“As a former CEO of a San Francisco-based technology company, I’ve shuffled multiple priorities between product development, investor milestones, customer success requirements, and of course all of the human dynamics involved in each. I value Sam’s combination of tech savvy + human heart. He realizes how important it is to get clear and “measure twice; cut once” to make software and technology solutions hit the mark. He’s also read all the books and put in all the work in figuring out exactly what each tech leader he talks to needs to do in order to achieve the results they want both in their organization and with their own leadership growth and development. Everyone should want Sam as their ‘software whisperer’.”

— Andrea Kates, Managing Director, Futureproofing

“In a small group format, the workshop covered different approaches to leadership combined with prompts to uncover our own leadership philosophies. I liked that it covered a lot of ground, breezing through high level leadership concepts to mull over as well as actionable advice that we can apply to our jobs immediately.”

— Christine Luc, Product Manager

“The Zoom calls allow us to dive deeply into the material with our own personal experiences and get the real insights from past and present situations. Highly recommended for anyone that wants to transform themselves and their organization.”

— Richard Mouser, Agile Coach

"Sam and Brian are excellent in many capacities: as coaches, trainers, and advisors. They were able to distill lean to a large, enterprise customer like Microsoft in a way that's engaging and fun. I wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone looking to implement lean, at big companies and small alike."

Sean Knox, Senior Engineering Manager, Microsoft Azure

"Sam did a two day workshop for our development group which has been doing XP for many years. Sam’s experience and knowledge allowed him to speak both our current language around XP best practices as well as help us learn a new vocabulary of Lean Startup that has changed the conversations we are able to have as a team. He was giving us tastings of fine resources from which I now want to go back and drink deeply."

Joel Davis, Director of Innovation, Follett Publishing

“Sam is a rare find in that he not only has deep subject matter expertise and real experience getting to product market fit, he can speak to it in a way that is deeply insightful and actionable for startup founders. He has become a staple in our Incubator programming because, as one of our founders said, "he really knows his sh*t". He truly can talk the talk and walk the walk, which can be hard to come by in the Valley. Thanks so much, Sam!”

Molly Pyle, Senior Program Manager, SU Ventures