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Kaizen Mastery Group Buyer Map
Richard Sprunger | Kaizen Mastery Group | October 2026
As of 14 Oct 2026
Kaizen Mastery Group, with the Evolved Man Mission, offers team and organizational coaching, corporate group coaching on value based communication and curious leadership, resilience training, and keynotes and workshops.
This map covers the corporate side of that work. It lays out the groups of organizations that buy team training, leadership coaching and speakers, how large each group is where a clean public count exists, and who usually signs off inside each one.
One to one coaching for men and couples is bought by individuals, so it sits outside this map.
Where your buyers sit
Counts are US firms, not sites, and are banded on purpose. A group with no clean public count says so rather than showing a number.
| Group | Organizations in the US | Under 20 staff | 20 to 99 | 100 to 499 | 500 or more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner led small and mid-size companies that are growing fast | no clean public count | ||||
| Larger employers with their own people or learning function | no clean public count | ||||
| Wealth advisory firms and insurance agencies, where client trust is the business | about 140,000 | about 140,000 | about 3,100 | about 660 | about 540 |
| Hospitals and health systems | about 3,300 | not published | not published | not published | not published |
| Fire departments, EMS and other public safety agencies | no clean public count | ||||
| Trade and professional associations | about 21,000 | about 19,000 | about 1,500 | about 270 | about 52 |
US firm counts by industry code, banded deliberately.
Who usually signs off, by group
Titles vary with size. In a small company the owner holds most of these seats alone.
| Group | Who usually signs off | Who also weighs in |
|---|---|---|
| Owner led companies | The owner, founder or CEO | Co-owners or partners, and the head of operations |
| Larger employers | The chief people officer, the VP of human resources or the head of learning and development | The business unit leader whose team takes the program, often sales or customer service |
| Wealth advisory firms and insurance agencies | The founder, managing principal or agency owner | The head of client service and the sales manager |
| Hospitals and health systems | The chief wellness officer, the chief nursing officer or the chief human resources officer | Emergency and nursing leaders, and the employee assistance program lead |
| Fire, EMS and public safety agencies | The fire chief or EMS director, usually through the training officer | The peer support coordinator and the union local |
| Trade and professional associations | The conference or education director | The executive director and the committee that picks speakers |
What each group is weighing
| Group | What moves the decision |
|---|---|
| Owner led companies | Growing without the wheels coming off, and managers who were promoted for their skill and never taught to lead |
| Larger employers | Burnout and turnover, and teams that do not know the mission or their part in it |
| Wealth advisory firms and insurance agencies | Keeping clients longer and earning more referrals from the clients they already have |
| Hospitals and health systems | Staff burnout after hard shifts, and support for teams after a critical incident |
| Fire, EMS and public safety agencies | Stress, injury and loss on the job, and peer support that crews will actually use |
| Trade and professional associations | A speaker with a story the room remembers and lessons members can use the next day |
How the decision usually runs
In an owner led company the owner decides, usually after a first conversation of their own. A good result with the owner tends to open the door to the leadership team.
In a larger employer the people or learning function holds the budget, and a business unit leader often sponsors one team first before a wider rollout.
Hospitals and public safety agencies usually pay for resilience and wellness training from a set training or wellness budget, and the training officer or wellness lead is often the person who brings it in.
Associations book keynote speakers ahead of a conference, usually through the education director or a call for speakers.
Ten people to start with
The people who usually sign at the groups above, one a company. Work emails and phone numbers checked on Oct 14, 2026.
| Name | Role | Company | Where | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Elberg | Chief People Officer | Albert | Los Angeles | ryan.elberg@albert.com | +1 914 299 0700 |
| Michael Oh | Chief People Officer | Best Home Health and Hospice Providers, Inc. | San Francisco | moh@besthhp.com | +1 303 902 2237 |
| Tim Burningham | Chief People Officer | Impact Healthcare | Houston, TX | tim@impacthc.org | +1 956 467 5134 |
| Arthur Yamamoto | Chief People Officer | Medely | Irvine, CA | arthur.yamamoto@medely.com | +1 917 328 8420 |
| Heather Gille | EVP, Chief Administrative and Chief People Officer | AssetMark | San Francisco | heather.gille@assetmark.com | +1 423 552 2332 |
| Suzy Walther | Chief People Officer | FalconX | New York | suzy.walther@falconx.io | +1 917 710 5351 |
| Cathy Fraser | Chief People Officer | WelbeHealth | Dallas-Fort Worth | cathy.fraser@welbehealth.com | +1 501 366 0204 |
| Heather Dunn | Chief People Officer | Brex | San Francisco, CA | hdunn@brex.com | +1 517 927 7522 |
| Callistus Antony D'Angelus | Chief People Officer | San Francisco-Marin Food Bank | San Ramon, CA | adangelus@sfmfoodbank.org | +1 415 528 1022 |
| Tiffany Segura | Chief Executive Officer | AVP Solutions | Los Angeles, CA | tiffany@avpsolutions.com | +1 818 652 9385 |
Where to start
Lead with the group program for client facing teams
Your corporate group coaching program is built for leadership teams and for client facing, sales and service teams. Advisory firms and agencies that live on client trust and referrals are a natural first cohort.
Turn the stage into the next program
A keynote at a first responder, healthcare or industry event puts your story in front of the people who buy training. A workshop offer after the talk gives the room a clear next step.
Built from public federal registries and the company's own website, counts banded deliberately.
If a walk-through is useful, pick a time at cal.com/ecg.
Prepared by Dan Reeves, dan@enquirerconsulting.com.