About Stand Out International

We provide speaking, training, coaching and editorial services to professionals, executives and organizations that are committed to:

• Developing talent, leaders, and personal brands
• Achieving positive behavioral change
• Influencing effective corporate cultures

We develop professionals/executives and impact their cultures to:

• Foster high-performance and deliver results
• Encourage individuals to build their own brand based on their passion and strengths
• Release pressure, tension, stress and foster fun and enjoyment

We make coaching and education enjoyable!

Simon Vetter, President and CEO of SOI, is a business coach, trainer and speaker, specializing in behavioral change, leadership effectiveness and personal brand management.

Clients engage him because they want more focus, direction, and enjoyment. He assists them in improving behaviors, effectively influencing others, being more productive, and delivering results.

Simon has coached and advised managers and teams from 3M, Acushnet, Agilent Technologies, CalPERS, DaimlerChrysler, Johnson & Johnson, RE/MAX International, Siemens, US Steel, UBS and more.

Simon delivers practical solutions on advancing one's career and finding personal fulfillment at work, while securing a satisfactory income in the long-term. Simon often presents at conferences and in organizations about Stand Out strategies and brand leadership.

Simon combines an MBA-equivalent degree in Business and Marketing from University of Berne, Switzerland, with 18 years of experience in marketing, sales, and leadership development. He serves on the board of directors of the San Diego World Trade Center and is fluent in English and German. Simon grew up in Switzerland and has been living in San Diego, California for ten years.

Dave Brown, Senior Executive Coach, has successfully guided, coached and mentored more than 1500 clients. He contributes wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary expertise, including: business and entrepreneurial issues (such as organizational development, marketing and sales); personality types; relationship dynamics; and leadership styles. With uncommon insight into mental, emotional, and physical patterns, he has developed a unique approach to uncover the core issues in a supportive and non-threatening, yet highly effective manner.

Since 1980, Dave has been coaching clients on stress management, personal/professional effectiveness, business productivity, maintaining rewarding relationships, and finding balance and freedom in a complex lifestyle. He uses a variety of techniques to quickly get agreement on goals and benchmarks, identify the blocks and opportunities that exist, and clarify ways to be most effective.

Dave is an acknowledged expert in the body-mind connection (over 20,000 sessions conducted), and he is well known for his signature approach to client challenges: identifying the pain, anxiety, stress, tension and anger in their lives, taking steps to release it, and then mapping out a strategy to reach their stated goals and objectives. This strategy uncovers and resolves the core and peripheral issues that limit both personal and professional effectiveness.

His clients come from all walks of life, including senior executives, entrepreneurs, and private-practice professionals such as doctors and lawyers. Past and current clients include executives and professionals at: Blanchard Training and Development; Qualcomm; Motorola; Callaway Golf; Southland Title Company; Fair Isaac; and Alaris Medical Systems.

Adriane Smith, Editorial Director, supports professionals, small businesses, and authors to develop power and clarity in their written communications. A graduate of University of California, San Diego, with a degree in Communication, Adriane is skilled in a wide range of editorial support. Her background includes ghostwriting and/or editing books, websites, marketing materials, speeches, newsletters, key correspondence and more - always striving to deliver the message in the most effective, authentic, and accurate way. With a mind for strategic marketing and unique, functional content, she helps people bring concepts to life with clarity and accuracy.

For more information, please contact us and we will be happy to talk with you.