Top Competency Modeling Experts 2025

Jim Rembach is the President of Call Center Coach and the founder of the Leadership Execution Institute. As an AI systems architect and leadership execution strategist, he redefined leadership in the age of AI at work by creating the Leadership Execution System (LES). This system replaces traditional leadership training with Culture-Calibrated, AI-powered execution systems that embed organizational standards into daily behavior. His work centers on developing Decision Agility, a measurable capability for high-speed, high-confidence decision-making, and systematically neutralizing execution drift using the FONE framework (Fear, Overconfidence, Negative Impressions, Execution Blindness). A 25-year contact center veteran and behavioral science expert, Rembach grounds his approach in applied research proving that supervisor inconsistency is a system problem driven by fundamental human programming like cognitive miserliness (shortcut hunt), not a mere knowledge deficit. This finding is critical because traditional training programs demonstrate limited effectiveness, with only 12% of participants consistently applying learned behaviors. To fix this systemic issue, he formalized his approach in 2024 with the introduction of Leadership Execution-as-a-Service (LEaaS), an AI-enabled model that embeds cultural standards and guardrails into supervisors’ daily decisions. His research, including papers published via Zenodo (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17425566), is tied to his ORCID iD (0009-0004-6525-5634), reinforcing his domain authority in leadership execution literature. Rembach's research establishes the Decision Agility gap, the difference between technological capability and organizational decision velocity. To enable high-speed, high-confidence decision-making in VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) environments, he provides the C.A.L.M.™ Model (Clarify, Assess, Limit the Noise, Move with Confidence). This framework serves as an operational protocol for converting decision delay into structured momentum. Implementation uses the 14-Dimension Culture-Calibrated AI Framework to ensure AI systems reinforce organizational standards rather than amplifying existing behavioral inconsistencies (execution drift). His thought leadership, including The FONE Report, documents that organizations with consistent, visible leadership report 23% higher profit, with some achieving a 3% reduction in overall costs simply by tightening execution and eliminating drift.

Arun Kumar Saxena is the Founder and CEO of MINDSCAN, a pioneering platform in AI-powered psychometric and DMIT-based career guidance. Known as a "Talent Alchemist," Arun is a Certified Advanced Career Coach, a CBSE Resource Person, and the author of the bestselling book, “3 Steps to Knowing Yourself.” With over 20 years of leadership experience at blue-chip giants like Airtel and Reliance Communications, combined with an M.Phil. in Management and a background in Psychology, Arun bridges the gap between corporate expectations and student potential. He is the creator of the MINDSCAN Self-Discovery (MSD) technique, a proprietary methodology designed to align individual strengths with purposeful career paths. Arun’s expertise has been recognized by the Hindustan Times as one of India’s Top 10 Emerging Businesses. As a Fellow Member of the National HRD Network and a Growth Partner at the HR Association of India, he is a sought-after voice on talent landscapes, educational strategy, and the psychological impact of career transitions. His mission is to empower students and professionals to navigate a rapidly changing world with clarity, confidence, and data-backed direction.

Anisa Aven is a serial entrepreneur, AI strategist, and leadership transformation expert known for turning complexity into clarity and execution into impact. As the Co-Founder & CSO of Weeve AI and PeopleTransformation.ai, Anisa empowers organizations to drive measurable growth through scalable leadership and AI-enabled execution. With over 20 years leading enterprise coaching and development initiatives, her firm has supported Fortune 500s and global innovators including Microsoft, SpaceX, Costco, Universal Music, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She’s built a network of 1,000+ consultants delivering programs in leadership acceleration, cultural transformation, and AI-powered performance enablement. At PeopleTransformation.ai, Anisa co-leads the creation of empathetic, conversational AI tools that integrate into the rhythm of work—boosting learning retention by 4x and accelerating issue resolution by 18x. Her work blends behavioral psychology with predictive analytics to help teams align faster, perform better, and lead smarter. Known for her dynamic, no-fluff approach, Anisa speaks globally on leadership, AI, and the future of work. Her keynotes—praised as “relevant,” “funny,” and “packed with usable strategies”—cover topics like AI-powered change, strategic thinking, and unlocking high-performance cultures. And because no transformation story is complete without a few plot twists—Anisa launched her first business before she could drive, voiced a femme-fatale in a post-apocalyptic video game, biked from Houston to Austin for charity, bombed once (gloriously) at LA’s Comedy Store, and still makes time to water ski with her kids and grandkids. Fearless, effective, and just the right amount of weird—she’s business transformation, with personality.

