About Wisdom Labs
We believe business is a force for social change and it starts with our behaviors at work. More mindfulness, compassion, awareness, and resilience in the workplace will lead to more thoughtful decisions, better relationships, more meaning, and more unlocking of unique human potential—and these are the types of changes that ripple out to improve people’s lives and the planet in general.
Wisdom Labs’ tools and programs are designed to promote individual and group behavior change in a scalable way—helping organizations improve performance, employee engagement, and stress resilience, while reducing employment and healthcare costs.
We Are Good Company
Wisdom Labs Leadership Team
Cory Smith
Co-Founder and CEO
Previously, Cory was CEO of Impact Hub Bay Area, CEO of the Social Capital Markets Conference, the first Innovation Fellow for the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, CEO of Webcast Solutions (acquired by StarMedia/France Telecom) and Co-founder of MediaCast, the first on-location webcast company.
Iris Krause
Chief Revenue Officer
A native of East Germany, Iris left her communist past the very night the Berlin Wall came down. Her adventurous nature led her to San Francisco via Cologne, Reims, Paris, Nimes, Reutlingen and New York. She initially studied psychology and then went on to business. In addition to helping Wisdom Labs run a financially sound business, she has her mind set on measuring and analyzing the impact of our offerings on both individual and corporate well-being.
Parneet Pal, M.B.B.S, M.S
Chief Science Officer
She made a shift from clinical practice to prevention, focusing on the execution of wellness programs in various business and academic settings. She has directed two wellness spas, expanded a private executive health practice and currently coaches executives and consults with organizations on the design and implementation of lifestyle management platforms. In addition to her medical training, Dr. Pal holds a Masters in Exercise and Movement Science from the University of Oregon. Her decade-long meditation and mindfulness practice is key to her personal wellbeing. She continues to foster interdisciplinary health innovation as a TEDMED Scholar.
Brick Thornton
Chief Technology Officer
He has founded and worked with several small startups as well as large companies like MTV Online. Most recently, he served as senior web development instructor and Director of Engineering Empathy, an innovative emotional intelligence program at Dev Bootcamp. At Wisdom Labs, Brick is thrilled to integrate his experience as coder and meditator to develop technology to help people thrive in the workplace.
Scott Murray
Marketing Manager
Scott worked in Marketing Operations with global VC 500 Startups and founded his own media company and marketing consultancy focused on seed-stage companies and local artists. His work has allowed him to support companies in tech, crypto, and renewable energy, consumer products, record labels, and more.
Kyle LaMunyon
Sales Development
He has worked with a variety of startups ranging from apparel e-commerce to corporate mental wellbeing while deriving business growth from honing inbound and outbound strategy. At Wisdom Labs, Kyle is focused on marketing and sales alignment to bring mental wellbeing support and a sense of community back to the workplace.
Cory Smith
Co-Founder and CEO
Previously, Cory was CEO of Impact Hub Bay Area, CEO of the Social Capital Markets Conference, the first Innovation Fellow for the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, CEO of Webcast Solutions (acquired by StarMedia/France Telecom) and Co-founder of MediaCast, the first on-location webcast company.
Iris Krause
Chief Finance and Operations Officer
A native of East Germany, Iris left her communist past the very night the Berlin Wall came down. Her adventurous nature led her to San Francisco via Cologne, Reims, Paris, Nimes, Reutlingen and New York. She initially studied psychology and then went on to business. In addition to helping Wisdom Labs run a financially sound business, she has her mind set on measuring and analyzing the impact of our offerings on both individual and corporate well-being.
Brick Thornton
Chief Technology Officer
He has founded and worked with several small startups as well as large companies like MTV Online. Most recently, he served as senior web development instructor and Director of Engineering Empathy, an innovative emotional intelligence program at Dev Bootcamp. At Wisdom Labs, Brick is thrilled to integrate his experience as coder and meditator to develop technology to help people thrive in the workplace.
Wisdom Labs Advisors
Scott Shute
Former Head of Mindfulness and Compassion, LinkedIn
Scott is at the intersection of the workplace and ancient wisdom traditions. He blends his experience as a Silicon Valley executive with his lifelong practice and passion as a wisdom seeker and teacher. In his most recent role at LinkedIn, Scott was the Head of Mindfulness and Compassion programs. Prior to that he was the VP of Global Customer Operations at LinkedIn. He has been a pioneer in creating workplace mindfulness programs and advancing the discussion around compassion in the work context. He is the author of the highly acclaimed book “The Full Body Yes”.
Anjali Jameson
VP of Product, One Medical
Anjali is currently VP of Product at Habit, a personalized nutrition startup that marries systems biology with digital nutrition coaching.
Before her foray into digital health, Anjali was responsible for mobile commerce at the Apple Online Store, and was the first employee and VP of Marketing at Wink Back, a first-to-market mobile gaming startup. She believes strongly in the idea that the biggest changes to health outcomes will require reaching a broad audience in a very personalized way.
Outside of work, is vice-chair of Veteran’s PATH, a nonprofit teaching mindfulness to veterans and an advisor to several non-profits and a dharma teacher in training with Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society.
Arjun Arora
Managing Partner at Format One
Arjun was a Partner at 500 Startups, Founder & CEO of ReTargeter (acquired by Sellpoints in 2015), and head of business development @ Yahoo! Real Estate.
