EXECUTIVE TEAM

Andrew Shimberg
Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Shimberg is a respected consultant and advisor to some of the world’s most powerful executives. Working across the Global 1000, Shimberg has helped leaders in organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, ConocoPhillips, and Daimler drive complex behavior change to secure bottom-line results. Prior to his role as chief executive officer at VitalSmarts, Shimberg served as President of nGen Talent, a division of nGenera Corporation. Shimberg has also led dozens of large-scale research projects. His latest research on increasing influence to solve entrenched problems was named the 2009 Change Management Approach of the Year by the MIT Sloan Management Review.

Mike Carter
Cofounder, Executive Vice President
With more than twenty years of experience, Mike has cofounded eight business start-ups in which he specialized in leading sales channel development among other leadership positions. Volunteering as a business and career mentor, Mike has advised more than 200 individuals and business start-ups. He studied business at the University of Texas and Brigham Young University. Under Mike's leadership, the VitalSmarts sales team won a 2007 American Business Awards in the Best Sales Team category. Mike also received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 Award in the Utah region.

Jeff Gibbs
Chief Operations Officer
Jeff brings with him eighteen years of business management, engineering, and product development experience. An experienced entrepreneur, he has successfully pioneered new products and processes while working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Clearstone Corporation, and the LDS Church, and on several large-scale consulting projects. Jeff holds a master’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University with an emphasis in statistics and computer science.

Yan Wang
Chief Financial Officer
Yan has more than fourteen years of experience in her field and has been a certified public accountant for more than ten years. Prior to joining VitalSmarts, she worked as a senior accountant for a manufacturing company and as a CPA for a public accounting firm. Yan also taught accounting and economics at Shanghai Agricultural College. She holds a bachelor's degree in agricultural economics from Shanghai Agricultural College, and master's degrees from Utah State University and Brigham Young University.

Mary McChesney
Vice President of Marketing
Since joining VitalSmarts in 2004, Mary has led the company's largest integrated marketing and publicity campaigns. As vice president of marketing, she oversees five main marketing functions: Product Management, Corporate Communications, Demand Generation, Channel Marketing, and Project Management. Specifically, Mary has been instrumental in launching and sustaining the company's New York Times bestselling business books, multiple research studies, and all major product lines. In 2010, Mary’s team received a Stevie for “Marketing Department of the Year” from The American Business Awards.

Emily Hoffman
Vice President, Development & Delivery
As vice president of development and delivery, Emily is integral to the success of the Company’s training products. Under her leadership, VitalSmarts creates and develops the company's award-winning line of training products as well as supports a community of more than six thousand certified training professionals with nationwide development opportunities, conferences, and training implementation tools. Emily also travels around the world speaking, training, and consulting to the VitalSmarts roster of Fortune 500 clients. She graduated from Emory University with a BA in English, and received an MD from the University of Utah School of Medicine and an MBA from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University.