Jared Dickinson
Founder and CEO
Jared is passionate about providing opportunities that support individuals to apply effective communication, be inclusive, make a change, and ultimately be more successful in their personal and professional lives.
Dedicated to positive social change, he volunteers and provides services to organizations that provide professional mentoring, education, and employment to marginalized groups.
In 2016, Jared spent 6 weeks in India, volunteering for Food for Life Vrindavan (FFLV). FFLV educates poor girls in Vrindavan, empowering them to transform their lives and communities, through a service oriented approach, committed to integrity and excellence. Read more...
Jared has more than a decade of experience in leading and managing successful sales and operations teams within the technology industry.
Before starting JDCS, he was with Robert Half International, the largest specialized staffing firm in the world, as a division director of their IT consulting services group. His career took him to Japan and Italy, where he became proficient in both languages.
Jared holds a Bachelor's Degree in History and Italian Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He also studied for two years at the University of Trento (Università degli Studi di Trento) in Italy.
JD Communication Strategies
JD Communication Strategies specializes in providing customized, hands-on coaching and programs for public speaking, technical and sales presentation, conflict resolution, dynamic business communication, employee and leadership development, time management, and project management.
Meet The Team
Jessica Loman
Strategy & Operations
Jordan Omar
Sales & Business Development
Oscar Gomez
DEIB, Contributing Partner
from SoJoGo
Tiffany Groode
CFO
Marina Washburn
Accounting
MEET OUR BUSINESS COACHES
Our trainers each bring an in-depth experience in facilitating and coaching managers, executives and their direct reports. We come from a vast horizon of business and coaching experience and specialize in helping drive real business results.
Coaching Credentials
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Professional acumen that establishes credibility with senior leaders
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8-10 years business management experience
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Minimum of six years of experience in professional coaching and/or consulting
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Highly competent in feedback, facilitation, and other tools
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Extensive experience and expertise in organizational leadership and development
Peter Rosselli
Key Training Areas:
Executive & Leadership Coaching,
Spokesperson Training, Public Relations & Media, Presentation Skills, The Art of Productive Conflict.
Peter has been an innovator in Business Communications for over 25 years. As a course designer and coach he has worked directly with over 15,000 individuals, and conducted hundreds of skills development programs. Previously, Peter co-founded Core Communications LLC, specializing in Diversity training.
He developed the curricula for Decker Communications Inc., managing programs in Presentation Skills, Press and Media, Message Development, Conflict, and Customer Service. He has guest lectured at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, IEEE, and the National Technological University.
Teri Reuter
Key Training Areas:
Communication and Language, Leadership, Self-Awareness, Relationships, Managing Change, and Well-being.
Teri energizes her clients to level up as innovators, motivators, and team builders. She coaches leaders in business, manufacturing, technology, and social impact organizations to approach their work with empathy, curiosity, and a sense of joy. Combining her experience in psychological counseling with an understanding of communication, Teri developed The Real Lead as a framework for her clients to deepen their personal and professional relationships as the foundation for increasing performance and enabling a sense of purpose for their teams.
Brett Gajda
Dozens of organizations use Brett to challenge norms and outputs and help them advance leaps and bounds. His style is creative & and interactive, flexing where needed and using stories to drive concepts into reality and increase participant retention and application.
Brett’s focus is inspiring people and driving business performance through strong leadership, self-awareness, mindfulness, communication, and care. As a corporate facilitator, Brett’s success is fueled by an uncommon combination of dynamism and entrepreneurial accomplishments, with an ability to reveal insights and inspire people to change.
In over 25 years in business, he has worked his way through an organization, built his own businesses, and sat in the executive’s chair. These experiences provide him with empathy for individuals at each level of a business and a unique ability to build rapport and instigate change through self-awareness and development.
Bethany Hart
Bethany is an experienced communications coach known for fostering fast growth in the individuals and teams she works with by always striking a balance between radical candor and heartfelt encouragement. She has found a lot of success and ongoing work working with both corporate and nonprofit clients, drawing on her many years of experience leading and scaling teams of all sizes while also running her own nonprofit that serves the cancer community.
Bethany's core values as a communications coach have always been transparency, authenticity, and humility. A cancer survivor herself, she brings a unique silver lining perspective to all the work she does and every client she serves. She specializes in 1:1 coaching, public speaking workshops, keynote preparation, and presentation preparation.
Swati Bharteey-Buck
Key Training Areas:
Leadership coaching, High-impact learning programs,
and intercultural awareness (DE&I).
Swati is an energetic business partner whose thirty years of business experience includes strengths-based executive coaching, the design and delivery of high-impact leadership programs, and human resources strategic planning.
Her executive-level positions at well-respected companies, such as General Electric, The William Wrigley Jr. Company, and Deloitte, have ranged from general management and corporate strategy to culture change and the design and implementation of on-time, in-budget, global initiatives. She has held executive-level positions in global human resources, consulting, information technology, and corporate strategy teams.
