Executive Athletes

Be bold enough to use your voice, brave enough to listen to your heart, and strong enough to live the life you’ve imagined. Our Adventure Masterminds are a doorway into a tight-knit community of incredible leaders interested in living their most fulfilling lives with clarity, confidence and passion. The goal of these experiences and the community is to propel you to the next level of success and fulfillment in your life and to support you through the process. On these adventures, we will: • Forge friendships with other amazing people by pushing our limits together in epic adventures • Learn and practice peak performance strategies • Share our hard won lessons • Cultivate confidence • Experience other perspectives and world-views • Recharge our energy and passion • Set the stage for us to continue to support one another as we go back to our daily lives. This isn’t about passively absorbing a course. It’s about getting our hands dirty, experimenting, contributing, learning, debating, visioning, renewing, sha

Rob joined USA Cycling in February 2019, bringing with him extensive knowledge and experience from a diverse background as well as strong business-building experience across various industries. A passionate athlete and cycling enthusiast, Rob was drawn to the opportunity to lead USA Cycling after recognizing the potential for the organization to take on a larger leadership role in the cycling industry. Rob came to USA Cycling after spending 12 years as President and CEO of New Balance where under his leadership, New Balance doubled its global annual sales to reach $4.2B and achieved one of the highest growth rates in the athletic footwear and apparel industry. Prior to joining New Balance, his career at Procter & Gamble spanned 20 years, beginning in their Food & Beverage Division and including management roles with the Gillette Company, North American Snacks, and Millstone Coffee. But most importantly while at New Balance, he was named the Most Playful CEO! https://www.usacycling.org/article/rob-d

Andrew Decker is a 19 years old, 15x state record holder & top ten all time bench press 319 @ 162lb Bodyweight. Currently living in NH. He is the Startup Founder/CEO of MotionFit Inc. Most of us use fitness apps, watches, GPS and sensors to measure speed, distance etc, but Andrew has developed one of the coolest products I have seen.  The Fitcapsule is being developed by his company Motion Fit that measures weighting training performance via a sensor on the bar. He is in the process of changing the world of strength training. https://motionfittech.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-decker-960aa7175/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Steve is currently the President for the National Interscholastic Cycling Association. Prior to that he was executive director at Outward Bound USA for five years. He also is a former executive director of The Access Fund, a national nonprofit advocating for conservation and recreation; membership director and interim CFO for The American Alpine Club; and founder and chairman of The Outdoor Alliance, a coalition of national outdoor recreation programs. He has also been an independent strategic business consultant for nonprofit organizations, business incubators, venture development organizations, small businesses and private equity firms. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevematous/ National Interscholastic Cycling Association- www.nationalmtb.org On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nationalmtb --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Ryan is a serial entrepreneur author and former financial analyst and investor for Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group. And is currently the co-founder and CEO of This App Saves Lives, a mobile platform that rewards drivers who choose not drive distracted. Previously, he was CEO and co-founder of VerbalizeIt, a language translation platform launched at Wharton, incubated in Techstars and featured on the ABC TV series, Shark Tank. VerbalizeIt was acquired in 2016. Ryan graduated from Haverford College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Spanish and from Wharton with an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship. He is a former college baseball player and an endurance athlete having completed an Ironman and multiple marathons. He is an Inc. Magazine Top Entrepreneur, author and investor residing in Philadelphia, PA with his wife, newborn daughter, Golden Retriever puppy and pair of cycling shoes. https://www.thisappsaveslives.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanvfrankel/ --- Support this podcast: ht

Steve Fleck is one of the leading Professional Endurance SportSteve Fleck is one of the leading Professional Endurance Sports Race/Event Announcers & Commentators in North America. Each year he is on the microphone at over 30, running, cycling and triathlon races/events across the continent. His entire working life has been spent in and around the world of Endurance Sports with roles in Retail, Sales, Marketing, Media, Communications, and Events. He has a Bachelors, in Human Physiology & Biochemistry. He lives in Aurora, Ontario with his Wife and their dog, Gravy!s Race/Event Announcers & Commentators in North America. A 9-time Ironman finisher in a very different and early age of the sport of triathlon with a personal best time of 9:04 for the Ironman. He has been a contributor to Triathlete and Inside Triathlon Magazines, as well as Triathlon Magazine Canada, and Lava Magazine Each year he is on the microphone at over 30, running, cycling and triathlon races/events across the continent. His enti

