Shanee Smart heads up operations and strategic initiatives at TCG. Originally from South Africa, she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2018.

Prior to this move she enjoyed an illustrious 20 year career in B2B and B2C media, managing sales teams for luxury consumer magazine brands such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Good Housekeeping. Subsequent to her exit from corporate media, she became a freelance consultant, focusing her attention on sales training and project management. During this time she launched a successful global digital education venture for the spa industry, Spa Professionals Guild. She remains an equity partner in the business.

Demonstrating both an entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial spirit, Shanee has an innate ability to employ strategies that maximize organizational capabilities, operations, service offerings and staff performance.

Tony and Brian first worked together in the early 2000’s. Since then their friendship has developed into a partnership with TCG. Over the years, Tony has worked closely with organizations to implement sales strategies to drive massive growth. His client list spans from Fortune 500 to Global 500 companies. He graduated from The Citadel and is a Certified Human Behavior Specialist in the sciences of Hartman Index, DISC, Driving Forces, and EQ.

His sales process is actively taught in over 50 countries, and is responsible for nearly $3 Billion in new business with clients. Tony’s ability to connect with sales teams and sales leaders allows the transfer of skills to feel organic. The ability for organizations to get the results they desire is the core logic why his clients stay with him year over year.

Over the past decade Brian and Jay have worked together and continue to collaborate on strategic initiatives. Jay’s strength lies within corporate strategy, revenue growth, business transformation, turnarounds and talent development.

Jay had a 15 year tenure with Standard & Poor’s Global serving in various senior leadership roles including Managing Director of its Ratings Information Services division. With over 25 years of experience building and leading organizations his insights are invaluable for TCG clients. He began his career with Deloitte as a consultant and CPA in New York, London and Atlanta.

Since Brian and Tony have spent close to 20 years knowing and working together, it only made sense to join forces to disrupt the training industry. Brian’s professional career follows the classic trajectory—working upward from the bottom rung in the Temporary Staffing Business where he learned door to door selling. From that experience he founded and sold two successful start-up companies in both online learning and online recruitment space over a 10-year period.

Over the years he has received numerous awards for professional excellence including the elite status of a Top 40 Executives under 40 years old. His work with global corporations has given Brian the opportunity to share his knowledge as a Human Capital Strategist, and continues to work with many CEO’s to optimize revenue strategies and drive customer loyalty.

Sydney might be the most organized person on the planet. So much so, her position as Project Manager is a match made in heaven. From onboarding to completion she ensures nothing is missed and deadlines are always on-time. She is not only popular among the staff, every client loves her willingness to serve. She always puts the client first and consistently uncovers ways to exceed expectations.

Chris has worked with Tony and Brian for close to 20 years. More than a working relationship, her friendship has allowed her to have a different perspective than most content experts. She has been a founding member of two start-up organizations. She has won awards for her thought leadership in learning and development, but her connection with clients is her super power. From marketing, product development, video production, her experience runs the gamut.

Solomon and Brian have worked together on media projects for many years. Solomon is a savant when it comes to capturing stories online. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million.

He has a unique ability to turn “boring corporate videos” into engaging pieces of art. His secret power is creating memorable stories that connect you directly to your clients. The TCG team wants to differentiate clients from the noisy world and bring your personal story to life.

Executive Assistant extraordinaire, Lindie is based in Cape Town, South Africa. With more than 18 years of experience Lindie has been a successful conference and events planner as well as project manager in the corporate industry. Working with Key Account Managers Lindie has hosted and coordinated events for companies such as Old Mutual, Momentum, SA Breweries, Levi’s South Africa, Samsung and Agri Expo to name a few. Leading her team with lots of energy to organize and execute a successful conference, road show or Social Responsibility Project, Lindie knows the importance and the impact of keeping an eye on every little detail especially in daily planning and record keeping.

She is the “Jill of all trades” at TCG. She began her career as a Petroleum Engineer for almost a decade before moving over to Marketing. She became fascinated with social media and now is responsible for all of the online formats and messages globally. What makes her so special (in addition to her infectious attitude) is her willingness to go through any means necessary to get a project completed. JJ runs circles around most people with her work ethic and her creativity is always pushing us to be the best version of ourselves.