Mike Ridpath
Senior Manager Products and Services

Websites:

• http://www.etcwa.com

• Other Sites / Companies apart of Evergreen Team Concepts
• 2010 Service Initiative http://www.servinit.com
• Lean Leadership Institute http://www.lli5s.org

Evergreen Team Concepts provides training in over 100+ topics, with 8 professional certification programs. Evergreen Team Concepts is an innovative industry leader in information resources providing training, consulting and seminars to meet the demand of companies throughout the Northwest. We also provide onsite training "practically" anywhere in the world. We are dedicated in inspiring individual growth and enabling companies to achieve not only financial growth, through elimination of waste and stronger leadership, but also developing teams outside of the box - empowering creativity to the organization. Evergreen Team Concepts is committed to leadership through our integrity, innovation, client satisfaction, financial stability, and our strength is generated from commitment to our clients, employees and industry.

Evergreen Team Concepts was a Startup of the Year Finalist and has received various other honors and rewards and is proud to be one of the most innovative training companies in the world.

Some of our creations, service and products are listed below:

Evergreen Team Concepts started the Lean Leadership Institute (www.lli5s.org) to be a certifying body and national association. The Lean Leadership Institute provides members with ongoing leadership training in Lean 5S, discounted coaching opportunities, discounted Lean resource material and free online training modules. The Lean Leadership Institute provides Lean 5S certification, process improvement coaching, module - project based Lean and kaizen training, and free resources for members to continue to learn more about increased profits through decreased wastes and costs.

Evergreen Team Concepts also started HAMFLAP.com which is a community of business professionals. The online community benefits and participates in a think tank of creative ideas, insights, meeting games, team games and workplace culture enhancements.

HAMFLAP.com has the top coaches, consultants, keynote speakers and trainers participating within its community. This community is a place to share articles and case studies, blog, post clean jokes, meeting games and tips, photos and strategies related to "Have As Much Fun & Laughter As Possible". This community will give you break through ideas, tips and multiple ways to have your team heading in a direction of more creativity, more production, more innovation and with less stress in yours and the teams personal and professional lives. Within HAMFLAP.com you can: Use the forum to share ideas and gather tips Give Karma or Smite members for their posts Create your own event or attend other members' events Learn from other business owners, trainers and consultants Share your knowledge with other business professionals Create a blog to share your knowledge with the world Share photos of having fun while at work Rate and vote on your top photos

Evergreen Team Concepts has released two team training DVDS as a part of its Training In a Box DVD Series. The Training in the Box DVD Series includes everything you need to train yourself and your team on these powerful and insightful training workshop topics. Includes DVD, CD (Audio), Workbook (PDF files), MS PowerPoint and all handouts. The two DVDs that have been release thus far are Powerful Personal Energy - Creating, Sustaining and Transferring Energy and Success program creator and instructor Henry Beeland, Founder & CEO of Evergreen Team Concepts, will show you how following a few simple guidelines can have you on the path to daily energy explosion. It's really no secret at all! We are driven everyday by energy. The questions are -- what energy? And whose energy? Preview a few sections before you purchase below. The second DVD is L.E.A.D.E.R.S. which is an acronym for Leadership, Energy, Attitude, Discipline, Empowerment, Responsibility and Succession. A comprehensive three-hour Evergreen Team Concepts Bellingham workshop filmed and designed to address the core competencies your leadership team needs to create an engaging, effective environment for your team, your customers, and your business success in the competitive marketplace. Leadership -- Understanding Personal and professional leadership. Energy -- Education and experience for motivation and confidence Attitude -- The three attitudinal stances assumed by leaders Discipline -- Creating empathy, compassion and fairness Empowerment -- Build a culture of diversity, creativity and value Responsibility -- Understanding personal team roles Succession -- the rule of two

The 2010 Service Initiative to prepare local business for the 2010 Winter Olympics. The 2010 Winter Olympics will generate sustainable economic benefits for local businesses. These include increased infrastructure, jobs, business development opportunities and improvements in several other areas. Evergreen Team Concepts has proactively developed programs to leverage the benefits that will come with the Olympic movement and sustain those benefits throughout our community long after the closing ceremonies have ended.

Our Team Growth Matrix that will provide your leadership team with a competitive edge in today's marketplace by providing them with the latest training, tools, and techniques to succeed and meet the company's goals and objectives. This is our unique training software that is revolutionizing the way tracking training and purchasing training is done.

Who are we?

At Evergreen Team Concepts; our cornerstone is our company's core values. The cornerstone concept is derived from the first stone set in the construction of a foundation. This is important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire edifice which is our organization.

OUR CORE VALUES:

We are Innovative: We are creators, we are thought leaders and we incorporate solution-oriented thinking in all that we do. We will continuously strive to develop, plan for, and implement innovative solutions for our clients' needs. We see opportunities - not obstacles; we see growth - not complacency; we see innovation - not redundancy; we see success.

We are Creative: Our creativity is what sets us apart from the rest. We bring this passionate energy with us in all our endeavors. Individually we inspire, in teams we synergistically create. We embrace imagination and empower the individual to transfer vision to concept and dreams to reality.

We are Professional: We conduct our personal, business and social lives with ethical professionalism. We are ever-mindful that we are living extensions of our values, and practice these same values with all our clients.

We are Inspiring: We stimulate, we provoke, we influence and we encourage our team members and our clients. We recognize that the greatest barometer for success is measured not by how far an individual rises, but in how many others have risen as a result.

We are Compassionate: We show our compassion through our active community involvement. We continually look for opportunities to serve and help out where possible. Each of our team members believe that we have a responsibility to be good stewards unto our fellowmen. We understand that the only way to truly feel empowered is to first empower others.

We are Dedicated: Our focus and our end goal is customer success. We are dedicated to delivering high-value experiences. We anticipate each day with dedication, determination and dependability. Dedicated to facilitating success for others; determined to create solutions rather than problems; and dependable in the face of a changing world.

We are Committed: We are committed to our team members and their personal, financial and spiritual well-being. We believe that the only way to ensure a successful and fulfilled experience for our team is to create success for our clients through a constant commitment to create continuous growth and continuous improvement.

We are Leaders: Evergreen Team Concepts leads the marketplace with our vision and our unsurpassed quality services. By our tangible example, we empower everyone within the organization to lead where they are. We believe that leadership is a lifestyle not a title. We believe that true leadership does not create followers, but more leaders.

We are Evergreen Team Concepts: Innovative. Creative. Professional. Inspiring. Compassionate. Dedicated. Committed. Leaders.

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Colleges / Training: Phoenix '08 Bachelors of Business, Organizational Innovation

Rockhurst '08 Leadership and Management Certification

Evergreen Team Concepts '08 Lean 5S Leadership Certification, Communications, Team Building, Marketing

Western International University '06 General Business Administration

Combined Insurance Sales School '02

Prior - 2001 various computer security / cryptography conventions Team: Dead [Protocol] Society Team Won Capture the Flag Defcon 8 (Hacking game) Defcon 7 Team Won Social Engineering Contest * Team was one of the winners of Spot the Fed (Defcon)