Tom is a visionary. His goal is to inspire a new generation of leaders. Leaders who transcend ego and its fear based agenda, to experience the authentic fulfillment of Self and Others by co-creating a Game worth playing.
His understanding of what makes relationships work and how good relationships work for the good of the company led him to create the concepts that make CEO2 unique.Engineer, programmer, retailer, marketing and sales executive and energetic entrepreneur, Tom’s success stems from his insatiable curiosity and his ability to translate esoteric principles into a language that can be understood by the rest of the world.
In 1979, he founded Griffin:Thomas Marketing Group, New Haven, Connecticut, one of the nation’s largest firms specializing in marketing communications and sales support for the growing Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Home Improvement Market.In 1984 he expanded the company with G:T Human Resource Communications, Inc., that helped companies "Get, Motivate and Keep Good People”.A year later, long before it was fashionable to be "In Search of Excellence”, a new division evolved, focused on developing leaders throughout the corporate structure.
In 1989, at a national marketing conference at which they were both speakers, Tom met Frances Fujii, also a CEO. A long distance romance ensued and after making United Airlines stock climb for a year, Tom headed west to join his new wife, best friend and business partner in creating a dynamic new venture: CEO2.
CEO2’s Accelerated Transformational Technology brings organizations to the next level in their evolution with a lot less of the traditional pain and drama.“Companies can expand and prosper,” says Voccola, “while at the same time providing a rich environment for career growth, self expression and contribution.At CEO2 we help leaders develop the extraordinary relationships they need to create the extraordinary futures they envision.”
Besides creating extraordinary organizations, Tom’s great passion is sailing.His mistress, a classic 44’ Mercer Sloop named Sea Fever resides at Ventura HarborCalifornia.
Frances L. Fujii, MA, Executive Coach
Co-founder of CEO2 ; executive and life coach; group facilitator; NLP (NeuroLinguistic Practitioner); U.C. Davis certified adult learning instructor; founder of Transitions Life Coaching; mother; wife; daughter.
Frances’ gifts include:
Focused listening, enabling each person to feel heard,
The ability to quickly discern the dynamics within a situation, and
The design and delivery of transformational programs and learning processes to fill a specific need.
Frances' Life Purpose is to illuminate "The Magnificent Prism of the Human Spirit." She is the former CEO of a corporate communications firm and is author of the soon to be released book, Capturing Legacy: A Step-by-Step Guide to Celebrating the Meaning and Wisdom in Your Life.
Frances thrives on taking leadership and communication integration to new levels, designing and delivering powerful programs that include breakthrough approaches to organizational transformation, leadership development, executive coaching, and all aspects of human communication. Frances is head of program development for Project TRIUMPH (Today’s Revolution Is Understanding: Make Peace Happen), a non-profit organization bringing Middle Eastern Arab and Jewish teenage leaders together to co-create a more peaceful world.
Frances holds an M.A. degree in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica. Her personal passions include hanging out with her family; hiking and the great outdoors; gem and mineral collecting, and armchair mountaineering.
George M. Senko, MBA, Executive Coach
A seasoned CEO, COO and CFO in previous lives, George brings tremendous insight and understanding gleaned from over 30 years experience in growing technical companies and managing the acquisition and divestiture of multiple corporate holdings.
An independent consultant for many years, George specializes in guiding companies through critical growth stages. For example, as CFO and Acting VP of Finance for Lexas Corporation, (developer of voice and data PABX), he facilitated its acquisition by United Technologies from Citicorp and took the firm from product development to full manufacturing and sales. In a subsequent assignment, George stepped in as President for Dynamic Sciences, Inc. to transition and grow this high tech company from a consulting-oriented to a mature product based firm, leveraging the unique talents of its engineering staff. Special emphasis: developing the marketing strategy and sales force to expand domestic and international sales. Other accomplishments: the successful sale of a company to an employee owned ESOP; negotiation of a significant settlement payment with the government to a minority owned aerospace firm, and structuring the startup operations for a securities based dotcom company.
George holds MBA and MS degrees from UCLA and a BS, Engineering Science degree from the University of Notre Dame.
Stephen L. Gomes, Ph.D. Strategic Alliances, Partnerships and Joint Ventures. Mergers and Acquisitions
An expert in the field of joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions, Steve brings a uique blend of skills to the table: natural enthusiasm; an insightful and balanced perspective; extensive domestic and international experience; knowledge of organizational design, work flow management, conflict resolution strategies, technical commercialization approaches, leadership styles, cooperation models and a clear understanding of the factors related to successful business collaboration.
