Pattie has a diverse background as an author, speaker, trainer, team builder, and coach. She is passionate and energetic, bringing her years of experience to work for her clients. Her personal vision is to make a difference and empower people to be the best they can be – and she lives this vision with every client engagement.
Before joining the team at Outback, Pattie was a senior leader for global Fortune 500 companies and owned her own consulting company.
She loves to travel for work with clients, lounge in the sun with her husband and two dogs, cook, entertain friends, and relax with a good book.
Heather played a wide variety of sports, including softball, tennis, basketball, and soccer before finding her true love, volleyball, which she played competitively – including 12 seasons on the pro beach volleyball tour. From her passion of sports grew her career working with corporate teams. She offers entertaining, engaging, and educational professional workshops.
In her spare time, Heather is an avid gardener and pet mom to her dog, Kalani, and cat, Sakaki. At home, she grows organic vegetables and even raises hundreds of butterflies, with species ranging from monarchs to swallowtails, fritillary, and Sulphur.
Heather is a lifelong learner. She graduated from university with a designation in Journalism. She also recently added Associate degrees in Human Services; Social & Behavioral Science; Supervision & Management; and Emergency Management/Homeland Security to her formal education.
Growing up, Lyndsay was always curious about life and her surroundings. This passion for learning new things translated into Lyndsay spending her days as a young girl getting involved in many sports and going on adventures with her family. Ultimately, however, Lyndsay focused her curiosity on learning all she could in school and on the ice as a hockey player, which led to an athletic scholarship and Business Marketing degree.
After she finished school, Lyndsay’s next great adventure was one of global exploration. With only a backpack, she set off across North, South, and Central America, as well as Europe. Her experiences travelling gave her the well-known travel bug, and to this day, Lyndsay will jump at the chance to take off to somewhere she’s never been before.
Lyndsay is a firm believer that gratitude and a positive attitude are two things that can help guide you successfully through life. When not running events, you can find her practicing hot yoga, playing sports, eating tacos, hanging out with friends, or pampering her beloved golden retriever.
The first time Miguel helped out on a team building event, he knew it was something he wanted to be a part of. The fast-paced nature of the activity, the passion of the participants, and the energy of the crowd really inspired his decision to join our team.
Miguel loves bringing his attention to detail, extroverted personality, and organization skills to customer events. His previous roles in administration and tourism help give him the confidence and experience to run any activity smoothly.
In his spare time, Miguel likes to explore the outdoors and shred ice with his snowboard. His favorite team building activity is The Amazing Chase.
Michael Vogt brings his leadership experience to his role as facilitator on the Ignitor Training team. With more than a decade under his belt as a business leader and teacher, Michael has experience with every part of running a company. From day-to-day operations, to recruiting new talent, to skills training, to professional coaching.
Michael knows how important the skills of your team are to being successful. He believes there is a direct connection between how qualified your team is, and how much revenue your company brings in. He likes to encourage company leaders to not only grow their own skill set, but to also build skills within their teams so they can grow more successfully.
When he’s not at work, Michael enjoys spending time at home and traveling abroad with his wife and two daughters.
Noel is definitely what you would call a people person. Having worked with groups of all ages through local education programs, he’s developed a passion for making connections with strangers, learning all that he can, and helping people have meaningful experiences. These are just a few of the qualities that make Noel such a wonderful fit for our team.
When he’s not planning or coordinating his next great event, Noel spends much of his time outdoors, traveling and being active. Always up for a new challenge, you can often find him hitting the slopes, surfing the waves, climbing a mountain, or kicking a ball around on the soccer field.
On the rare occasion that he’s settled indoors for the day, Noel enjoys creating memorable experiences with his friends and family. This often means having a board games showdown, cooking meals together, and discussing politics.
Ruth is an international development coach for managers and business leaders. With over twenty years of experience, Ruth has worked with a variety of companies across all sectors and levels of seniority. She is passionate about helping leaders realize their potential to create positive changes and effects in their businesses.
Ruth offers empathy, flexibility, inspiration, and support for companies going through change. Customers appreciate her insights into their business, and her ability to think outside the box to help them create a lasting change.
Her development approach is practical, real-world, and effective. She has helped individual business leaders and entire teams reach their business goals with her practical consulting methods.
If you ask Chris what he`s most passionate about in life, he`ll tell you three things: people, nature, and travel.
To Chris, a work-life balance has always meant a work-travel balance. Ever since he was old enough to set out on his own, he’s been visiting countries around the world.
Growing up, Chris` favorite place to be was in the water. His love of water sports and recreation influenced his decision to travel to places that would let him play in the oceans, lakes, and other bodies of water. Because of this, he’s been around the globe to destinations such as Australia, Asia, and Europe.
After traveling the world for the better part of his 20s, Chris was able to combine his love of travel with his career aspirations when he accepted a job as a Tour Guide. Enthusiastic and social, Chris flourished in the role, which allowed him to interact with people, spend time outdoors, and travel.
Since joining our team, Chris continues to do the things he loves as he brings events to life all over the country. When he’s not out on the road running events, Chris is most likely visiting the ocean, jumping into a lake, or taking a quick dip in a river!
Shannon’s home is a nerd’s paradise. It’s filled with Star Wars, Pokémon, and Zelda memorabilia, as well as all kinds of artsy odds and ends. She’s also a huge Disney fan, which explains why she can usually be found at Disney World. That is, when she’s not traveling to places like Iceland, Ireland, and Thailand.
Shannon is passionate about providing solutions of all kinds, and often finds herself trekking across North America for work to do just that. She considers herself a puzzle master, a skill that allows her to solve virtually anything.
With her enthusiasm and keen attention to detail, Shannon is well-known for bringing her customer’s events to life.
Dave is an expert at infusing energy and fun into every learning experience. His advanced facilitating skills have helped him gain the trust and respect of his clients and fellow facilitators. He has a reputation for delivering fun and effective employee training events that exceed client expectations.
Dave has been providing leadership development consulting services since 2003 and has facilitated in the growth and improvement of many Fortune 500 companies. Dave holds a Masters Degree in Human Resource Development and Adult Learning, He loves to help businesses of all sizes improve their employee relations and increase company-wide morale through effective learning programs.
When he is not guiding businesses to success, Dave pursues adventure with fearless determination. He recently sailed with his family from Lake Ontario to the Florida Keys and back – a total of 7,000 kilometers.