iExcel Institute offers various training and coaching for the individual or corporations. Our offerings range from personal to professional to ensure that the whole person is successful and fulfilled.
Amber Osborne Barnes
Amber Osborne is a co-founder of iExcel Institute. Amber uses her varied professional background to propel iExcel Institute as a leader in the personal and professional coaching and training industry.
Her professional career might be best described as the years spent with AT&T and the years after AT&T. As a manager, she worked to help AT&T understand the strengths and weaknesses of the business and to put in place processes and procedures that were critical to the ongoing success of the business.
After leaving AT&T, Amber became an entrepreneur putting her skills to use to build several companies. Amber uses the skills cultivated as a business owner coupled with her formal education in multiple health disciplines to help individuals achieve personal and professional success. Amber also helps companies to grow and achieve success by cultivating the optimal physical and psychological health and development of their employees. Amber graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Business Administration from Florida A&M University and is in current pursuit of her M.S. in Clinical Psychology and subsequent licensure as a Professional Counselor.
Amber’s Qualifications, Licenses and Certifications
20 years experience as a serial entrepreneur in the Medical, Health, Beauty, and Real Estate industries
Certified Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Trainer
Certified DiSC® Trainer
Certified Group Fitness Instructor – American Counsel on Exercise (ACE)
Certified Fitness Nutrition Specialist (ACE)
Certified Weight Management Specialist (ACE)
Certified Health Coach – Dr. Sears Wellness Institute
Licensed Master Cosmetologist
Certified Master Practitioner of NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP)
Certified Hypnotherapist
M.S. in Clinical Psychology & Licensed Professional Counselor (est. 2020)
Kirk Barnes
Kirk is a co-founder of iExcel Institute. He has a broad background encompassing sales excellence coaching, leadership development, team building, business development, global marketing, lobbying and managed market development. Currently, Kirk serves as a Start-Up Catalyst for new and emerging companies at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) incubator housed at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA.
Kirk served in various positions of increasing responsibility from sales representative to Regional Sales Director for the following companies in the pharma/biotech sector; Inventiv Health, Zogenix, Takeda, Janssen Biotech and Pfizer. Therapeutic categories included pain management, central nervous system disorders, oncology, hematology, cardiology & endocrinology.
Kirk was a Global Business Development Executive for the NanoProfessor & NanoGuardian divisions of NanoInk, a private equity funded start-up company commercializing research based nanotechnology from Northwestern University. Kirk was responsible for marketing the NanoProfessor Nanoscience Education Program as a new hands-on nanotechnology education program for undergraduate & graduate students to teaching institutions in the US, Asia, M.E., and India. At NanoGuardian, Kirk marketed innovative anti-counterfeiting solutions to pharmaceutical, defense, consumer and medical device industries in the US, EU & Asia. He also served as a Board Member of the International Authentication Association (IAA), which monitored and provided guidance regarding authentication techniques and counterfeiting trends. Kirk holds a B.A. in Economics from Florida A&M University.
Kirk’s Summary of Qualifications & Certifications
25 years of domestic and international sales/business development and sales management experience
25 years experience in the medical, health and biotech industries
10 years start-up experience
U.S. Government and EU Government relationships
Corporate Athlete Trainer – Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute
Testimonials
“Thank you for helping me fight message fatigue. This was the most in depth conversation I had with any physician. I definitely made an impact on how he will treat patients.”
– Whitney B. (GSK)
“Thank you for the feedback which allowed me to know what could work and what will work with my customer engagement. The greatest impact you had was pointing out just how effective asking a simple question can lead to multiple avenues of conversation to uncover the needs of the customer while also directing Anoro into their patient population simultaneously.”
– Daniel H. (GSK)
“Kirk is a great coach, inspiring to his colleagues, and goes out of his way to fight for his team as well as for his customers (not to mention customers love him). He was instrumental in helping me develop professionally, personally, and achieve my career goals.”
– Octavius J. (Tornier Surgical)
“Kirk is the consummate professional. He exudes the qualities that we read about in best-selling books in terms of leadership, coaching, and business savvy. His abilities to build relationships in an authentic way while giving strategic& Critical thinking insight to his clients are exemplary. I would recommend Kirk without hesitation to be a leader, partner and associate in ANY organization.”
Sam K. (Takeda Pharmaceuticals)
Who Has Worked With iExcel Institute