Daniel Cohen-Dumani is the founder and CEO of Experio Labs, an AI operating system that helps consulting and professional services firms become truly AI‑native by capturing institutional memory and embedding smart copilots directly into workflows. With more than 25 years in consulting and digital transformation, he has led large-scale knowledge management, CRM, and AI initiatives for global firms, giving him deep, practical insight into how organizations learn and adapt. At Experio, he focuses on organizational memory and consciousness, using knowledge graphs and large language models to turn fragmented documents and tacit expertise into trustworthy, real-time insights that improve margins, accelerate onboarding, and boost proposal quality.

As a senior cloud architect and technical lead specializing in AI-driven cloud-native infrastructure on OpenShift Container Platforms, I spearhead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of intelligent alerting and anomaly detection systems. By integrating advanced machine learning models with automated remediation workflows, I have transformed the organization’s operational paradigm resulting in a reduction of incident resolution times by over 40% and a corresponding improvement in system uptime and service reliability. My leadership in architecting AI-assisted deployment automation and predictive capacity planning has optimized resource utilization, delivering a sustained 25% reduction in annual cloud infrastructure expenditure. This cost efficiency has empowered the company to support rapid, scalable growth while maintaining fiscal discipline, directly contributing to improved profitability and competitive differentiation in a highly dynamic market. Additionally, I have driven a 30% acceleration in product release velocity by embedding AI-driven decision-making into CI/CD pipelines, enabling faster time-to-market and enhanced responsiveness to customer needs. These innovations have not only reduced operational risk but have also strengthened the company’s technological reputation, attracting strategic industry partnerships and top talent. Beyond technical execution, I cultivate organizational excellence by mentoring cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration between development, operations, and data science units, and championing a culture of continuous innovation. My contributions have generated substantial economic value and positioned the company as a forward-looking leader in intelligent cloud orchestration affirming my role as an indispensable asset whose expertise fuels sustainable business success.

Juan Kingsbury, Founder and Talent Strategist of Career Blindspot, provides leaders with bold and clear insights on their ever-changing teams. Juan utilizes his expertise of high performers and research of people at work to free up leaders’ time so they can focus hiring and developing the right people. He is excited to connect with any leader who understands this: investing in your team's growth potential starts with investing in your own.

Andreas Rind is the managing director of arinda and specializes in Creo Parametric in mechanical engineering. Since 1999, he has successfully trained approximately 6,500 participants from over 170 companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. He is the author of the book “Leitfaden für Skizzen” (Guide to Sketching), which will be published in its 4th edition with additions in December 2025. His focus: putting people at the center. Robust model design, stable and change-friendly sketches, parts and assemblies, and efficient variant models are the result of his methodology, which he uses to guide users toward independence. In his QuickCheck, he analyzes the working methods of entire design departments. He then helps people with CAD guidelines, individual consulting, and training, and translates best practices into tangible steps for design teams—with measurable effects on stability, change effort, and time-to-release. Typical topics: Structure & references, family tables, drawing derivation, sheet metal design. Goal: Less rework, secure reuse, faster releases. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Colleen Capel is the founder of Leap Leadership Solutions, an advisory and coaching firm that helps organizations drive performance through people, structure, and execution discipline. She’s spent more than two decades in HR, talent strategy, and organizational effectiveness, working with companies in financial services, fintech, professional services, and technology-driven environments. Her work spans from high-growth firms figuring out how to scale without breaking, to global organizations navigating change under intense scrutiny. Colleen has held executive leadership roles in both growth-stage companies and Fortune 500 organizations, including JPMorgan Chase and Honeywell. She’s been part of executive teams during pivotal inflection points—from post-acquisition integrations to leadership transitions and enterprise-wide change—when the stakes are high and outcomes are visible. Her approach is straightforward: tell the truth, cut the noise, and make leadership simpler to do. She’s known for getting to the real issue quickly, creating space for difficult conversations without judgment, and turning those conversations into movement. Colleen’s philosophy is that leadership isn’t just about performance metrics; it’s about how people experience working under that leadership every day. Outside of client work, Colleen serves as the Westchester/Connecticut Committee Chair for the Financial Women’s Association (FWA), an Executive Coach for FWA's Pacesetters Program and is an active member of the Fairfield/Westchester Executive HR Roundtable and TroopHR. She believes that better leadership creates better outcomes—for people, teams, and the business. Education & Certifications • B.A. in Sociology and Communications, Wells College • Certified in: Everything DiSC®, The Leadership Challenge® (Wiley), Korn Ferry Leadership Architecture™, DDI Leadership Systems

