About Us
Akarma is what happens when a startup exec coach partners with a neuroscience and contemplative studies researcher…
Cecilia
Chief Executive Officer | 80% Business/20% Academic
Cecilia built the foundations of Akarma in Web 2.0 Silicon Valley, coaching startups and scaling founders/companies. Using her background in communication science, Cecilia developed methods and systems so that teams would thrive working together and focus on the strategy and the bottom line.
Philip
Chief Product Architect | 80 Academic/20 Business
Cecilia hired Philip as a research consultant to improve her methods and systems with solid science. With 30 years in business, 20 of them as an academic, he used his passion for experimental design to build into her systems tools and techniques from research psychology and neuroscience, creating the scientific foundation that distinguishes Akarma.
Seeing the impact of their approach and the lack of empiricism in the field, they partnered to spur growing businesses with infrastructure built to drive growth and scale all the way to IPO.