Joel B KimmelJoel Kimmel is a leading expert in ontological design and how it impacts individuals, high-performance teams, and corporations. He has focused his career on building teams, organizations, and individuals, grounded in efficient, powerful, and effectiv communication technology. His promise to individual clients is that they will experience the benefits of personal creativity, an intimate sense of community, and an expanded commitment to building honest and authentic relationships in careers and personal lives. His consulting has included start-ups and long-term management of viable, successful businesses, franchises, and international organizations. Joel's diverse background includes being a retail business owner, keynote speaker, business consultant, executive consultant, individual mentor, world-class athlete, Vietnam veteran, and the recipient of the Presidential Call to Service Award. Joel has worked with numerous high-performance consulting firms including Turning Point Inc., BizFutures, Sportsmind, The Williams Group, The Human Potential Project, and others. He has extensive experience leading corporate trainings, consulting on problem solving, team intervention, and coaching individuals on personal performance and authentic action. Joel is an experienced one-on-one coach for executives and their teams as well as working with executives during times of career or corporate transition focusing on Innovation, Identity, and Design. Joel's coaching has encompassed a broad spectrum of life, from corporate executives to outreach programs for inner-city youth. His clients include such noted businesses as US Bank, Shell Oil, Wells Fargo Wealth Legacy Group, Mattamy Corporation, Itron International, the Charles Schwab Foundation, Allianz Life, and many others. His perspective, whether as a keynote speaker or a personal coach, brings a fresh new approach to individual and corporate change. Joel currently lives joyously in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Judy. Read More Read Less