With a 20 year consulting practice focused on assisting clients to achieve high performance results with their international strategic alliances and joint ventures, Steve's specialty is strategy and leadership. He used a market-tested combnation of guided facilitation, coaching, dispute resolution, mediation, leadership workshop and seminar services to help clients co-create sustainable collaborations, joint ventures, partnerships and strategic alliances. His client assignments have ranged from helping NASA create and implement a $100 million 80-member technology development R&D consortia to assisting in the regeneration and mediation of an underperforming strategic alliance for the Industrial Gas Technology non-profit research foundation.
As part of his experience, Steve has been Senior Partner of The Warren Company, a strategic alliance consulting firm responsible for Fortune 500 clients including Xerox, IBM, Mobil Oil, Anderson Consulting, Arthur Andersen, Price Waterhouse and Wells Fargo Bank. He is the past CEO for a successful non-profit Silicon Valley technology development and joint venture firm, AmTech, Inc., was manager of international marketing for Technology Development Group at Bechtel Corporation, Vice President of Systems Planning at Airways Engineering Corporation, and has been on the Boards of Advisors for several high tech companies. Steve has extensive international experience, including work in 65 countries and a two-year assignment to Brazil with the U.S. Peace Corps.
Steve holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Nevada and a Ph.D. in Public and International Management (under a fully funded NASA Ph.D. Fellowship Grant) from the University of Pittsburgh. He is also a mediator trained under guidance of the Community Board of San Francisco.
A cheerful workaholic, Steve relaxes by reading, hiking and contributing to others, including teaching a Master's of Science and Technology course entitled "A Practicum in Technology Commercialization."
Jim Lockard, Author, Trainer, Human Potential Coach
Jim has been involved in human potential training and development for over 25 years in a variety of settings. His focus is on empowering individuals and organizations to enhance performance through greater self-awareness. He believes in leading through vision, clear communication, and positive professional relationships.
Jim was in law enforcement for over 24 years, and rose through the ranks in two agencies, Ocean City, Maryland and Miami-Dade County, Florida. His focus was in training and internal consulting, along with assignments in patrol and investigative units. He brought a number of innovative programs to the agencies where he served, including serving as commander of the Tourist Police Program in Miami which resulted in an 88% drop in tourist-related crimes.
Jim has consulted with organizations such as the U.S. Departments of Justice and Defense, the NFL, the Miami-Dade Corrections Department, and Countrywide Financial Corporation. He is a certified practitioner of Spiral Dynamics™, a model of human thinking and values, which contains an innovative and effective approach to leadership and communications within organizations of all kinds. He is also a certified facilitator of the Pacific Institute’s Investment In Excellence™ Program.
He is an ordained minister, and serves on the Board of Directors of Religious Science International, where he is Director of the Department of Transformation, which is charged with research and development and the transition of the organization into a complex and diverse future.
He is involved in projects with futurist and author Barbara Marx Hubbard to create a spiritual and ethical framework for the implementation of future technologies that will significantly impact humanity and our planet.
As an author, his book SURVIVAL THINKING FOR POLICE AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS was published in 1990. He has published numerous articles in magazines and journals, and has a new book in the pre-publication phase.
Jim has a BA degree from the University of Maryland at College Park, and an MPA degree from the University of Miami. Jim’s interests include travel, reading, golf, wine appreciation, and creating the ideal relationship with his wife, Dorianne Cotter-Lockard. He is very excited about joining the CEO2 team.
Paul Meyer, CPA, Former CFO, C-level Executive Coach
Paul is a numbers guy, having spent most of his career as a CFO of a publicly traded technology company. He originally experienced CEO2 as a client and now is committed to ensuring clients receive a sizable ROI on their investment in CEO2 services. His strength is the practical application of the CEO2 system throughout an organization, creating the infrastructure and providing the tools to all levels, so that measurable results can be obtained.
He joined Interlink Electronics, a California high tech company, in 1989 as a relative startup and managed the Company’s financial, accounting, administration and information technology systems throughout the Company’s growth to a NASDAQ-traded company. Along the way, he oversaw the fundraising of venture capital, private equity, the IPO and several public rounds subsequent to the IPO; as well as, bank and lease financing. After spending over 15 years as a CFO, he engaged in a consulting practice assisting public companies in the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley control systems and advising smaller companies in all aspects of their finance and accounting challenges.
He is also well-versed in international business, having set up subsidiaries in Japan, Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Prior to Interlink Electronics, Paul served in increasingly senior financial executive positions with several emerging growth companies and a Fortune 500 company.
Paul is a Certified Public Accountant, having received his initial training with Price Waterhouse in Los Angeles. He has a Bachelor’s in Economics from UCLA. He is a past Chairman of both the MIT Enterprise Forum small business advisory organization and the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Electronics Association, the largest U.S. high technology trade group.
Paul’s personal mantra is Balance. He places his family first, rarely missing events his children participate in. Fitness is an important aspect of his life. He is an avid trail runner (with his dog, Jasper), surfer and practitioner of Tae Kwon Do.
