Kimberly Wiefling is a physicist turned entrepreneur, consultant, and mentor with extensive experience in the R&D and manufacturing of hardware, software, firmware, chemistry, and physics. She has held leadership positions ranging from NPI Program Manager to VP of Program Management & Organizational Effectiveness for a Xerox Parc spinoff. With a passion for making a positive difference, Wiefling transforms individuals and organizations to achieve "impossible" business results by enabling leaders to avoid or fix the common causes of failure in global teams. She specializes in cross-functional and cross-cultural teams, having worked globally with people from 50 different countries in every corporate function. As a founder of Silicon Valley Alliances and Wiefling Consulting, Wiefling has been involved in launching a dozen startups and coached EmbeddedWorks, which bootstrapped to 7 figure annual revenues. She invests in and advises organizations committed to solving the problems of the world profitably.