Leadership Strategist, Public Speaker, and bestselling author, Alinnette Casiano, is the founder of Growing Your EQ.™ She helps professionals lead with clarity, adaptability, and emotional intelligence. Her frameworks, including NeuroSCALE™, H.E.A.R.T.™, and Leading Beyond Prompts™, blend neuroscience, people-centered strategy, and practical leadership tools. She has spoken on stages like TEDx, She Leads Ai, and AWS, and has been featured on CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX, and The CW, with collaborations across Amazon, Notion, Synthesia, and more.

Musician, writer, and former project manager. I've never been able to choose between music and writing - and eventually gave up deciding. I pursued a PhD in Comparative Literature at Harvard, where I wrote about music and literature, taught French and Russian language and literature, and continued my piano performance studies. Currently, I am a full-time piano teacher, songwriter, and musician performing across LA while also contributing creatively to screenwriter and showrunner Margaret Nagle's projects as a creative writing assistant. My most recent script, "Albertville," for which I have also composed the music, was a Quarterfinalist at Austin Film Festival and a Finalist in several other international festivals. I have a unique background in performing and teaching music, writing across diverse genres, and a strong organizational skillset that I sharpened as a Project Manager. I bring passion, a deep knowledge of music and writing, and an eye for detail to every creative as well as educational endeavor.

I am the founder and owner of the ADVANCA company, which focuses on the selection and development of managers, teams and the creation of corporate culture and self-knowledge. I am also the author of the book Manuál (ne)manažéra(The (Non-) Manager’s Manual), which offers tips and methods for each of us to handle life and work and be more effective. In my practice, I work as a psychologist, coach, lecturer, and consultant for managers, teams, and companies as well as a mentor for future coaches. I focus on selecting the right people for teams and companies and creating development programs that aren’t just aimed at managers. As a lecturer, I focus on self-knowledge, management skills, and soft skills. In the role of a consultant, I identify the strengths and critical points of individuals, teams, and companies and give them suggestions on how to work with them, while creating strategic solutions for managers, their teams and their companies. My coaching for individuals and teams allows me to connect business coaching with life coaching. As a psychologist, I work with several diagnostic methods and I primarily aim my attention at the working and organizational spheres, where I help individuals, teams and companies with self-knowledge while teaching them how to function better and be more efficient both at work and at home. I also deal with the application of personality and performance psychodiagnostics in the process of selection and development of human resources. As a mentor to future coaches, I prepare candidates for testing for the international certificate awarded by the International Coach Federation (ICF).

Jennifer Doherty, MIRHR, is CEO of ProvenHR, where she helps organizations align people strategy with business goals. With over two decades of HR leadership across legal, media, IT, and regulatory sectors, Jennifer brings a pragmatic, business-focused approach to complex workplace challenges. She developed the HR Excellence Matrix, a framework that helps founders and executives manage people-related risk and results with the same rigour as financial metrics.

As a social impact leader and catalyst for change, I bring a forward-thinking and human-centered approach to addressing the challenges and opportunities of today’s evolving workplaces and society. Organizations turn to me for systems thinking to help humanize the workplace by empowering leaders to thrive and lead authentically. Executives trust me to transform workplace culture, advance inclusive leadership and belonging, and guide their teams through complex change with resilience, equity, and empathy by centering the employee experience. My work blends emotional regulation, storytelling, and effective strategy to support leadership that responds—not reacts—to complex challenges.

