Kevin Freiberg Ph. D.: Vice President, Strategic Planning

Kevin and his wife, Jackie, are authors of the international best-seller, NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal, GUTS! Companies that Blow the Doors Off Business-as-Usual, and BOOM! 7 Choices for Blowing the Doors Off Business-as-Usual!

Dr. Freiberg is the founder and CEO of the San Diego Consulting Group, Inc. and its professional speaking firm, freibergs.com. SDCG is dedicated to equipping leaders for a world of change by helping clients:

• discern how marketplace changes will shape the future;
• discover what causes impassioned people to come to work fully-engaged;
• distinguish themselves from the competition through innovation; and
• determine how a brand moves from being a logo to a full-blown experience where customers become evangelistic about the business.

Dr. Freiberg has a global practice including firms in Europe, Japan, India, South Africa, Central and South America, as well as companies throughout the United States and Canada.

He has been interviewed by CBS’s 60 Minutes and appeared on CNBC and the CBS Morning News for his views on the groundbreaking strategies of unorthodox leaders and companies that are literally changing the rules of the game! His articles and interviews have been read in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Investor’s Business Daily, The Economic Times, Business Standard and The Journal Record. This is why he was named one of the Top 50 Thought Leaders by Executive Excellence Magazine and is one of the most influential voices on the speaking circuit today.

Kevin has a daughter who has played at the club level for the last six years. He joins our board to help us translate the winning strategies from gutsy leaders and enduring great organizations into our own model of success.