about us
Our Team
We are a team of executives who have run large corporations and small businesses. We have learned how to succeed in the complex world of corporate shenanigans as well as the bootstrapped world that is the entrepreneur. We choose our projects by finding companies that are passionate and driven to succeed and make a difference.
Vincent Legg
A career spent helping clients learn how to become brands has given Vincent a unique view into how to guide clients into unearthing best practices to release untapped growth potential in their businesses. His teams have created award-winning advertising campaigns and provided strategic guidance for multinational corporations and global governments. His teams excel at finding unsuspecting data in unexpected places (the extraneous, supplementary, and relevant outliers) to give clients an edge in building a business roadmap to enact a strategic growth path forward.
Laurie Newkirk
Laurie Newkirk is a multi-award-winning writer whose work spans comedy, television, theater, and inspirational storytelling. With a passion for humor, healing, and positivity, she has built a career that entertains while making a difference. Laurie was a writer and producer for the Emmy Award-winning television program Teen Kids News and has received awards for her work in journalism, books, and marketing. After studying theater at Yale University, she became Artistic Director of The Acting Company of Greenwich, where she directed productions and produced the prestigious Havemeyer One-Act Playwright Competition. Her original comedies have been produced in Connecticut and New York City, including A Great Pair of Shoes, which earned a performance at Symphony Space Off-Broadway. Her marketing work has included award-winning campaigns for organizations such as the NHL, NASCAR, and the American Heart Association, reflecting her unique ability to entertain, inspire, and connect with audiences continues to define her work across every medium.
Chapin Mower
Mr. Mower was previously the founder of the company that evolved to become CISE—Creative Ideas… Superior Execution and eventually led to his merging into the Berkeley Research Group. He grows businesses by fostering a client-first approach that breeds trust and accountability between his service teams and our clients. His broad experience across all facets of field and business management has allowed him to build a reliable team of business partners that form the foundation for producing recurring client and company success. His expertise with team building, budgeting, researching, planning, scheduling, staffing, training, executing, and reporting have been key to developing hundreds of successful programs.
Tim Decker
Tim Decker worked with the Profectus Consulting Strategy and Advisory Practice as a Director and brings over 20 years of scientific and medical research experience in the data, analytics and reporting sides of the industry. Tim has managed content for some of the most highly respected magazines, journals and content creators like Scientific American, Web MD, and Nature Magazine. Tim is an expert at business process mapping and root cause analyses on production workflows using Lean Six Sigma methods. Tim thrives at developing structured approaches for communications, reporting and collaboration, while optimizing workflows to develop and share best practices.
Tom Young
Tom Young is an award-winning editor with a remarkable depth of knowledge of television history, particularly the golden age of sitcoms in the 1970s. His expertise in classic television, storytelling, and production is stellar. Known for his keen editorial eye and passion for preserving television history, Tom brings accuracy, insight, and a deep appreciation for the creative process to every project. His unparalleled understanding of the sitcoms that defined a generation makes him an invaluable resource for authors, publishers, and television enthusiasts.