreneurs Program, she taught and assisted hundreds of business owners with strategic growth planning each year. Andrea was previously the Global Committee Chair of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Accelerator Program, as well as a volunteer for the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and board member for Project Echo.
She is passionate about helping entrepreneurs learn, grow and scale their companies while being Awesome humans. Born into a family of teachers, Andrea brings a wealth of experience and love for learning to the Awesome Institute. She received her MBA in entrepreneurial studies from the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and her BA from UC Santa Barbara. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Mark, daughter Lucy, step-daughter Paige, and cat Lola.

Humans. Entrepreneur. Family. Dogs. Travel. Tech. Tacos are life.

A lifelong entrepreneur, Scott has owned many companies over the past 20 years, from Silicon Valley to lower-tech and real estate. He currently has three companies: Quick Space, Compelling Investments, and Awesome Institute. Past companies include the fields of airport services, IT development and consulting, video game development, and others, in companies that range in size from a handful of employees to more than 1,000.  Scott has learned how to run his businesses in ways that have allowed him to live his values, his purpose and to achieve many of his personal and professional life goals. Through his teaching and coaching, Scott guides others on their own personal journeys on the road to Awesome.

Scott regularly presents, facilitates, and leads entrepreneurial groups of all sizes in a variety of strategic planning and leadership learning topics around the world. He believes that entrepreneurship is one of the most powerful forces for good on the planet.  He has held many volunteer positions as a member of the Entrepreneurs Organization, including being a member of its Global Board, and is one of its highest-rated facilitators.

He holds a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. Scott lives in Arizona with his wife, Olga and their dogs, Roxy and Nemo. He loves to travel, values freedom, and really likes tacos.

Helping. Travel. Fresh flowers. People. Mac the dog. Opt outside.

Optimist. Feminist. California lover. Small town convert. Controller of the jukebox.

For over 20 years Winn devoted her energy to a career in sales, marketing and account management at places as diverse as a Fortune 500 company, a financial services start-up, and the world’s largest CRM/direct marketing agency. Along the way she earned an MBA from the University of Minnesota and enjoyed stints in Miami, Minneapolis, Chicago and Southern California.

Having worked in a variety of settings, Winn saw first-hand the challenges of balancing work and life. This, along with her own transformative experiences being coached, inspired her passion to become one herself. Winn trained at New Ventures West and is a Certified Integral Coach. She’s committed to helping her clients define success on their own terms and thrive personally and professionally.

Winn lives with her fiancé in Paso Robles in California’s Central Coast. When not working she spends time traveling, wine tasting and searching for the perfect restaurant.

Quiet Strength. Calming. Minimalist. Motherhood. Culture Transformation. Mother Nature.

Jenny has been guiding change and transformation for leaders and organizations for the last 14+ years. As an Executive Coach, she supports leaders in cultivating greater self-awareness, skillfully navigating dynamic relationships and environments, and learning how to take conscious and courageous action. Her passion is coaching driven, visionary leaders who want to have greater influence and impact, expand their reach, and make their greatest contribution. In addition to coaching, she has led initiatives and teams to support a multitude of Fortune 500 organizations through change initiatives aimed at creating cultures of leadership, learning, innovation, agility, and collaboration.

Jenny has been invited to speak at universities, including the Hult International School of Business and Sonoma State, and for organizations such as Future Women Leaders of San Francisco on topics including change and transformation, women in leadership, and creating cultures of purpose. She has contributed articles to Forbes.com, and for Imperative, a startup focused on creating purpose driven organizations and leaders.

She holds a BA in Business Administration, a Masters degree in Organizational Development, and is a certified Integral Coach through New Ventures West, a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coaching Federation, and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council. She lives in San Francisco with her partner David, children Ayla and Emory, dog Piper, and fish Sushi.

Walking the hills of SF. Aikido. Scuba diving. Gardening. Reading. Le Creuset Dutch Oven. Cape Cod.

Martha combines the experience of a successful senior leader with the partnership of a coach. She is focused on developing leaders and building their capacities as they manage themselves and create high performance teams and results.

Martha’s leadership experience comes from managing large teams and functions in a range of environments. She has worked in startups and most recently a large Fortune 50 company. She has worked and coached in a number of industries including technology, investments, retail, travel, cloud-computing, health care, biopharmaceutical, legal and non-profit. She has managed through mergers and acquisitions, selling off businesses, through fast paced hiring as well as layoffs. She’s a seasoned professional who has weathered many storms.

Martha’s clients often report that they’re more effective in their roles and in their careers, and that they’re able to reconnect with what brings them meaning and inspires them in life. Outcomes include staying centered while facing challenges, more skillfully managing change and bringing about desired outcomes, and creating teams that are highly leaderful and effective. Being cognizant of how choices as a leader affect cultural values and norms, and hence behaviors, is a topic of interest with many of her clients.

Martha brings to her coaching engagements a seriousness of purpose along with a sense of humor, compassion, deep listening, and an ability to see to the heart of complex issues in a way that brings helpful insight.

Martha is an ICF certified coach, received her MBA from Simmons University in Boston, has served on several non-profit boards, and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband.

Internal martial art. Word. Sound. Story. Hover. Dive. Fierce heart.

From a front row seat as an engineer and leader in the earliest days of software startups, Kai saw how growing companies lost their edge as scaling and crisis lead to dysfunction and burnout. He became deeply curious about how to develop individuals and organizations that are more resilient, healthy and successful.

Kai is now the CTO of AquaShares, a Certified Integral Coach® through New Ventures West, and a Certified Practitioner of Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychology. He has also served as a coach for the Aletheia School of Integral Unfoldment, mixing ancient spiritual traditions with modern psychology and neuroscience for accelerated personal growth.

Kai is excited about working with leaders who want clarity and one-on-one support from an outside eye and second brain as they navigate a complex world. He brings his 20+ years of coaching, psychology, mindfulness and startup experience to supporting you into your next evolution.

Kai lives with his wife and a collection of cooking robots in the San Francisco Bay Area. When not working he trains in Chinese martial arts, enjoys writing, values connection, and is inspired by the hardworking elders who brought more freedom and heart to our world.

Group alchemy. Web weaving. Fatherhood. Magic. Breath. Truth.

Ty has been working with leaders, their teams and organizations for the breadth of his professional career – more than 15 years. Blessed by the guidance of mentors and teachers, this experience has included work with companies both not-for-profit and private, from individual contributors to the C-Suite in the areas of organization development, and leadership and team coaching, training and facilitation. 

 As part of a growing movement that recognizes the importance of not just helping leaders to solve the problems in front of them, but to help them grow from those problems both personal and professionally, Ty is excited to work with leaders that are ready to own their development. Ty’s approach helps leaders not only to live and lead in an uncertain world, but to learn how to grow in the face of the increasingly complex challenges which leaders now face. 

Ty holds a Masters degree in Social Work, is a certified Integral Coach by New Ventures West, has been trained as an Organizational Relationship Systems Coach by CRR Global, and is an apprentice in an indigenous healing lineage. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his love and their 2 young boys, not far from many members of a beautiful extended modern family, and close community of intrepid souls all doing the good work together.