Christophe Berg @kristofberg
Independent Consultant | Project Manager | Lifestyle Business Coach
Who Am I? What Am I Doing?
Consultant and Business Coach on Wellness Projects
Based in Denver, Colorado. Permanent Residency in the US. Working Remotely. French native speaker. Fluent in English. Conversational in Spanish. 30 years of international experience. Master of Science in Project Management and Agile Methods.
I am helping my clients - managers, chefs, small business owners and digital nomads to develop their business ideas into viable projects, transform their businesses and develop new experiences and services.
Key Skills & Competencies:
- Project Strategy, Agile Methods (Kaizen, Kanban, Lean)
- Tools: Trello, Gemini, ChatGPT, Canva, Google Pro Suite, Javascript, SQL Database
- Business Development, Lifestyle Business Coaching
- Healthy Plant-Based Cuisine, Mindful Eating, Wellness Experiences, Training & Mentoring
- Content Creation: Book, Serious Web Games, Card Games, Podcast
No Mud, No Blue Lotus
Direction of Education, Consultant on Plant-Based Projects
I imagined, developed and launched Blue Lotus Hua Hin, the first Learning Center for Plant-Based Cuisine in Thailand.
Three years of: Hiring + Coaching the International Instructor Team • Business Development • Quality Control • Teaching / Coaching students • Project Management + Problem Solving • Storytelling + Online Content Creation • Curriculum Development: Pure Energy, Green Thai Cuisine, Chef's Training, Instructor Training + Business Coaching • Plant-Based Menu Development for the Resort's Restaurants + Quality Control + Kitchen Staff Training
Key Domains of Expertise: Team Management, Agile Project Development & Strategy, Wellness Experiences, Healthy Plant-Based Cuisine, Business Development, Students Enrollment.
My Plant-Based Journey...
Plant-Based Chef, Instructor and Project Manager
As an avid-trail-runner, I started 18 years ago to explore plant-based eating for active people. While running a cooking studio in Haarlem (NL), I wrote more than 12 cookbooks on plant-based cuisine and explored the emerging vegan scene in The Netherlands, France, California, Croatia and Spain.
I worked as the Executive Chef & Project Manager to launch Yi Athens Raw Vegan Café in Greece, MK Culinary Academy in Thailand and TOM's Juice Bar in St Barth and as a consultant for Apollo Group to develop the plant-based cuisine on board the Oceania and Regent cruise lines, as a Wellness Chef for the Mindul Eating Program on Explora Journeys.
I keep promoting Plant Strong Lifestyle for Active People and Plant-Based as a NEW Speciality Cuisine.
From Games to Project Management
Developing, Fixing & Training
I started learning english by hacking and developing games. I quickly ended-up working in my twenties as a software developer and a database architect. Thanks to the internet wave on Europe, I became a project manager to later specialized in game design.
I obtained a Master of Science degree, in Mathematics and Computer Science, with a specialization in Project Management (université de La Rochelle, France). My Master's Thesis was on Agile Methods for Game Development and Production.
I taught game production, agile methods and creativity as a guest lecturer for 10 years in France (at the Master of Video Games), the Netherlands (at the Utrecht School of Arts) and Singapore (at Ngee Ann Polytechnics, Bachelor of Arts in Game Development).
For the past 25 years, I worked as a consultant / project manager, applying agile methods for web development, game design and digital production. Still curious? find my atypical life journey
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