Arjun has spoken about entrepreneurship internationally (Europe, Asia, and the Middle East), and was recognized at the: White House, United Nations (UN), and the Global Summit for Entrepreneurship, for his success and commitment to a values-centered organization. He also holds a BSc, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science / Entrepreneurship & Technology from UC Berkeley.
Ryan Picarella
Executive VP, Growth and Partnerships, LifeGuides
Widely known for his thought leadership, Ryan has worked with Fortune 500 companies, been a keynote speaker at global conferences and currently serves as Executive Vice president, Growth and Partnerships at LifeGuides and as a senior fellow with WE in the Nation focusing on well-being and equity around the world. Ryan has a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Northern Arizona University.
Tara Brach, Ph.D.
Teacher, Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer & Author
Tara has practiced and taught meditation for over 35 years, with an emphasis on vipassana (mindfulness or insight) meditation and is nationally known for her skill in weaving western psychological wisdom with a range of meditative practices. Founder and senior teacher of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, Tara’s podcasted talks are downloaded nearly a million times each month.
Pete Gombert
Managing Director, GoodWell
With over 20 years of experience and after launching three successful ventures, Pete knows the importance of putting his employees first. Through GoodWell, he has the privilege of sharing this knowledge with others.
Pete’s previous entrepreneurial ventures include businesses in the accounting, energy and marketing verticals. His approach to building businesses centers on creating high-performing, humane cultures focused on disrupting stagnant markets.
Most recently Pete founded and led a company called Balihoo from startup to the leading marketing automation provider in the local marketing space. Balihoo was acquired by a company called Engine in 2016. Pete currently serves as president of Engine Media. He is responsible for both the commercial and operational success of the network’s global media offering.
Prior to Balihoo, Pete was the founder of Enerx, an enterprise software company focused on providing trading and risk-management solutions to the energy industry. Enerx was acquired by KW International in 2001 and the combined entity was subsequently acquired by Sunguard.
Pete is also currently a member of the Board of Directors of Global Shapers Boise, which is an arm of the World Economic Forum focused on developing future leaders. He attended Villanova University, where he received a BS in accounting.
Pete’s business leadership has been featured by the world’s top media including The Economist, The New York Times, AdWeek and others. In 2013, ‘14 and ‘16 Balihoo was named one of the top 50 places to work in the country by Outside magazine. He has also earned numerous accolades for his business and civic leadership.
Jack Kornfield, Ph.D.
Teacher & Author
He is a founding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock Meditation Center. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, and is a father and activist. His books have sold over a million copies and include: A Path with Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness and Peace; and The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology.
Davin Miyoshi
Co-Founder & CEO of Include Capital
As an entrepreneur and growth hacker, he has founded or joined, and successfully exited, a wide range of internet, social, and mobile start-ups and global public companies over the last 20 years. Earlier in his career, he spent time as an investment banker at Montgomery Securities. Most recently, Davin founded and successfully sold one of the early social and mobile gaming companies, Mesmo with over 75 million users worldwide and top 10 applications on iOS, Android and Facebook in 2007.
Davin also serves as Chairman of Mama Hope, a nonprofit that trains impact entrepreneurs from around the world and partners them with visionary leaders in developing countries to lift their communities out of poverty.
Cecily Mak
COO at BlockDeamon
Before joining BlockDeamon, Cecily was a Venture Partner at ConsenSys, and had served as General Counsel and CRO at Flipboard. She was also Senior Vice President and General Counsel to Rhapsody International Inc., a joint venture between Viacom International and RealNetworks, Inc. with investment from Best Buy Stores, Inc. and Universal Music Group. While at Rhapsody Cecily oversaw strategic content relations and management, launched the company’s first patent mining program, led the acquisition of the company’s largest domestic competitor, and played a leadership role in the company’s international expansion, all while growing and developing a highly specialized legal team.
Previously Cecily was with the global in-house legal team at RealNetworks, Inc. (2004-2007) and an associate at Shartsis Friese, LLP (2001-2004). Cecily has been named a “Woman Leader in Tech Law” by The Recorder and honored by Digital Media Wire as one of their “25 Executives to Watch in Digital Entertainment.” In addition to publishing a book on digital content licensing, she has been a regular contributor to a range of magazines, legal periodicals and book releases.
As an Adjunct Professor at UC Hastings College of the Law, Cecily has been teaching Digital Media Law since 2006. She serves as an advisory board member of several organizations including the World Economic Forum (Media Industry Partnership Programme), Digital Entertainment World, and three Bay Area start-ups: Loudr, Inc., Wisdom Labs, Inc., and Open Aura, Inc. She is an active mentor for young professionals and start-up founders and has served in a formal capacity as a judge, coach or juror for a handful of young entrepreneur organizations including The Network for Teaching and Entrepreneurship (NFTE), The French American Business Awards (via Business France and the French Chamber of Commerce), and The French American Digital Lab.
Featured Wise@Work Teachers
The Wise@Work App features learning practices from over 20 Neuroscientists and Researchers, Conscious Business Leaders, Mindfulness Teachers, and Diversity and Inclusion Experts.
Tara Brach, PhD
Laurie J. Cameron
Mark Coleman, MA
Chip Conley
Bill Duane
Eve Ekman, PhD
Rick Hanson, PhD
Shelly Harrell, PhD
Jack Kornfield, PhD
Scott Kriens
Michelle Maldonado
