Carrie Addington

Carrie Addington is the Associate Director, learning experience at ATD (Association for Talent Development) where she leads the strategy for the facilitation and learning experience of ATD education programs.

As a business consultant and master facilitator for more than 14 years, Carrie has delivered on topics ranging from energetic accountability, leadership, and great feedback to cross-generational communication, resolving conflict, and specializes in train-the-trainer programs. 

As a global speaker, Carrie has created conversations around Daring Facilitation and overcoming challenging classroom behaviors and is the co-author of Facilitation in Action: Finding Your Authentic Training Style.

She is a part of the coaching network with the prominent, global executive leadership and management company, The Mind Gym and is a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach. As a certified ATD Master Trainer and ATD Master Instructional Designer, Carrie is knowledgeable about both the development and delivery of outcome-based learning programs. She is passionate about using her love of language and the arts to work with individuals on establishing deeper connections with their daily work.

Beat Bartlome, Motivation Technologies

Beat brings over 28 years in technology, and currently leads our talented team of 15 developers to create innovative and high-quality web applications. Beat doesn't just know the answer; he knows the question you should have asked instead.

Ali Carson

Ali is an experienced coach and dynamic facilitator with two decades experience working in all aspects of human resources, learning and development. She is passionate about creating workplaces where everyone can thrive.

Ali holds several professional certifications, showcasing her dedication to excellence. As a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, she specializes in helping clients discover and maximize their strengths. Ali is also a Results-Certified Brain-Based Coach, bringing tools founded in neuroscience to her strengths-based approach to create impactful coaching and learning experiences for her clients. Prior to founding Movere Coaching, Ali served as a senior leader in talent development for an Am200 law firm and was responsible for creating and implementing a comprehensive strategy to develop, coach, engage and retain top-tier talent across the firm’s diverse workforce. Her prior experience also includes progressive leadership roles in learning and organizational development for a large health care system. There she had responsibilities for talent management, leader assessment and coaching, high potential development and organizational development services for the health system.

Outside of the office, Ali is a wife, sister, and mother to two teenagers and one doggie. She enjoys exploring nature through camping trips in the family RV filled with hiking, paddleboarding, and discovering great local restaurants. If she weren’t coaching, her dream job would be hosting her own travel food tv show where she got paid to eat her way around the globe!

Diane Dick

Diane is a dynamic speaker, trainer, and coach with over 32 years of international expertise. She specializes in interactive and actionable presentations centered on safety, leadership, and employee development.

As a dedicated member of the John Maxwell Leadership Team, she has worked extensively with individuals at all organizational levels.

Her key strengths lie in cultivating high-performing teams, inspiring employee engagement, empowering influential leaders, and building sustainable cultures.

Steve Hoerner, Motivation Technologies

With a career spent in the technology, sales and marketing fields, Steve has a passion for blending technology and creative pursuits in service of our clients. While he has been trained on Beat’s knowledgebase, Steve is hallucinating most of the time.

Jonathan Peters, PhD

Jonathan has spent over a decade studying the science and art of motivation and persuasion. As a speaker, he has helped audiences from Melbourne, Australia to Augusta, Maine more effectively communicate with their customers and team-members.

Since joining the Sententia team, he had applied his knowledge and study to make learning more enticing, engaging, and encouraging through gamification. Jonathan is co-author of Deliberate Fun: A Purposeful Application of Game Mechanics to Learning Experiences. He now calls South Padre Island, TX home.

William Rintz 

William Rintz is the UMU’s Global Program Director and a passionate advocate for AI literacy, dedicated to helping individuals and organizations harness the power of AI in their work. He holds a master's degree in workplace training and organizational development. Prior to joining UMU, he worked in both the market research and non-profit industries, where he led the development of the prestigious Rotary Peace Fellowship. In his current role, William helps organizations improve their training programs and empower their employees to navigate AI with confidence.

Tayler Stevens

Tayler Stevens, a Performance Learning Consultant working in Business Development at UMU, is dedicated to helping clients achieve their L&D and training goals by providing innovative and engaging solutions based on Learning Science. Tayler also specializes in guiding organizations to seamlessly integrate AI solutions into their learning ecosystems, enhancing efficiency and learner engagement.