Alexandra Fenzl

holds her PhD in International Management and Marketing, having completed her academic studies in the United States, France and Austria.

Alexandra has more than 12 years global management experience, assuming senior positions in public and private companies in the field of software development, supply chain management, marketing services, manufacturing, and IT security. Native Austrian, she has embraced the multinational business community with projects in the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Since 2005, Alexandra has focused on interims management in companies close to bankruptcy or mission-critical phases. Her skills are mostly applied in business process restructuring and improvement, change management bottom-up and down, turn-around management in multi-cultural settings. Alexandra also speaks at industry conferences, writes and co-authores IT-Management focused articles, mentors start-ups as venture coach and team leader, and teaches post-graduate students at Frederick Taylor University.

She started working with horses in her childhood while successfully competing on a young-rider team. She deepened her knowledge of body-mind-soul interaction in animals through diploma studies in homeopathy and canine & equine psychology.

She is fluent in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, with conversational skills in Swedish and Russian.

Lisa Illichmann

has more than 9 years of experience in high-end recruiting, and performance and communication coaching, working primarily with international companies in the field of software development, technologies and financial services. Lisa has her roots in language and communication, having studied in Austria, and completed her studies in the United States.

Since 2005 she has dedicated her professional training and development to the areas of communication and motivation theory, performance enhancement, and coaching. She focuses on the development of personal empowerment and non-violent communication for the achievement of win/win situations in both professional and personal environments.

Since her early years in Colorado, Lisa has lived and worked with horses, and been involved in natural horsemanship and equine psychology. What started as a typical young girl’s love for animals grew into a deep and profoundly enlightening relationship, as she began to realize how the horses had helped to form her beliefs and behaviors. Horses are still Lisa’s teachers; as she strives to train them, they continue to train her.

Her competitive experience began in jumping and eventing and has developed over the years into the art of classical dressage, combining mind and body. Lisa is fluent in both German and English.