What Our Customers Say
Our participants tell the story bestEmilia Vanderwerf, Senior Engineer
Emilia’s work has ranged from robotics to Windows kernel drivers and addressing critical issues like human trafficking. She joined the Exceptional Engineer program looking for a better way to maintain a her work-life balance. Through the program, Emilia learned she could have a great work-life balance, while meeting deadlines AND improving quality at the same time.
Exceptional Difference enabled me to have much greater control over my projects, commitments, and ability to deliver high quality results. Since completion, I have been awarded many times by the CTO and CEO. Most important, I have been rewarded with greater responsibility for important and challenging engineering projects.”
Seemin Suleri, VP of Engineering
As Seemin moved up from team lead to the head of her department, she desired better control over the “overwhelm” she experienced. In working with Exceptional Difference, her entire team was able to put effective systems and processes in place for delivering their projects while improving their overall performance. One unexpected benefit was the coaching around soft skills for the management team.
They [Exceptional Difference] were able to provide one-to-one coaching to all of our leadership team, and that enabled them to put processes in place to ensure their success as well as their teams’ success.”
Dylan Greiner, Tech Lead
Not only did Tech Lead Dylan Greiner enjoy significant improvements in his team’s operations and software quality, but he learned and implemented valuable systems that he could apply to his own personal growth. He says the Impact on his job was immediate and substantial.
One of the mantras we discussed in depth with Exceptional Difference is that design rules. I couldn’t agree more. I now have much more influence on my teams and organization to ensure that great design powers our speed.”
A few of the clients we have had the privilege to partner with:
I now have more highly-talented people on the team AND I didn’t have to hire anyone. They were already there; we just unleashed the people that are already there!”
Software engineers find it to be easier, faster, more fun.”
Exceptional Difference enabled me to have much greater control over my projects, commitments, and ability to deliver high quality results.”
The impact on my job was almost immediate and it was pretty substantial… I was able to immediately roll out and start using what I had learned to transform how we operate.“
The Exceptional Difference series is the elite offering I was looking for. It is powering up my leaders and engineers to new heights.”
The exceptional difference training is,…well, exceptionally different. [Our organization] has a wealth of good engineering talent, exceptional difference provides the tools and insight to transition good engineering talent to exceptional engineering talent. It combines leadership, engineering, and measurable performance making it the most complete development program I have been part of.”
It’s so much easier to recruit new engineers to the team.”
Customers found our new system far better and are telling others.”
One of the mantras we discussed in depth with Exceptional Difference is that design rules. I couldn’t agree more. I now have much more influence on my teams and organization to ensure that great design powers our speed.”
After the experience, my confidence is high based on the quality of my work and my ability to deliver. When I speak about project risks and the actions needed, it is no longer an argument. People engage.”
If you want to accelerate the growth of your key engineers and engineering leaders, the Exceptional Difference series is the accelerant you need.”
The Exceptional Engineering Experience is providing me with the foundation to be the exceptional engineer I aspire to be. I leave every lecture, mentor session, exercise with new information that I immediately use with my customers and my teams.”
The Exceptional Engineering Experience is special – a must take for every technology professional and leader!”