Mark Allen is a legend and Icon in the triathlon and endurance world. Here is a little about him After competing and losing in the Ironman Triathlon Championships six times (often to Dave Scott), Allen emerged victorious in 1989, winning one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world. This was the first of six Ironman victories for Allen, the last coming in 1995 at age 37, making him the oldest winner of the event at that time. My favorite intro from his bio “I began a career as a professional triathlete in 1982. Back then doing a triathlon was a big adventure. There were no books, no videos, no coaches. But there were races, some even had prize money. The challenge was how to go faster. One month we might think the key was mileage, so we’d crank out ridiculous totals week after week. Swim 30,000 yards in seven days? Of course! Pile on 500 miles cycling and another 70 running in that same time? Why not! Was that enough? Was it too much? It was all a guess. Our second guest is Scott Zagarin

Rich Gumbrecht is the CEO of the Secured Finance Network. He has served in that capacity since 2017. Previously, Rich was the Chief Growth Officer at EverBank Commercial Finance responsible for building its commercial lending businesses. He served as the Chairman of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Foundation (ELFF) Board of Trustees from 2013-2015. He is a 25-year veteran of the commercial finance industry, having led diversified lending platforms at GE Capital and co-founded a successful equipment finance company. In addition to being a Sr. Executive rich is an avid cyclist, triathlete, and marathoner and just completed the NY Marathon and has his sights set on Kilimanjaro. Find him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-gumbrecht-532624/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

He is his bio from his Site- https://www.precisionhydration.com/pages/about-us  I slightly younger days I was an elite level triathlete and have a few top-10 Ironman and 70.3 finishes to my name. I also won an Xterra World Age Group title back in the year 2000. Knee surgery forced me out of competitive triathlon a few years ago, but I still compete for fun at events like Coast to Coast New Zealand and OtillO. I mainly get away with this because my incredibly supportive wife Lucy (and 2 kids) agree to pretend that these trips are in fact family holidays. I’ve got a degree in Sport and Exercise Science and was once the Team Sports Scientist for Benetton and Renault F1 teams. I learnt about hydration and electrolyte replenishment the hard way, by getting things very wrong and ending up in the medical tent of more than one hot endurance event. It took a lot of frustrating trial and error to get to the bottom of my hydration problems. But it was worth it, as Precision Hydration was essentially born out of thi

“Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen”. Pete Carroll Robert Paulson has been a successful coach for most of his life. Over the past 25 years he has coached hundreds of clients on how to have more success. The people he works with are executive leaders, high potentials and critically important individual contributors. They are great at what they do and the organizations they serve know it. His mission is to help others achieve more success. To help them have whatever it is they want to have and be happy. Robert is a sole practitioner and entrepreneur and also recently started and clothing brand and organization, Status sports  http://status-sports.com/ https://www.robertpaulson.coach/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Jordan Ray had it all.  She was a star softball player at 17, just beginning to apply for colleges and receiving offers to play college softball.  Then suddenly it all changed when she blacked out on the field during the opening play of a softball game.  This changed her life drastically.  She is not allowed to play the game that formed her into the person that she is today.  The good thing is that it led me to create a product and company that’s helping so many others. She truly believe that everything happens for a reason. So with her drive and desire to help others, she started a company called Limitless Medical Logs. https://limitlessmedicallogs.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-ray-394899126/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Michael is a Former Manager and Recruiting Director at Bossard Consultants, Founding President of Springer & Jacoby International, Global Head of Marketing Audi AG. Today he is Entrepreneur in Advertising, Marketing and Sport (Co-Founder www.hyrox.com), Podcaster (#OnTheWayToNewWork), Husband and father of two grown-up sons as well as a German Beachhockey Champion A little about Hyrox: https://hyrox.com/en/ HYROX is a perfect test of strength and endurance and attracts the fittest athletes across all sports, whether it be crossfit, running, triathlon, rowing, any kind of team sport or just general fitness training. Anyone looking to challenge their fitness, give their physical training a purpose and compete against themselves and the world are HYROX candidates. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-trautmann-54a974b/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Stefy Bau is one of the fastest women motocross racers in the world. Born and raised in Italy, she won three world championships, holds two (US championships, and a title from the prestigious AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s. In addition, she has also won seven Italian Championships. During her career, Bau wasn’t afraid to take chances or to challenge herself against the top racers in the world. She earned an AMA Pro Racing license and signed up for several Lucas Oil Pro Motocross and Monster Energy Supercross events, and has also raced the in the Motocross World Championship events against the men. She came close to making the show several times, and proved that women could be competitive with the men. Then a career end injury took her our of the competitive racing world, which we will get into. Check out her newest initiative into E sports.  www.initesports.com    https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefybau/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveath

