Consultants
Robert C. Scaer, M.D.
B.A. in Psychology and M.D. at University of Rochester
Board Certified in Neurology
36 years in practice, 20 of those as Medical Director of Rehabilitation Service Mapleton Center in Boulder, CO
Dr. Scaer's primary areas of interest and expertise have been in the fields of traumatic brain injury and chronic pain, and more recently in the study of traumatic stress and its role in physical and emotional symptoms, and in diseases.
He has lectured extensively on these topics, and has published several articles on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dissociation, the whiplash syndrome and other somatic syndromes of traumatic stress. He has published two books, the first The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation and Disease, presenting a new theory of dissociation and its role in many diseases. A second book, The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency, addresses the broad and relatively unappreciated spectrum of cultural and societal trauma that shapes every aspect of our lives. He is currently retired from clinical medical practice, and continues to pursue a career in writing and lecturing in the field of traumatology.
Riccardo Cassiani-Ingoni
Ph. D. Neurophysiology, University of Rome, Italy
M.S. Biology, University of Pisa, Italy
Riccardo was born and raised in Rome, Italy. At 18, he moved to Pisa to earn a Master's degree in biology with a concentration in basic neuroscience at the University of Pisa. There, he spent 4 years researching the molecular mechanisms that underlie learning and memory in simple neural networks. After obtaining his degree, Riccardo moved to the United States to work as a research fellow in the Neuroimmunology Branch of the National Institutes of Health, where he designed and conducted clinical studies and research projects. This work earned him two important prizes: the Integrative Neural Immune Award from the National Institutes of Mental Health, and The Mangrella Prize for the Best Italian Neuroscientist under 35 years. During this time, he also entered and concluded a Ph.D program in neurophysiology with the University of Rome.
Throughout the six years he spent in America, Riccardo developed a deep knowledge of alternative and complementary medicine through taking courses on a wide array of healing techniques. Right before his return to Italy, Riccardo discovered Brain State Technologies and was instantly enamored with the system because it presented a new and holistic way he could apply his scientific background. He believes that everyone can gain joy, balance and harmony by rewiring their brain through BST training, freeing their body through T.R.E., and enlightening their thinking through the books of Byron Katie.
Staff
Cortney SidesCortney has extensive knowledge of accounting and retail banking. She has spent the last 10 years working in outsourced banking projects as well as property management consulting. As a property manager for her last employer, she successfully headed the conversion of a 60 unit luxury apartment complex into one of Phoenix’s most desirable condominium communities. The combination of Cortney’s knowledge of purchasing, general accounting principles, public relations, as well as a heightened interest in new scientific innovations led her to pursue a career with Brain State Technologies.
Born and raised in Oklahoma City , Cortney traveled to Russia for 3 months for a taste of the European culture, and returned to the states to begin her family. She married in 2003 and spent two years n Memphis Tennessee before settling in Phoenix. Cortney has a daughter, Paige, and her hobbies include antique furniture, painting, and oriental art.
Julie VialpandoJulie joins the Brain State Technologies Team as Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant to the CEO. After a bout with depression and an overwhelming life style she decided to relocate to the Valley in October of 2006 to pursue new career opportunities, make a change and simplify her life style. Her interest in how the company worked to help people to better their lives through balance and harmonizing the brain is what brought her to be a part of the team. She has extensive knowledge in Accounting and Business Communications which helped her build her own Bookkeeping Business in Colorado for the last 5 years. For 6 years prior, she was Operations Manager for several Motorcycle Shops in the Denver area. Her belief in being organized in life and helping people brought her a broad range of clientele that included being a Personal Assistant to several of them.
She was born into a large family of seven children and was raised in Denver, Colorado all of her life. She has two beloved four-legged companions that she enjoys walking to the local bark park. Julie is an avid Broncos fan and in her time off she enjoys, skiing, swimming, boating, camping, theatre and art, and meeting new friends.
Ron SchmidtBS in Accounting – University of Nebraska Lincoln
Ron earned his bachelors degree in accounting at the University of Nebraska in 1986. He served as controller for a nationwide trucking company prior to moving to Arizona. When he moved to Arizona in 1993, he took a job as a Network Engineer for a local computer firm.
Ron has over 14 years of practical experience in all phases of computer network design, implementation, deployment and management. He has held such positions as Regional IS Director, Lead Project Manager, and Chief Technology Officer for various large companies and consulting firms.
He was born and raised in O’Neill, a small town in Nebraska. He currently lives in North Phoenix with his wife and step son. Ron also has an older daughter and a son who has benefited from Brain State Conditioning™.