She holds an MBA from The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, where she also teaches as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Leadership. She leverages various leadership effectiveness tools in her work, such as Immunity to Change, Leadership Circle 360, Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), EQi, and Hogan Assessments.
Swati is also deeply committed to giving back to her community and coaches the Executive Directors and key leaders of numerous Chicago-based non-profits focused on improving access to services and education for disadvantaged populations. Swati also speaks and teaches on the topic of Inclusion and has been featured in various panels, podcasts, and courses.
Carson Johns
Key Training Areas:
Inclusion, Change Management, Developing Leaders, Attitude Adjustments, Powerful Communication, Building Exceptional Teams, Emotional Intelligence, Influencing with Integrity and Communicating Persuasively across all Outlets.
Carson excels in identifying and drawing out the unique talents and strengths of individuals and teams. He helps leaders create working environments where people can thrive.
With over 17 years of experience in leadership development, management, training, and coaching, he has worked and studied with thought leaders and business coaches worldwide. As a facilitator and coach, he specializes in transformation through engaging and interactive experiences.
Carson’s unique life experiences have offered him the opportunity to work with executives at all levels in many different fields. He is versatile and able to engage with multiple personality styles. His delivery method is fun and engaging and allows participants to fully immerse themselves in the programs he delivers. He is known to be personable and professional and adapts to the audience he is working with so that the participants create maximum value and learning. He has the practiced ability to connect and understand people’s challenges and obstacles in the workplace and overcome them through empowerment, awareness and personal responsibility.
Carson studied psychology and business at The University of California, San Diego.
Carlos Vasquez
Gail Finger
Key Training Areas:
Motivational Speaker, Mindset Coach, Author
Mindset Coaching, Youth Mentoring, Communication Skills, Content & Curriculum Development
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Carlos Vasquez is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and coach specializing in personal and professional development. At the age of 19, he faced a daunting 20-year prison sentence. This challenging period nearly broke him, but a pivotal encounter with a chaplain during solitary confinement ignited a journey of self-discovery and purpose.
Released in 2021, Carlos's relentless quest for knowledge led him to the Drucker School of Management, where he earned a degree in business. Equipped with this education, he founded How To Battle, a movement dedicated to transformation. Through this initiative, Carlos spreads his empowering message, offering keynote speeches and training in diverse settings, from corporate and academic institutions to foster homes and the very prisons where he was once confined.
Despite his physical confinement, Carlos's spirit remained unshackled. He pursued education, earned a degree in psychology, and transformed his struggles into pillars of personal growth. From the silence of his cell, he crafted The PRICE: Five Principles to Break the Bonds of Trauma and Achieve Personal Success, published in March 2023. This book has illuminated paths for many worldwide and is celebrated in educational institutions as a beacon of hope and a roadmap for success.
Now based in Los Angeles, Carlos works to uplift others, transforming his story of struggle into a symbol of hope and personal transformation. His signature talks delve deep into overcoming adversity, resilience, unwavering accountability, and the five principles that have guided his life's journey.
Key Training Areas:
Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Action Learning, Team Cohesiveness, Interpersonal Communication, Having Effective Feedback Conversations, Managing a Hybrid
Team, Conflict Management/Having Difficult Conversations
Gail has 20+ years of experience as an executive coach, consultant, and facilitator. Gail’s first career was in the field of Psychology and she brings deep expertise in interpersonal dynamics, how communication gets stuck, and the psychology of change to all of her engagements.
Gail is known for helping organizations develop the critical thinking skills of their individual contributors, the management skills of their managers, and the leadership competencies of the
executives charged with getting results for the organization. Her style has been described as “compassionately direct.”
Gail’s learning and leadership development programs are engaging and experiential. She is brought back to deliver programs to her client organizations year after year because her clients observe the mindset and behavior change in program participants. She has worked with clients in both the private and public sectors, including Federal and State government, Fortune 500 companies, Start-ups, and Non-profit organizations. Gail works with all level,s from individual contributors to the C-Suite.
Gail holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Connecticut and a Master’s Degree in Counseling from the University of Bridgeport.
Sara Ironside
Sara believes leaders at all levels are capable of greatness. She has a very collaborative and supportive approach to helping clients identify the actions they need to take to reach their goals. She is results-oriented, ensuring clients experience new tactics to achieve different outcomes. With the client in the driver’s seat, Sara is a powerful partner who provides support through advice, practice, and feedback to help clients experiment and achieve success.
Sara has been an organizational development consultant for over 15 years globally, working in partnership with leaders and their teams to shift behavior and improve performance. She leverages an organizational systems perspective to identify strategic opportunities for growth and change. She has facilitated workshops and leadership offsites large and small globally for decades. As a leadership consultant and executive coach, she brings expertise in the areas of effective communication, strategic planning, team alignment, change leadership, managing conflict, and improving partnerships.
Sara studied Spanish at the University of Oregon and Instituto Internacional de Sevilla, Spain. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) through the International Coaching Federation and is certified in multiple assessment tools, including Hogan Assessment, Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Sundance Change Management, and Conflict Dynamic Profile.