About

Brett Pinegar is a change agent, speaker, and author. He believes in inspiring others to lead with purpose, focus, and discipline.

He is the Managing Partner of Flex-ion, a management education and advisory firm that helps teams achieve remarkable results by mastering the core disciplines of change and action. As a change agent, he sees questions as far more powerful than recommendations. He loves old school wisdom.

Brett has previously served as President and CEO of Akopia, a leading open source software company that was acquired in 2001 by Red Hat Software, and Willowstick, an engineering services company acquired by Amp Resources, a renewable energy company in 2005. While at Amp Resources, he served as EVP until the company was acquired by Enel SpA.

Brett started his career as a consultant for more than seven years with the Monitor, a strategy consulting firm co-founded by Michael Porter and others from the Harvard Business School. He worked with clients in telecommunications, financial services, industrial products, pharmaceutical, agribusiness, oil and gas, and many other industries.

Brett graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Economics. He also served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England. He continues to serve actively in his church and is involved in the Boy Scouts of America.

In his spare time he enjoys going on long runs, reading a good book, and taking a nap once in a while. Brett and his wife, Susan, live in Salt Lake City and they are the parents of five delightful children.