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Tom McCadden, CBPA
San Diego County, California, United States
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About
Accomplished 20+ Year Passionate Strategic Business Amplifier. Inquisitive customer…
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Mike Murakami: podcaster? Excited to launch this project with Braly Keller and Daniel Pearson!
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Pinewood Derby Chair & Raingutter Regatta Committee
Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scout Pack 734, San Diego Imperial Council, Pacific Coast District
- 5 years
Children
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Soccer Coach
Magdalena Ecke YMCA
- 2 years
Children
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Ambassador
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Present 7 years
Economic Empowerment
Membership, retention, recruitment, and communication liaison to greater Chamber membership.
Courses
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"Antarctic Mike" Pierce: Leading at 90 Below Zero
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Barry Deutsch: Impact Hiring Solutions: Success Factor Methodology
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Boaz Rauchwerger: Have More Fun and Take Your Company to the Next Level
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Brian Beaulieu: Prosperity in the Age of Decline
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Cameron Herold: Creating an Innovation Culture
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Cameron Herold: Leadership at 100mph
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Candice Katayama: Empowering Your Business Through Transformational Leadership
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Chris Jennings: Sandler Sales Training
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Dan Quiggle: Lead Like Reagan: Strategies to Motivate, Communicate and Inspire
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Dave Kurlan Sales Force Profile
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Dave Logan: Tribal Leadership
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Dean Rosson: Fit2Win
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Dr. Gustavo Grodnitzky: Culture Trumps Everything
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Dr. Gustavo Grodnitzky: Understanding and Motivating the Millienial Generation
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Dr. Richard Curtin: Why Innovation is the Growth Engine for the U.S. Economy
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Erik Wahl: Innovation as Creativity Realized
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Evan Bailyn: How to use SEO to Build a Massive Customer Base
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Franklin Covey: The Speed of Trust
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Gallup Strengths Based Business Development Workshop
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Gallup Strengths Based Leadership: StrengthsFinder 2.0
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Jack Altschuler: Fully Alive Leadership
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Jack Daly: Success Through Leverage, Preparation and Process
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Jim Bandrowski: Create and Implement Breakthrough Strategies: Leading Strategic Innovation
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Joe Dillon: Producing Peak Performance
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John Blakey: The Trusted Executive: Nine Leadership Habits that Inspire Results, Relationships & Reputation
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Ken Blanchard Associates: Situational Leadership
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Ken Blanchard Associates: Situational Leadership 2
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Mark Taylor: Tribal Leadership: Because Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
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Marshall Goldsmith: How to Incorporate Innovation into Your Strategy
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Mike Henigman: Sandler Sales Forum
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Mike Richardson: Agile Meeting Facilitation
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Neuro Power: Leading the Way with NeruoIntelligence
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Nikki Nemerouf: Becoming Mentally Prepared for Extraordinary Performance
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Online Trading Academy: Market Timing
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Online Trading Academy: Professional Trader Part 1
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Online Trading Academy: Professional Trader Part 2
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Patty Vogan: Possibility: What a Tropical Island Taught Me about Leadership and Life
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Ryan Avery: Leading Through Story Telling
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SPIN Selling Workshop
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Sales Brain: Selling to the Old Brain
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Stephen Covey: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
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The EQ Edge: Emotional Intelligence and Your Success
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The Sandler Rules for Sales Leaders
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Tom Bouwer: Getting a Grip on Your Business
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Travis Bradberry & Jean Graves: Emotional Intelligence 2.0
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Travis Bradberry: Emotional Intelligence 2.0
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Vorsight Sales Prospecting Workshop
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William Hawfield:.Visual Planning
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Honors & Awards
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Best Places to Work
Glassdoor
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Best Places to Work
Glassdoor
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Best Places to Work
Glassdoor
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Best Places to Work
Glassdoor
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San Diego Top Workplaces 2020 Award
The San Diego Union Tribune
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Best Places to Work in San Diego
San Diego Business Journal
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Best Places to Work in San Diego
San Diego Business Journal
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2017 Small Business Awards Winner "Industry Game-Changer”
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
The Industry Game-Changer award is presented to a company that is paving the way in creative forward-thinking and innovation.
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Best Places to Work
Glassdoor
Test Scores
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Dave Kurlan Sales Force Profile
Score: 149 "Strong"
Strengths: Desire, commitment, responsibility, and outlook. Enjoys selling.
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DISC Personality Profile
Score: Influential
Active DISC Style: People-Orientated.
Personality Style: Enthusiastic, optimistic, talkative, persuasive, impulsive and emotional.
Team Contribution: Naturally creative problem solver who can think outside the box. Great encourager and motivator of others. Keep environments positive with enthusiasm and positive sense of humor. Will go out of the way to keep things light, avoid and negotiate conflict, and keep the peace.
Team Characteristics: Instinctive communicator and…Active DISC Style: People-Orientated.
Personality Style: Enthusiastic, optimistic, talkative, persuasive, impulsive and emotional.
Team Contribution: Naturally creative problem solver who can think outside the box. Great encourager and motivator of others. Keep environments positive with enthusiasm and positive sense of humor. Will go out of the way to keep things light, avoid and negotiate conflict, and keep the peace.
Team Characteristics: Instinctive communicator and participative manager who is able to both influence and inspire others. Deal with change well and respond well to the unexpected, often putting a positive spin on any negative factors. -
DISC Personality Profile
Score: I/S
Personality Style: Inspiring / Supportive. Tends to naturally express being positive with enthusiasm to encourage others. Strength is an ability to relate with other people based on warmth and friendliness.
