Samantha’s purpose in life is to inspire creativity to reimagine the possible and create a culture of goodness.

For the past 15+ years Samantha has been working  on building the brand, creating community, and inspiring through innovation with Starbucks. Her breadth of international experience includes: Leading teams across multiple markets, through the lens of innovation and creative process, brand management, organizational development, product/portfolio development, and leading cross-functional project teams.

Recently, Samatha left the corporate world to start her own consulting company, SHIFT. giving people and organizations what they need to unleash their inner master; the tools, guides and insights to boost the way they live their lives, innovate and create.

Samantha was the innovation lead for Nestle and Starbucks and works with Innovation Culture Group in training and project design.

Professor, Advisor, mentor and Marketing terapristNeil helps companies focus on what’s important. 

Having a successful track record with more than 100+ start-ups and scores of enterprises, Neil has more than 35 years of experience creating, building and managing brands and currently consults with companies on  business and innovation strategies, teaches marketing at San Francisco State University College of Business, serves as advisor to three start-ups, is the Silicon-Valley Liaison and Mentor for Startup Mexico, is a mentor for Puerto Rico’s Parallel18, Santiago’s Startup Chile and IndieBio.

Prior to consulting, Neil lead marketing and sales at one of the first B2B exchanges. He also was founder and CMO of Campsix, one of the first eBusiness incubators. Prior to that, he held executive marketing and sales positions at SEGA, Hilton, Arby’s and Zircon Corporation.

Whether you are a NewCo or BigCo — Neil specializes in helping you find your focus and then translating that focus into an executable marketing and sales program. Have a successful trackrecord with more than 100 start-ups and scores of enterprises.