Our Team

Our Academic Grounding

Peter Finkelstein completed his residency in psychiatry and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Stanford University Medical Center.  His pivot from private practice to consulting two decades ago was most informed by the Leading Change and Organizational Renewal executive training program at Stanford and Harvard, for which Peter is a faculty member.  The Upstart Logic team has extensive graduate training in business, psychology, education, and several other fields.

Our Sources

Our work is based on the most up-to-date thinking by authorities in the business world. Regarding effective teams, we look to William Dyer (BYU), Richard Hackman (HBS), and Amy Edmondson (HBS).  The work of Michael Tushman (HBS), and Charles O’Reilly (GSB, Stanford) inform our work with alignment, innovation, leadership, and culture.  For organizational development approaches, we look to Edgar Schein (MIT).

Consultants

Dan Levin

Dan Levin

Dan Levin spent the first 15 years of his career building venture-backed startups before joining Intuit, where he eventually led its 2,000-person Small Business Group. He later joined Box as COO when the company had about 50 employees, helping lead its growth into an NYSE-listed public company. Drawing on 35 years as an operator, Dan brings a deep understanding of the challenges leaders face as organizations grow and change. He particularly enjoys helping first-time CEOs and COOs develop their craft as leaders of fast-growing organizations.

Edward Wexler-Beron

Edward Wexler-Beron

Edward Wexler-Beron is an executive coach and former technology operator who works with leaders navigating greater scope, complexity, and organizational influence. Drawing on more than 15 years in technology, management consulting, and leadership development, Edward combines warmth and curiosity with strategic rigor. He helps leaders strengthen their influence and relationships, recognize patterns that shape how they lead, and translate insight into purposeful action. Prior to coaching, Edward held leadership roles at Square and eBay. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Ericka Fur, EdD

Ericka Fur, EdD

Ericka Fur has spent more than 25 years helping individuals and organizations unlock human potential through greater self-awareness, agency, and purposeful action. Drawing on extensive experience in educational leadership, she brings a broad perspective spanning organizational design, professional learning, leadership development, neurodiversity, and advocacy. Clients value Ericka’s compassionate, collaborative approach and her ability to build trusting relationships that support lasting change. She holds a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University, and works nationally and internationally.

Kate Shaw

Kate Shaw

Kate Shaw has spent the last 25 years leading talent development in companies known for creative disruption. At Airbnb, Apple, and Lucasfilm, Kate balanced roles as a cultural anthropologist—discovering and preserving the unique essence of each organization—and as an instigator, prompting brave conversations and bold actions to unlock future potential. Driven by the conviction that the world of work demands constant reinvention, Kate is passionate about helping people and teams achieve extraordinary things.

Kathryn Ford, MD

Kathryn Ford, MD

Doctor Ford’s work with teams and organizations features her Aperture approach to achieving dialogue for thinking and learning collaboratively. Questions and challenges are valued catalysts to moving toward success. Diversity and differences are opportunities for creativity. She received her M.D. from Brown University Medical School and did her psychiatry residency at The Stanford School of Medicine.

Matthew Haradon, MA

Matthew Haradon, MA

For the past 30 years Matt Haradon has worked in HR leadership positions in media and tech.  Matt served as CHRO at the Wargaming Group, an award-winning developer and publisher of military strategy games based in Cyprus. He was also Vice President of HR at The New York Times. His primary interest is increasing congruence between company strategy, the executive decision-making process, and HR. He has coached CEO’s and leadership teams in navigating disruptive market change. Matt has an MA in Organization Leadership from Teachers College at Columbia University.

Peter Ways, MEd

Peter Ways, MEd

Peter Ways has worked as a liaison between philanthropists and schools, as an organizational development coach with both schools and businesses, and as a political campaign manager. From classroom teaching to managing a billion-dollar capital improvement project, Peter has served at every level of K-12 education.  Peter’s consulting work is two step: problem clarification and solution building.

Seth Pitman, PhD

Seth Pitman, PhD

Seth Pitman is a board-certified clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst who advises senior leaders, teams, and organizations on complex interpersonal and institutional dynamics. He trained at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and has served as Associate Director at the Austen Riggs Center. His work integrates psychological insight with organizational strategy, informed by empirical approaches to leadership and organizational ambidexterity as well as his experience coaching global leaders at Stanford GSB’s Leading Change and Organizational Renewal (LCOR).  

Upstart Logic, Inc.
15 Tambourine Lane, Little Compton, Rhode Island 02837 
650.400.8108  •  peter@upstartlogic.com