Chris Cochella

Investor / Strategic Advisor / Board Member @ TrioMRR

About

20190920 Favorite new book to share: Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal Great read on how to change an amazing organization from an outdated model to one that is adaptive, nimble while carrying forward excellence. 20190610 Favorite new book to share: The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth This book is incredible as setting the stage for seeking team performance. --- Vision Helping leaders and business owners build safe, trusting and caring environments that lead to high performing people, trams and organizations. Mission Unlocking the peak potential within you and the people in your business. We help you discover what is blocking the path toward peak performance. Do this by focusing on 3 areas with specific attention on Discovery—the overlapping area: People & Leadership Innovation & Growth Opportunity Cash & Profit Discovery Mindset--Overlap of the above. Key Areas of Expertise: New Product Development Lean Startup Methods Scaling Up / Rockefeller Habits Business Development Disciplined Identification and Execution on Growth Opportunities Risk Management Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Strategic Marketing Partnerships Brand Positioning E-Commerce (Direct to Consumer, Amazon)

Country

United States

City

Salt Lake City

Industry

Primary/Secondary Education

Skill

Problem Solving, Negotiation, Collaborative Problem Solving, Decision-Making, Decision Analysis, Higher Education Teaching, Guest Lecturing, Executive Coaching, Business Coaching, Business Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Business Development, Innovation, Ideas Development, Marketing, E-commerce, Strategic Partnerships, Change Management, Marketing Strategy, Web Development

Experience

Investor / Strategic Advisor / Board Member

TrioMRR

2025-6 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

Provide strategic advice and coaching for partnership agreements, go to market strategy and funding.

Steering Committee Member

Alliance for Decision Education

2024-3 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Ensuring that Decision Education is part of every student’s learning experience. Our mission is to improve lives by empowering students with essential skills and dispositions for making better decisions.

President

Basix Services, LLC

2024-1 - Present · 2 yrs 9 mos

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Providing the last mile access to healthcare through provider networks, self-directed resources and efficient provider & resource matching.

Teaching Faculty

Professional Education at the University of Utah

2022-5 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Board Member

TRAILS UTAH

2020-12 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Managing Partner, Coach

Sequoia Growth Partners

2018-10 - Present · 8 yrs

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Partner with people and organizations by building trusting relationships that lead to creating new futures. Specializing in: Leadership & People Scaling & Growing Lean & Innovative

Innovation Coach

OpenIDEO

2019-5 - Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

Brackitz Founder & Co-Owner

Brackitz - Creative Power to Play, Learn & Grow

2012-3 - Present · 14 yrs 7 mos

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Invented and founded Brackitz, an award-winning 3x patented children's educational building system. Launched over 17 new products and 21 components using an agile, lean and analytical innovation product development process. Led the B2B, B2C go-to-market pricing, marketing and sales strategy that grew sales by 5x, product line by 4x and distribution by 2x in B2B PreK-6th STEM education market.

Head of Strategic Partnerships

ExpertVoice

2019-9 - 2023-9 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Greater Salt Lake City Area

Growing high-trust, meaningful relationships with globally recognized strategic partners, retailers and brands. Partner with ExpertVoice, https://www.expertvoice.com/business/solutions/partnership/

Executive Secretary

Park City Toastmasters

2016-7 - 2017-7 · 1 yr 1 mo

Park City, Utah

Member of the Executive Team Maintain an accurate membership roster Records meeting minutes Plan Spring Toastmaster Conference.

Education

University of California, Berkeley

Economics

University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

Leading With Ethics and Emotional Intelligence

2019 - 2019

Emotional Intelligence (EI) and a strong commitment to personal values are integral to effective leadership. Leaders with these skills are keenly aware of their emotions and the emotions of others, and they use those insights to lead, engage, and empower those around them. This program will help you hone your EI and ethical decision-making skills to make a bigger impact in your organization and become a stronger leader.

Generative Leadership

2020 - 2020

University of Utah

Professional Coaching

2019 - 2019

Become an effective Professional Coach through our 12-month program and learn how to partner with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires maximum personal and professional potential. Done right, professional coaching can drive sales, employee engagement, creativity, workplace satisfaction, and bottom line results. The curriculum and mentor coaching included in this program meets the ICF requirements to apply for an Associate Certified Coaching credential.

University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

Accounting and Finance

2012 - 2014 · 2 yrs

Corporate Finance Business Valuation

University of Colorado Boulder

Geography

1985 - 1989 · 4 yrs

University of Utah

Medical Informatics / Bioinformatics

1988 - 1988

University of Utah

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

1998 - 1998

Using a combination of lecture, discussion and exercises, understand the issues of conflict, learn effective communication styles, and discover strategies for effective negotiation. This class is part of the following Professional Education certificate programs: Administration Certificate Human Resources Management Certificate