Hacking Consciousness for limitless performance

PROGRAMME LEADERS

Educated at Stanford, Harvard and UC Berkeley, Michael started his career in technical product management and engineering at SAP and Microsoft. Then, he consulted Fortune 500 companies in tech, CPG, and financial services at Bain & Co. At Bridgewater Associates, the world’s leading hedge fund, he was responsible for portfolio construction ($60B in trades a day) and his department’s strategic plan. Then Michael drew inspiration from his grandma, a medical doctor who continuously espoused the virtues of preventative health habits “eat from my organic garden, go to bed on time, do regular exercise.”

He founded garten, a top Ycombinator and Stanford StartX company delivering corporate wellbeing for Fortune 500 and fast-growing companies. He was responsible for $200M+ in revenue generated, $125M+ in equity & debt funding raised from top tier VC funds, achieved industry leading customer metrics, and led a diverse team of 650 people. Michael has received many accolades for his work including top corporate wellbeing provider, top remote friendly workplace, top Entrepreneur, Threshold Ventures Fellow, and top Harvard Alumni in Technology.

Michael is also a Board of Trustees Member at MIU, the leading university in consciousness-based education, an active member of the Young Presidents Organization in San Francisco, and a successful startup investor at Pioneer Fund. He attributes his own blissfulness to a committed daily transcendental meditation practice, a lifelong love of healthy eating, good routine, and an equally healthy sense of humour.

Miriam is a TM teacher based in Auckland. She has a high-level corporate background as she spent many years working for top strategy consulting firm McKinsey & Company. In one of her projects for a Billion dollar company, her recommendations lead to an increase in the company profit of Million 30 USD per year. She has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, one of the top programs in the world, where she graduated top of her class and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to join that programme. She left her corporate career 15 years ago to work for the global TM organisation.

She also has lots of experience working with different Maharishi technologies of Consciousness such as a TM teacher, on the management team of Maharishi Ayurveda and uses many of the technologies in her own life and with her family. She has a deep passion for career coaching and helping people reach their highest potential by combining the highest corporate knowledge with the highest knowledge of consciousness. In her free time she enjoys spending quality time with her husband and three kids and international cuisine.

Co founded RealAcad adventure management programme which taught courses on how to set up new companies in one week at stanford and harvard university, career coaching. She speaks 5 languages and has worked in as many continents.