Brian “Ponch” Rivera is the
co-creator of The Flow System™, founder and CEO of AGLX Consulting, co-founder,
and co-owner of AGLX Holdings, and a founding member of The Flow Consortium.
He is an Amazon International Best-Selling
author, TEDx Speaker, and Agile conference speaker. He is the co-creator of
High-Performance Teaming and the creator of ZONEFIVE—a behavioral marker system
that objectively measures team effectiveness.
“Ponch,” his callsign from naval
aviation, served on active duty for 16 years before transferring to the Navy
Reserve and now wears the rank of Captain (O-6) as a part-time member of the
Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
As an entrepreneur, “Ponch” leverages
the leadership, teamwork, and complexity thinking lessons he learned throughout
his diverse military career to help individuals and organizations create the
agility, resilience, and safety they need to survive and thrive in this
turbulent world.
As an external consultant, he is
currently supporting Chevron in teaming, agile, strategy, safety, lean, and
leadership initiatives. His previous internal capability building experience
includes support to Toyota, Pfizer, Church and Dwight, Humana, and several
financial services organizations.
He is an avid options trader and is
currently involved in an upcoming mental health documentary that features his
work on flow and human performance.
“Ponch” lives in Virginia Beach,
Virginia with his wife, Allison and two daughters, Carmen and Camille.
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