Michael SooB.S. Manufacturing Engineering
Arizona State University
Michael is a recent graduate from Arizona State University. Before coming to Brain State, he volunteered with mentally, emotionally, and physically challenged children and adults in a local equine therapy program.
Michael was introduced to Brain State Conditioning™ by chance while looking for engineering jobs after college. He has experienced numerous positive results including higher consciousness, greater awareness of energy sources, increased memory power, focus, and decision-making ability.
Some of Michael's interests include participating in soccer, baseball, basketball, and other sports, and attending professional sporting events. He is originally from Omaha, Nebraska, and currently resides in Chandler, Arizona. Michael is an avid Sun's fan, and can often be seen in his favorite seats just behind the bench!
Ryan AllenRyan was born and raised in Arizona. He started working on computers at a very young age. He was always interested in art and design and would create images in the many traditional mediums as well as in the digital world. Ryan’s training in art began at a young age with classes in drawing, water colors, oils and pastels at around the age of five.
Along with his interest in computer graphics and design, web design and coding was a natural path for his talents to also follow. He has an extensive knowledge of many programming languages and he is constantly learning new ones.
Ryan has worked for several print magazines as well as having an extensive freelance portfolio that includes such companies as Honda motors, Konig wheels, and hundreds of smaller companies. He has also started several small companies on his own and with friends, one which had sales of over $1 million dollars last year and a clothing company that has appeared on such famous MTV artists as Jimmy Eat World and Before Braille. He continues to produce artwork in both digital and traditional mediums outside of Brain State Technologies that he sells via his website and through galleries in Arizona and Chicago.
Christy SchmidtMC, LAC, NCC Master of Counseling, Licensed Associate Counselor,
Nationally Certified Counselor
Christy earned her Masters Degree in Counseling in 2004. While pursuing the degree, she worked as a crisis specialist, assessing suicide/homicide risk in adults and children who were in crisis. She completed her graduate internship with a non-profit agency, providing counseling for adults with various life challenges including substance abuse, depression and bipolar disorder. Upon graduation, Christy took a position as a Child & Family Therapist, providing outpatient services to children and families.
She specialized in positive approaches in parenting and behavior management. Prior to her graduate work, Christy graduated in 1991 from Arizona State University with a B.S. in Marketing. She then worked for 10 years in public relations, sales and management. She met Lee in late 2006. Brain State Technologies has provided her with an opportunity to help people in a new and fascinating way.
Jennica MillsMSW
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
Jennica began her work in the trauma healing field in 2001 as a rape crisis center coordinator. She graduated with her Masters in Social Work in 2005 and continued her work as a trauma healing therapist and youth outreach specialist at a non-profit agency serving survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Jennica is also a founding member of the Community Yoga Outreach Project developed by Social Workers dedicated to bringing the healing benefits of yoga to underserved and underprivileged populations. Jennica's interest in the connection between mind, body and spirit brought her to work at Brain State Technologies. She enjoys live music, yoga, dancing, the outdoors, and meeting new people.
Scott McConnellHaving delved deeply into the study and practice of holistic healthcare, spirituality, and psychology, Scott finds himself right at home at Brain State. His background includes holding a private practice in Energy Medicine and Bodywork, working as a special needs counselor and team-building director at YMCA of the Ozarks' Camp Lakewood, and years of consciousness exploration through meditation, yoga, performing arts, and world travel. Scott is a Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT), Certified BodyTalk Practitioner (CPB), and perpetual student of life and the cutting edge.
In his free time, you may bump into Scott climbing a mountain, a pyramid, enjoying live music, philosophising or just spending time with friends and family. It is with great pride and enthusiasm that Scott joins BST in assisting the evolution of human consciousness toward its highest level of realization and integrity.
David GoodmanB.A. Speech Communications/ Technical Journalism
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Co.
A recent graduate of Colorado State Universities speech communication and technical journalism program, David has a background working with young children and a passion for the art of writing through self exploration. Compelled to dedicate his energy to helping others, David discovered Brain State Technologies while searching for jobs after his relocation from Redondo Beach, Ca. David has experienced first hand the powers of Brain State Conditioning, and the profound effect it can have on those who need it most.
A Colorado native, David enjoys reading, sports, music and the outdoors and is an avid Denver Nuggets and Denver Broncos fan.
Vijendra Singh Ph.D.Vijendra Singh, a university professor of neuroscience, has recently joined Brain State Technology as the Director of Research. In addition to brain research, his expertise also extends into holistic and alternative approaches, including nutraceuticals, vitamins and natural supplements.
