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Russ Michael Schmidtberger ("Russ Michaels") is a principle and partner of Vault Bros. As a certified personal development coach, he specializes in coaching communication, performance, leadership and time management. He leads the Vault Bros.' unique and distinguished communication curriculum in both the United States and globally. Mentors and influencers include Brendon Burchard, Byron Katie, Tony Robbins, Werner Erhard, Heather Steele and Dr. Barry Morguelan. As a successful transactional attorney, Russ is familiar with mitigation, mediation and non-violent communication (NVC). He is a former college pole vaulter, NCAA graduate assistant football coach, and Nashville songwriter. As an executive and business coach, Russ owns and operates multiple real estate and consultant companies. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and currently directs and leads multi-million dollar non-profit and for-profit commercial development teams throughout Texas and the Southeast. Residing in Austin, Texas, Russ focuses on the ongoing creation of Vault's communication methodology, all the coaching content and Vault's expanding client-base.
Aaron Schmidtberger is a principle and partner of Vault Bros. specializing in private education, leadership, worldwide recruiting, and global school development. Passionate about global innovation and school reform, Aaron’s philosophy closely aligns with; writers, Daniel H. Pink, Tony Wagner and Ted Dintersmith, the inspired school designs led by Prakash Nair, and the Next Frontier Inclusion and Mastery Transcripts initiatives that have steadily challenged the current norms in education. He is a former collegiate pole vaulter, wall street contractor, and international boarding school teacher, coach and admissions recruiter. Aaron is an experienced school administrator and currently serves as Head of Admissions at a top international day school. He resides in Basel, Switzerland, focusing on the ongoing creation of Vault's education curriculum for teenagers, training, marketing and international non-profit and business endeavors.
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