Meet Our Coaches

Stacey Hylen

“Last year, working with Stacey, I increased sales by 178%. This year we are already at a 30% increase over last year’s incredible growth.” – Don Norwood, President, High Definition Logistics

EXPERTISE: Direct response marketing, digital marketing, designing strategic sales processes, defining unique selling proposition, improving CEO-level decision making and clarity

ABOUT: Stacey Hylen is an internationally recognized business growth strategist and was named International Coach of the Year in 2016. For over 16 years Stacey has been helping 6-7 figure entrepreneurs with powerful marketing and sales strategies to get more clients, more profit, and more time off to enjoy who and what they love.

She served as VP of Consulting and a senior coach for Chet Holmes’ and Anthony Robbins’ Business Mastery Program. Stacey has been featured in CNN, INC, MSN Money, Fox Business, and Entrepreneur Magazine.

Todd Eller

Todd increased my productivity 35%. He is the best at what he does.Dr. Ken Hansraj, Surgeon and Author of Secrets to An Amazing Life

EXPERTISE: Science-based sales approach, research-based advertising, referrals, social media, motivating others, building employee leadership

ABOUT: Dr. Todd Eller has been working in as an executive business coach and industrial psychologist for 20 years. He has trained billion-dollar corporations, healthcare organizations, entertainment industries, law firms, universities, and small businesses. 

Todd has appeared numerous times on national and local television and is the author of SOS: The Science of Success. He is also is a professor of professors for the Los Angeles College District, where professors in business are required to take his class on success. Todd’s program won the Diversity Award from the Governor of California.

Dave Pennington

Dave has laser focus and offers very practical advice delivered in a come-along-side discipleship style that is unsurpassed.” – Anthony Totta, Owner of Grow My Profits

EXPERTISE: Developing teams, HR challenges, developing and managing budgets, developing and reworking organization structure

ABOUT: Dr. David Pennington has over 30 years in management leadership. He has coached in numerous industries, including electronic commerce, real estate development, computer support, automobile repair, signage sales and production, and agricultural equipment testing and repair. 

Dave has had the privilege of helping leaders gain clarity and strategize how to move their businesses ahead. His coaching strengths include strong analytical and strategic skills. He is an empathetic listener with an affirming personality, and is focused on accountability with clients.

Valerie Hylen

“With Valerie’s help, we have increased sales from less than $2 million when we started to over $8 million.” – Beverly Brin, General Manager, Ultimate Ventures

EXPERTISE: Accountability, pre-empting competition, hiring top producers, perfecting sales process, increasing overlooked profit, marketing messages and strategies

ABOUT: Valerie Hylen is a successful business coach, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and business woman who has helped hundreds of business owners worldwide take their business to the next level. Her clients include doctors, service professionals, and business owners in a multitude of industries. Valerie has built several businesses from the ground up which she sold profitably.

She has wide business experience including hosting her own television segments (also finding her own corporate sponsors), working on QVC, and co-authoring two books.

Claudia Brown

Hiring Claudia as my business coach is the best decision I have made for my business. She has consistently brought valuable insights and techniques.– Jerry Greiner, CEO, Measurement Inc.

EXPERTISE: Accountability, business and sales and marketing plans, fine-tuning sales processes, finding and increasing revenue opportunities, lead generation strategies (specializing in LinkedIn)

ABOUT: For over a decade Claudia Brown has been helping 6-8 figure entrepreneurs with strategic planning and powerful marketing and sales strategies to get more clients, more profit, and more time off to enjoy who and what they love. She has helped CEOs and C-level executives grow their companies as well as boost their bottom line, exposing the blind spots that can hurt their company and damage its growth, using techniques for company vision clarification, sales skills, marketing, referral marketing, implementation, action management, and stress reduction.

Stephanie Vaughan

“When I evaluate all of the investments made by our company, Stephanie’s coaching has produced outstanding returns.” – Amanda Souders, VP of Customer Success, Infusionsoft

EXPERTISE: Creating and launching effective staff training and sales training initiatives to create growth, leadership and skill development, increased productivity and focus to yield the best results, strategic planning and implementation

ABOUT: Stephanie Vaughan is an organizational maven, global business coach, systems and processes expert, and the person people turn to when they want to get something done. Her impact to organizations has far surpassed $100 million in top line revenues through her personal coaching, development of 150 coaches worldwide, and her role as the president of coaching for Business Breakthroughs International, a company owned by Tony Robbins and Chet Holmes.

Jean Strosinski

“Jean is a keen observer; a deft listener, quietly brilliant, and her empathetic insights are uncannily accurate.” – P.C., Business Process Consultant, City of Austin

EXPERTISE: Strengths-based learning, work/life balance, career opportunities and challenges, language and communication skills, staff growth and development

ABOUT: Jean Strosinski’s career includes more than 30 years of experience as in public and university education, government service, and leadership coaching. She has served as the president of the New Mexico International Coaches Federation Chapter and the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI). Jean holds a Master’s in adult learning and instructional technology and a PhD in professional coaching and human development.

Ildi Oravecz

“Ildi was instrumental in helping me prioritize my time, determining my primary goals, and helping me with my follow through on key tasks.” – Shauna Frost, Executive Director, Meals on Wheels of Albuquerque

EXPERTISE: Leadership development, organizational development, employee engagement, instructional systems design, project and program management, process optimization

ABOUT: Ildi Oravecz is an Associate Certified Coach (ACC), a Certified Executive Coach, a PRINT certified coach, a Certified Genos International Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, a Conversational Intelligence (C-IQ) Enhanced Skills Practitioner, and a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT). She is the recipient of the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Award of Excellence for instructional design, and holds a Master’s degree with honors in organizational learning and instructional technologies.

Danny Creed

“Coach Dan helped us grow our business by 300 percent and kept a steady hand on me all the time.” – Brent Erekson, CEO, Cochise Companies

EXPERTISE: Sales, management, start-up business strategic planning, business turnaround, marketing, personal development, sales training, public offering preparation

ABOUT: Danny Creed is an international master business and executive coach, business consultant, trainer, best-selling author, international keynote and workshop speaker, and experienced entrepreneur and business owner. He has logged over 15,000 business coaching, consulting, and training hours. He has been involved with 15 successful start-up businesses and over 400 business turnaround challenges. Coach Dan is the unprecedented six-time recipient of the Brian Tracy International Award of Sales Excellence.

Justin Lofton

“Justin’s guidance helped us triple our revenues within 28 months and we were then able to sell the business to a much larger firm.” – Todd Staples – Founder & CEO of Stealth Auto

EXPERTISE: Business acceleration, digital marketing and ad strategies across channels all channels, accountability profitable strategies for marketing, sales, fulfillment and team productivity

ABOUT: Over the past 20 years, Justin Lofton has successfully sold products and services online across every industry imaginable. His passion, as a coach, is to help agencies and entrepreneurs leverage his knowledge and wisdom to do the same. Justin has successfully doubled and tripled sales revenues for many companies with 24 months. Justin has coached and consulted for 6-, 7- and 8-figure businesses to drive exponential growth.

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