J.M. Sampath, PhD, is an intensive reflective thinker and comes with a vast experience of having worked with several organizations globally, including some Fortune 100 companies. His core skills are leadership development and coaching. His work is of a fundamental nature and evolves vision, values, and learning as key areas of focus. He works with organizations in nurturing a culture of excellence and building leadership. He heads his own consulting company with offices in India, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US. He has authored two books and published several papers. He has also developed the Vision Value Instrument and Value Profile Instrument, both of which have been extensively used in individual, team, and organizational diagnosis and coaching over the last decade. Dr. Sampath is a good speaker and has addressed several conferences, in India and abroad, and his presentations on "Learning for Nurturing Excellence" and "Vision Value Alignment" have been widely appreciated in different countries.

Dr. Sampath has been one of the founder promoters of Kshema Technologies, a successful technology startup. He continues to actively nurture startups in a diverse space. He strongly believes in applying his concepts and frameworks in a real-life context and can be seen as one "who walks the talk." He can be reached at sampath at arpitha.com.