ACHiEVE

Tyler Gonzalez was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. From a high school volunteer experience in a hospital, he developed a passion and interest in medicine which grew while he completed his undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley. He attended medical school at UCLA while simultaneously completing an MBA. While practicing in his chosen specialty of orthopedic surgery, he has been an avid entrepreneur, founding a number of companies.

Peter Brandl was born in the former East Germany and migrated, at great risk, to West German with his mother when he was a young teen. At 14, he became passionate about hand gliding and considered becoming a Pilot. He had to shelve that dream when a physician told him that his eyesight would preclude him from flying aircraft. He realized in his 30s that the physician was wrong and he became a pilot by the age of 40. In the interim he became an entrepreneur while still in university and developed an expertise in corporate training, including public speaking, negotiating and educational development. Once he became a pilot, he flew commercially for a few years, but soon realized that it wasn't for him. He opted to become a flight instructor and returned to being a trainer and motivating people in public speaking, drawing significantly from his experiences in the cockpit. He has also written three books. Peter co-hosted a 24-hour event with his wife Katja and 70 speakers to address the global pandemic called We Will Thrive. He splits his time between Berlin and Los Angeles.

Swadhin Jitti, known to her friends as Swey, was born in Manchester, England. She escaped a domestically violent household where she suffered physical and psychological abuse and ranaway to attend Pembroke College, Cambridge. Given her experiences, she studied Psychology and has devoted her life to adolescent mental health. Post-graduation, she relocated to Dubai. She initially focused on child mental health, but has now launched her own practice where she focuses on adolescents and their parents. She also has become a Communications and Mindset Coach. In addition to her mental health and coaching practices, she has launched a digital agency with her husband and she is working on a book called "Hues of Her". She also hosts a podcast called "Polite but Savage".

Josh Gryniewicz was born and raised in the MidWest and grew up in Chicago. He grew up in a household of artists and fell in love with the power of story at a young age. He aided troubled youth, focusing on runaways and street children, in the early part of his career, following through on a passion from youth of having an open door for peers who were struggling. He decided to pursue his passion for storytelling more formally after his work with Cure Violence and earned a Master's degree in Writing. He served as a Communications Director for a number of healthcare organizations. One Africa-based project in Liberia inspired him to spend two years living in Togo as a Marketing and Communication Director at Integrate Health, aiding in the establishment of a health care delivery system integrated with local healers. He recently launched Odd Duck, a consultancy combining services in social change communications, focused on healthcare, with storytelling.

Brandon Larson is an engineer and entrepreneur who loves to adopt systems thinking to leverage science principles to better the human experience. He has been a lifelong tinkerer since his youth when his parents would encourage him to find continuous improvements to projects. He has honed his expertise at NASA, Boeing and Red Bull; the last position came to him after being a finalist for an online competition they were running. His mantra is “Conceive. Create. Repeat.” He has spent close to the last decade with Red Bull focused on a multi-disciplinary approach to human performance, particularly with elite athletes. Today he focuses on a handful of initiatives around building community resilience via clustering distance learning students and parents around educational mindset and other projects around the behavioral neuro-science of decision-making and thought management leveraging psychometric models and AI determinants.

Hosted by Aseem Giri

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Allyson Plosko was born and raised in Houston, Texas. She studied Psychology at Tulane, which she attended on scholarship, and was particularly interested in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She canceled a trip to go overseas to teach and opted to return to Houston to be close to her mother who was facing health challenges at the time. Allyson was moved by how her mother struggled to get needed physical and mental health services and unfortunately, the absence of that care was the key contributory factor to her passing after a year. This became a mission for Allyson to explore ways to enhance the healthcare ecosystem. She began working with an accelerator focused on healthcare investments called Village Capital. She is now a Director at Telocity, funding startups at the seed and pre-seed level to support adolescent mental well-being.

Danny McCrum was drawn to music at a very young age as it was an outlet for him to be seen and heard as he struggled with dyslexia while in school. He found a great home as a songwriter. He has dabbled on the business side with equal fervor as playing guitar, singing and writing. He has toured with leading artists such as Eric Clapton and Simple Minds as a supporting musician. He has released four albums of his own thus far across an eclectic scope of musical styles and a wide range of instruments.

Olivia Rosewood was born and raised in Denver. She 'ran away' from home to attend the prestigious Interlochen Center for the Arts in Northern Michigan. From there she won a scholarship to attend USC. In her life experiences with meditation, she met George Harrison and was moved by his description of meditation as a 'conscious shift of attention'. Olivia has worked as an actress and has published numerous books. She has also won Tai Chi competitions and worked closely with Eckhart Tolle on his world tours. She leads meditations on Instagram and for corporations such as Louis Vuitton.

Hosted by Aseem Giri

https://achievepodcast.com