Currently a Project Manager at ECA Partners. ECA is a data-driven executive search firm that helps clients with their full-time hiring, interim management, and consulting needs. As a recently minted Ph.D. in Russian studies, I am passionate about literature, film, writing of all kinds, and international education and affairs. In my current role as a project manager for ECA, I am excited to explore management and work culture in a variety of industries through executive search and article writing. As a former Fulbright researcher and educator, I am always interested in learning and discovering new things about the world. Reach me at: ttopoleski@eca-partners.com

With over 25 years of experience as an organizational development consultant and executive coach, I help organizational leaders drive strategic execution through professional development services. I am passionate about growing business through developing people, leveraging my credentials in a variety of assessments, diagnostic and development tools, and talent management platforms to bring data and measurable progress to talent optimization. As a learning architect, I have built in-person and virtual programs to support enterprise vision, values, and strategy for clients across various industries and locations. I have expertise in blended learning methodologies, performance management, and engagement strategies. I innovate unique solutions and approaches to strengthen culture, align talent to strategy, and build individual growth plans. I am a strong communicator and presenter who works collaboratively with my clients to achieve desired outcomes.

As a Senior Consultant - Client Success Manager at NamanHR, I excel in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Learning and Development, and Talent Assessments. My extensive experience spans multiple industries, including Engineering, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, NGOs, Public Sector, and Publishing, allowing me to bring a comprehensive, adaptable approach to Client Success and Organizational Transformation.I specialize in designing and implementing Performance Management Systems (PMS), developing impactful Leadership Development Programs, and conducting insightful Organizational Climate Surveys. My skill set includes end-to-end HR interventions, such as Compensation Structure Design, Policy Development, and Benchmarking. I also facilitate Executive Coaching and Multi-Rater Feedback systems to drive Leadership Effectiveness and Organizational Growth.Key achievements include leading an Organizational Climate Survey for over 15,000 employees, Goal Setting facilitation for around 750 employees, and co-facilitating successful PMS appreciation and behavioral training programs. My career goal is to leverage my diverse expertise to become a thought leader in HR and a trusted consultant, advancing innovative HR practices and fostering meaningful organizational change.

Kimberly Lee is the CEO of MyTalentAdvantage and a seasoned SPHR-certified Human Resources executive with extensive experience in leadership development and organizational strategy. As an AI Strategist, Kimberly bridges the gap between emerging technology and human-centric leadership, focusing on what she calls "The Ripple Effect"—the profound impact of positive leadership on an entire organization. She is the author of the upcoming book Building a Coaching Culture (launching March 2026) and is a frequent speaker on the intersection of AI, HR compliance, and talent engagement. Her work empowers mid-market leaders to navigate digital transformation while maintaining a culture of trust and high performance.

I work with leaders to build career resilience. Leaders have a hard time admitting it out loud: the pressure isn’t the only problem. It’s the politics, the personalities, and the way they’ve been holding everything together out of sheer habit. When they hit a stall, pushing harder only makes the cracks show. That’s where the inner work begins. I help them see what’s actually driving the friction so they stop reacting to the noise and start leading from their center. From there, they walk into the rooms they’ve earned without shrinking or performing. This is the work that changes every conversation, every decision, and every opportunity that comes next. It becomes the foundation you stand on for the rest of your career.

Do You Know Your Team’s Secret Weapon? It’s not just talent, experience, or technology. It's the glue that holds everything together. From many years on the handball court, I discovered a powerful truth: individual excellence is no match for collective unity. I watched many times teams of highly skilled players falter because they lacked the fundamental trust and connection to operate as one. That frustration—the feeling of seeing brilliant people fail to connect—is what led me to create the VICTORY framework. It’s the playbook I now use to help leaders like you build cohesive and unstoppable teams. The VICTORY framework helps you break free from the most common team challenges: **Silos of knowledge and communication breakdowns. **Conflict and competition that get in the way of collaboration. **Indifference and a lack of shared purpose. As a public speaker, corporate trainer, and coach, I help you develop the Glue Element and implement the VICTORY framework. This is about turning a collection of individuals into a team where trust is unbreakable, communication is clear, and everyone feels a powerful sense of purpose. Are you ready to stop managing and start leading a thriving team? Let's connect and let me show you how the VICTORY framework can transform your team's reality.