Management Team & Advisory Board

MyPrivateCoach's stable and unstoppable growth is supported by a carefully chosen management team as well as advisors in different fields: business, health & fitness and marketing.

Management Team

• CEO, President & Founder - Valérie Orsoni
  Since 1992, Valérie Orsoni, Master Certified Coach, has been providing life, business and weight-loss coaching to hundreds of successful clients.
  She is the CEO and Founder of the fastest-growing and most successful coaching company in North America and Europe: MyPrivateCoach (founded in 2000).
  Orsoni is an inspirational, results-oriented, dynamic, and sought-after international speaker on motivation, nutrition, and healthy, permanent weight loss. She has been published in numerous print media, and has been presented by Jesse Dylan of the highly-acclaimed “Good Life Show” as “the Most Famous Private Coach in the World". Valerie Orsoni recently received the 2007 Enterprising Woman Award, which honors the country's finest women entrepreneurs.
  >> Read Valérie Orsoni's Full Bio
  She is based in San Francisco and can be contacted at management@myprivatecoach.com

• Director of Operations and Chief of Staff - Sara Hecht
  Sara Hecht is in charge of all Speron Inc operations, both local and international. This covers MyPrivateCoach, Speron, 30dayBootcamp, 28jours, LeBootCamp, and our publication services. She oversees the legal, financial, HR, partners management.
  She can be contacted at sara@myprivatecoach.com
• Product Manager – Online Coaching Programs - Delphine Arduini
  A Biology & Physiology graduate (Paris XI University, France) Delphine specialized in food chemistry, food sciences & technologies, and nutrition while studying at Laval University, Canada.
  Her Dietetic & Metabolic Diseases degree (Medicine Dpt of Rennes University, France) allowed her to deepen and grow her expertise in nutrition & dietetic. Moreover, she studied management and health marketing during her last year of study (DESS - University of Marseille, France).
  During a successful professional experience as a research engineer within the nutrition department of the DANONE group, she worked on several projects, with a focus on the glycemic index, weight management, and cognitive performances.
  Beyond this corporate experience, Delphine is a certified coach and has been in charge of several nutrition projects with other large corporations.
  She is based in Paris, France, and can be contacted at delphine@myprivatecoach.com
• Manager – Customer Support, Nutrition & Weight Loss Program - Nadege Bedos
  A Certified Dietitian, Nadege manages our customer support resources for all French-speaking programs.
  She is based in sunny Southern France, and can be contacted at nadege@myprivatecoach.com
• Director – Indian Nutrition Program - Christina Gopal, BSc
  Based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Christina holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Food, Health and Nutrition, and is a Founding Member of the IAC. She has been instrumental in adapting our flagship 30dayBootCamp: Your Ultimate Weight Loss Plan to the Indian population needs. A certified weight loss coach and nutrition expert, Christina puts her extensive knowledge and experience to work, and helps design innovative 100% success programs.
  She can be contacted at canada@myprivatecoach.com
• Vice President of Engineering & Architecture - Alex Leonetti
  Based out of San Francisco and a highly recognized expert of complex systems architectures, Alexandre Leonetti brings his savoir-faire to MyPrivateCoach and manages the engineering team. Developing and maintaining a scalable and secured website is the mission of Alexandre Leonetti.
  He can be contacted at engineering@myprivatecoach.com

Advisory Board

• Strategy & Business Development - Cyril Vart
  

  Cyril Vart is a creative and seasoned senior marketer, with a 22 year experience in the high-tech and media industries.

  He specializes in strategic marketing and business development using technologies and behavioural marketing as a competitive advantage.

  He currently is Advisor to the CEO at Mondadori France, focusing on digital devlopment strategy.
  He previously held several senior positions noticeably at Wanadoo Portals, where he was VP of Strategic marketing, and before that Marketing director for Altavista Software and Lotus Devlopment.
  Prior to this last position, Cyril started his carreer in the video gaming and software industry in both technical and marketing positions.

• Business Advisor - Philippe Bouissou PhD
  Philippe Bouissou has been involved in the software industry both in Silicon Valley and Europe for over 15 years. Before co-founding Astra Venture Partners, he was General Partner at Ventech, a $200M seed and early stage VC firm based in Paris and spent 5 years at Allegis Capital, a $500M firm, as one of the 5 partners. Prior to Allegis, Philippe held several management positions at Apple Computer. In his last position, he founded and ran the worldwide Internet commerce group, and was responsible for the creation, development and management of the online "Apple Store." Prior to Apple, Philippe was with Lagardère Group, a $12 billion France-based, high technology and diversified media company. In his capacity as Senior Vice President, he was responsible for business development for multimedia products and online services in the United States. In 1991, Philippe founded and was CEO of G2i, Inc., a Unix software company in the field of automated programming language translation.
• Medical Advisor - Dr. Lebaron PhD
  Dr. Samuel LeBaron is among the most distinguished family doctors in the country. An Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, he is Director of the Center for Education in Family and Community Medicine. He has received numerous teaching awards. In 2003 he was selected by the American Association of Medical Colleges to receive a highly prestigious national award for "Humanism in Medicine," given to only one doctor chosen from nominees all across the country.
• Naturopathic Medicine Advisor - Dr. Nigma Sciortino N.D.
  Dr. Nigma Sciortino ND, is a well respected Naturopathic doctor who practices at the West Vancouver Naturopathic Clinic in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her appointments include adjunct clinical instructor for both the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medical School and the Boucher Institute as well as she serves on the Quality Assurance Committee, subcommittee of The College of Naturopathic Physicians.

  Dr. Sciortino not only educates the public about Naturopathic medicine but she trains hundreds of healthcare practitioners across Canada about various health issues and laboratory interpretation including guidelines about diet, supplementation, cutting edge therapies and laboratory testing. She has been interviewed and has written for many well respected magazines and TV shows in pursuit of educating the public about the safe and effective uses of complementary medicine.

• Fitness Advisor - Steve Kemp
  Founder and owner of "Born To Win Fitness", Steve Kemp's mission is to share his knowledge with everyone who desires to learn and apply his lifelong fitness program. Steve is a former Olympic decathlete and current 3 times World Masters Track and Field champion as well as a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer. He has devised and gathered over 200 types of exercises that are performed in your own home with a minimal amount of equipment. In most instances, the results gained from these "functional integrated training" exercises surpass those that most people are obtaining in the gym. The movements start simple and become progressively more challenging as you become stronger and fitter, thus they work for all body types. The primary purpose in sharing this program is so each of us can have lifelong fitness even if we are pressed for time and don't have a gym membership at our disposal.