This week's guest is Christina Ochs and she truly is my hero. She is the president of The Corporation for Internet Rate Management in Chicago, where she has worked her way through the ranks and is Chief Cook and bottle washer. In addition to running her firm, She has climbed Kilimanjo, Aconagua, Cho oyo and Everest all while crushing it in business and life. What I first noticed when I first started chatting with Christina is how humble she is. I loved it when you said, the first the first time you climbed Kilimanjaro, you did it in a JCrew Puffy and Merell Hiking Shoes, and now you have done some of the hardest peaks in the world! https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaochs/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

On May 25, 2001, Erik Weihenmayer became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. In 2008 he completed the Seven Summit in Papua New Guinea This accomplishment closed the circuit on a 13-year journey that had begun with his 1995 ascent of Denali. He is joined by a select company of only 150 mountaineers to have accomplished the feat. As a blind adventurer who has climbed Mt. Everest and kayaked the Grand Canyon, Erik understands better than most that barriers are real, not merely perceived, and that obstacles encountered can either stop us in our tracks, or we can figure out a way to harness them and propel ourselves to new places that we would never get to in any other way. Erik calls this “alchemy,” the process of turning lead into gold.  “With an alchemist,” he says, ” you can throw them in the midst of a fierce competitive environment, strip away their resources, throw roadblocks in front of them, and they’ll still find a way to win – not despite adversity, but because of it.” To

Amanda Russell She was an influencer before the term even existed...and when brands like Lamborghini, Cedars-Sinai and Lionsgate want to better understand influencer marketing, they call one person...Amanda Russell. As an international fitness icon, sought-after speaker and brand strategist, Amanda has been at the forefront of the digital marketing and social media revolution from its infancy. Amanda designed & co-created UCLA's' Influencer Marketing curriculum, the world’s first fully accredited program in Influencer Marketing and currently teaches this program, along with marketing, branding, and business strategy at UCLA at UT Austin, to a global audience of students and future leaders. She advises some of the top companies in the world on influencer marketing and how they interact with their customers. Her upcoming book, The Influencer Code, teaches brands how to use collaboration to grow and scale their business. The Toronto Star calls her the “Real-life Iron Woman” and “the ultimate go-getter”. Aman

Lee is the CEO of BluprintX, responsible for their strategic growth. He specializes in straight-talking consultancy for C-Level on how to drive revenue and improve scalability through the power of data and technology He has played a leading role in the creation and scaling of 7 startups in 4 continents over the last 10 years. Several of these startups became market leaders within 1-3 years, leading to trade sales to FTSE 200 organisations and global companies. Lee was a professional footballer with Wigan Athletic FC before turning to the world of business. In 2013, Lee set up BluprintX which is now a global agency, advising some of the world’s biggest organisations on how to drive revenue through their use of technology. Lee hosts a podcast series called Level Up which documents a raw insight into real business issues and invites insight and hot topic discussion from industry leaders.  https://thisisbluprint.com/ Where to find Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leehackett/ https://www.instagram.com/leehack

- Attended Carrabassett Valley Academy and participated in freestyle skiing: moguls, slopestyle and half pipe - Gold medal at the Junior Olympics in slopestyle, 2007 - Secured World Cup starts in 2009 for half pipe skiing - Represented the US in FIS World Championships in 2009 - 9th place AFP World Championships, 2009 - World ranking as low as 12th in 2009 - Participated in Olympic Qualifiers and World Cups in 2014 - 4 men selected for half pipe, but I was 8th American - Attended UVM while maintaining ski career, graduated in 2016 - Moved to Boston and began working for a software company called Mendix, while bootstrapping my media agency, called Cintri  https://www.cintri.media/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-schwartz-95891990/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

In the past 10 years, Eric Gelber, an executive vice president at the commercial real estate firm CBRE (has run more than four marathons, 20 ultra marathons and three unofficial runs exceeding 155 miles each—all for a cause he believes in. in 2017 he completed a 200mile run, 33 times around Central park after 2 previous attempts. he has raised over 1.3mm for the Multiple Myelomna Foundation and is among the heroes of Fortune 500. To say he is a bad ass is an understatement. He is  selfless, determined and a true hero who is willing to give more than anyone! Heroes of the Fortune 500- https://fortune.com/heroes-of-the-fortune-500/2015/eric-gelber  https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-gelber-743192aa/  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/executiveathletes/support

Tim classifies himself as an innovator, engineer, professor, rancher, Mountain biker, triathlete, USA Xterra National and world age group champion as well as a passionate ski bum