Personality Strengths: Interactive and social: Usually express ideas with feelings and with passion. is able to be encouraging, relational and supportive. Focused on influencing and encouraging others based on feelings. Highly People-oriented: Tends to be people-oriented and…Personality Style: Inspiring / Supportive. Tends to naturally express being positive with enthusiasm to encourage others. Strength is an ability to relate with other people based on warmth and friendliness.
Personality Strengths: Interactive and social: Usually express ideas with feelings and with passion. is able to be encouraging, relational and supportive. Focused on influencing and encouraging others based on feelings. Highly People-oriented: Tends to be people-oriented and relationship-oriented, and focuses on the feelings of others. Able to sense how others are feeling, Enjoys providing a fun, positive, peaceful environment where people consistently get along.
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Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Score: Overall EQ Score: 96
Personal Competence: 97, Self-Awareness: 97, Self-Management: 97
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Extended DISC Sales Assessment
Score: Influencer (I)
Influencer. AKA Dolphin. 25% of population. Influencers make great salespeople.
Sunny, friendly and extrovert, warm and open to other people.
Gregarious and sociable, posses well-developed social skills.
Highly influential. Brings less gregarious styles together. Extremely trusting.
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Gallup Strengths Based Leadership: StrengthsFinder 2.0
Score: Top 5 Themes: AWCPL
Achiever, Woo, Communication, Positivity, Learner
Achiever: Great deal of stamina and works hard. Great satisfaction being busy and productive.
Woo: Love meeting new people and winning them over. Breaks the ice and connects with people.
Communication: Find it easy to put thoughts into words. Good conversationalist and presenter.
Positivity: Enthusiasm that is contagious...more. Upbeat and can get others excited about what going to do.
Learner: Great desire to learn and…Achiever, Woo, Communication, Positivity, Learner
Achiever: Great deal of stamina and works hard. Great satisfaction being busy and productive.
Woo: Love meeting new people and winning them over. Breaks the ice and connects with people.
Communication: Find it easy to put thoughts into words. Good conversationalist and presenter.
Positivity: Enthusiasm that is contagious...more. Upbeat and can get others excited about what going to do.
Learner: Great desire to learn and continuously improve.
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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Score: ESFJ
Extroversion, Sensing, Feeling, Judging
Warm, sympathetic, helpful, cooperative, tactful, down-to-earth, practical, thorough, consistent, organized, enthusiastic, and energetic. People person. Brings out the best in others.Reads others and understands their point of view. Makes people feel good about themselves.Responsible and dependable. See before others do what needs to be done, and do whatever it takes to make sure it gets done. -
pymetrics
Score: Profile
Most Unique: Risk Tolerance, Fairness, Learning
Decision Making, Attention, Focus, Generosity, Emotion, Effort -
The Predictive Index (PI)
Score: Persuader
Persuader - Persuasive, Self-confident, Strong initiative, Motivating. Persuaders are leaders and motivators within their organizations. Socially poised and extraverted, they love to make their mark, and won’t shy away from risk. Persuaders will rally the team around projects—confidently making decisions and delegating tasks before they move on to their next project. They’re known to be understanding, people-oriented, and persistent. They thrive in and help contribute to a culture of teamwork…
Persuader - Persuasive, Self-confident, Strong initiative, Motivating. Persuaders are leaders and motivators within their organizations. Socially poised and extraverted, they love to make their mark, and won’t shy away from risk. Persuaders will rally the team around projects—confidently making decisions and delegating tasks before they move on to their next project. They’re known to be understanding, people-oriented, and persistent. They thrive in and help contribute to a culture of teamwork. Teams are often designed by default rather than intention. A strategic, data-driven approach to building teams is what helps organizations win.
Organizations
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BIOCOM
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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) - San Diego
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Associated General Contractors (AGC) - California
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Associated General Contractors (AGC) - San Diego
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Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
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Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) - San Diego
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Cafecito & Business
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California Life Sciences Association (CLSA)
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
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Chairmen's RoundTable
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Cleantech San Diego
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Conscious Capitalism - San Diego
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Construction Financial Management Association San Diego Chapter (CFMA)
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Corporate Directors Forum (CDF)
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Defense Health Agency (DHA)
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Department of Veterans Affairs
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ExecutiveRoundtable.org
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International Coach Federation (ICF)
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Larger Than Life Science
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LaunchBio
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MIT Enterprise Forum - San Diego
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My San Diego - Cafecito & Business Networking
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Naturally San Diego
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REF
Ambassador
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Renaissance Executive Forums
Ambassador
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Sales & Marketing Leadership Alliance (SMLA)
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San Diego & Imperial Valley Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
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San Diego Business Journal (SDBJ)
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San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (SDEE)
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San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
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San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC)
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San Diego Venture Group (SDVG)
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Startup San Diego
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Strategic Trusted Advisors Roundtable (STAR) - San Diego
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Tech Coast Angels
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Tech Hub San Diego
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Tech San Diego
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Tech San Diego - CTO/Chief Software Roundtable
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Tech San Diego - Finance Roundtable
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Tech San Diego - Human Resources Roundtable
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Tech San Diego - Manufacturing Operations Roundtable
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The Aerospace & Defense Forum - San Diego Chapter
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The Centers of Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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Ultimate Business Quest Gamified Networking Roundtable
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Words Alive
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