Vijendra is a graduate of Lucknow University in India and received his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is an active member of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) and member of the International Who’s Who of Intellectuals (UK) and the American Men and Women in Science (USA). He has also served on the Scientific Advisory Board of non-profit organizations. He has devoted his entire career to researching brain diseases and mental illnesses, including Alzheimer’s disease, autism, multiple sclerosis, brain trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and related mental health issues.
He has a track-record of more than 200 publications and presentations. For his neuroscience research, Vijendra has been recognized with a Humanitarian Award from the Psychiatric Association of Philadelphia and the National Foundation for Alternative Medicine (NFAM) in Washington, DC.
Aaron WernerAaron Werner, possessing a diverse educational background, has spent the last 5 years co-creating and tending to his families’ burgeoning retail/wholesale business. He was first introduced to Brain State Technologies in 2006 when his brother-in-law became the network administrator for the company. Having always been interested in personal growth and the creative power of human thought, Aaron felt compelled to join the Brain State family. A Rock-N-Roller at heart, this Arizona native, enjoys hiking, biking, water, and motor sports.
Jayson FranklinCCNP, Sec+
Jayson brings a solid background in Information Systems to our team. He has managed global enterprise networks in the industries of aerospace, banking, credit cards, and retail. In recent years, working as a systems analyst in the healthcare industry, Jayson worked with the latest technologies implemented on healthcare campuses today. He also gained extensive knowledge about HIPAA security laws\regulations and record management. Jayson holds certifications in the areas of network design, communications and infrastructure security as well as cryptography.
He was born in a small town called Picayune, Mississippi. He moved to Phoenix four years ago and met his wife here. Jayson was drawn to Brain State Technologies because of his interest in the quantum side of consciousness and the ability to optimize his life through Brain State Conditioning™.
Peter GerdesB.S. Management Information Systems, Iowa State University
Peter's work experience lies in the technical aspects of information system and software development. His experience includes developing a dynamic real-time web-based information system to obtain and view company resources for an insurance company. He was also a teacher’s assistant and taught three recitation sections at Iowa State University on Object Oriented Programming using Microsoft Visual Basic and Microsoft Visual Basic .Net.
Peter was coerced into BST by his father, Lee, following some life changes. It allowed him to finish school, graduating on the Dean's List, after being an average student for many years. The brain conditioning also increased focus and memory, while enheightening awareness on various plains of consciousness.
Golf, hiking, running, weight-training, camping, and various outdoor activities are some of Peters hobbies that he shares with his wife Lisa.
D. Alexa BollesB.A. Communications / Business, Alverno College, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Keller Graduate School
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Alexa's experience is numerous and varied, with 18 years spent working in corporate environments in NY - mostly in industrial manufacturing - including a commerical playground manufacturer where the work week often included building playgrounds and parks for children in underprivledged areas.
In 2001, after losing neighbors and business associates to the events of 9/11, Alexa left the corporate world for the jungles of Costa Rica. She spent four years building a business, and living a simpler life. Becoming aware of Brain State Technologies quite by chance, Alexa became convinced that the technology offered people a way to connect to a more meaningful existance. Still in Costa Rica, she worked to help BST develop a new image; and then became the first licensee. She joined the Brain State corporate family in mid 2005.
Alexa has traveled extensively in Europe, Central America and the Caribbean, and enjoys horseback riding, yoga and the study of ancient civilizations.
Lee GerdesEducated at Doane College, Crete, Nebraska;
Columbia University, NY;
Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa;
JFK University, Orinda, CA;
Lee achieved a BA with Math and Physics majors and advanced studies in Math and Physics; a Masters Degree in Divinity with advanced studies in Psychology.
Lee has a background that includes Systems Analyst, Pastoral Counselor, Management Consultant, and in computer software his most recent position was as Vice President of Solutions for NetPerceptions. Lee was featured on ABC News Nightline for his work at NetPerceptions and their creation of computer software to help individuals find specific items which they would most probably like when there were a large number of items from which to choose.
The eclectic mix of Lee's education and his personal need to experience more happiness and less stress while being highly functional, led Lee in 2003, to begin research of the options to cause an individual brain state to be conditioned for health and happiness. In 2004, Lee started KudoZone, a brain state conditioning business, which now furnishes Brain State Conditioning™ capability to thousands of people. In 2005 KudoZone became Brain State Technologies™, with affiliate offices throughout the world.
