people-development
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Matt Tresidder
Matt Tresidder is the CEO and co-founder of Leadr, a people development software company based near Dallas that aims to develop one million leaders. A New Zealander who came up through the sales ranks at unicorn startup Pushpay, he now runs a Series A-backed platform that gives managers tools for one-on-ones, feedback, goals, and coaching.
Sayge
Sayge is a New York-based coaching platform that gives everyday employees - not just executives - ongoing 1:1 access to vetted, ICF-certified professional coaches. Founded in 2017 by Jamie Bryan and Katie Stricker under the banner 'Coaching for the Rest of Us,' the company pairs employees with a personal coach, runs biweekly virtual sessions, and hands employers dashboards that track progress and impact. After raising $1.75M in seed funding, Sayge was acquired by employee-benefits platform Bennie in October 2023 and now operates as part of Bennie's benefits suite.
Anita Batho
Anita Batho is the Co-Founder and Principal at Torch (torch.com.au), a boutique brand strategy and innovation consultancy based in Sydney, Australia that has illuminated brand futures for blue-chip clients since 1999. Drawing on a career spanning consumer goods giants Unilever (Best Foods) and ICI Paints, and senior roles at Kantar, Anita built Torch into a respected agency known for immersive consumer research, bespoke brand workshops, and commercially grounded innovation work for clients including Arnott's, Telstra, PepsiCo, A2 Milk, Mercedes-Benz, and Moët Hennessy.
Heather Conklin
Heather Conklin is CEO of Torch, a San Francisco-based digital coaching platform that pairs leaders with expert coaches to drive measurable behavior change at scale. A Salesforce veteran who spent nine years there - culminating as SVP & GM of Trailhead - she joined Torch as COO in 2022 before being elevated to CEO in August 2024. Her philosophy blends behavioral science, data-driven measurement, and the radical idea that vulnerability is a leadership strength, not a weakness.
Jonathan Correia
Jonathan Correia is a co-founder of Torch, a San Francisco-based leadership development and coaching platform that has raised over $85 million in funding and generates $71.8 million in annual revenue. With a mechanical engineering background from Northeastern University and prior experience as an R&D engineer at Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Correia brings a product and engineering lens to Torch's mission of scaling human-centered coaching through behavioral science, AI, and data-driven insights. Torch connects organizations with professional coaches and mentors to develop managers, executives, and high-potential employees at scale.
Torch
Torch is a San Francisco-based people development platform that combines executive coaching, mentoring, and collaborative learning to help enterprises grow leaders at scale. Founded in 2017 by two psychologists, Cameron Yarbrough and Keegan Walden, Torch pairs human coaches with software, data, and (increasingly) AI to make leadership development measurable for companies like Reddit, Zendesk, Twitch, and FICO.