Bria Simpson
Business Coach, Consultant, and CEO of Excelerated Success
Bria Simpson, MA, Founder and CEO of Excelerated Success Coaching Company, is a sought after speaker, business coach, consultant, and expert in helping small business owners enjoy more profits, more freedom, and more balance by teaching them how to effectively systematize their businesses.
In addition to her work as a certified business coach, Bria draws upon a wide breadth of experience. After graduating cum laude from Duke University and obtaining her Masters in Psychology, she co-founded and directed the Hands On Children’s Museum for five years. She then went on to build a thriving family counseling private practice, designed operational systems for the largest privately owned trucking company in the country, and closely observed her husband’s successes and challenges in his own multi-million dollar company. Bria has coached and taught hundreds of entrepreneurs and small business owners how to enjoy more ease in business, and increase profits, without working more hours.
Bria knows that the fastest path to running your business, and your life, on your own terms is to implement effective systems at every level of business.
Bria is a best selling author whose works include The Balanced Mom and The 12 Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs Training Series ™. She is a featured author in the upcoming book, Mastering the Art of Success, along with Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and other well known authors and experts. She has appeared in Redbook, Newsday, on Good Day New York, Martha Stewart XM, and in dozens of publications, radio and TV shows throughout the country. She is incredibly passionate about helping business owners take back their freedom and enjoy the balanced life they deserve. Bria is currently working on her second book.
Outside of work hours, Bria enjoys yoga, running, working out, skiing, reading, traveling, exploring outdoors and coaching her daughter’s soccer team. She has served as an active board member of North Carolina Arts in Action, which serves at-risk children in her hometown, and is currently a member of The National Association of Women Business Owners, and a member of the International Speakers Network. Bria and Mark are raising three children, ages 9-16, and love showing them the world, teaching them about other cultures, and sharing how to live and work in balance.
Mark Simpson
Business Coach, Consultant, and Owner of US Signs and Safety
Mark Simpson is a business coach and an internet marketing expert. He oversees the Marketing System for Excelerated Success and consults for a limited number of our business clients.
Mark brings his entrepreneurial spirit and the leadership experience he has gained from a variety of businesses he has run over the past 20 years. He was the co-founder and Executive Director of the Hands-On Children’s Museum and at age 30 became the CEO of Traffic Safety & Equipment Co., Inc., which he grew from $680,000 to 3.3 million in annual sales. In addition to his current role with Excelerated Success, Mark is also the owner of US Signs and Safety which grew 400% this year.
When Mark isn’t working, he enjoys running, doing yoga or skiing with Bria, working out, playing golf, goofing around with their three children, and a variety of other outlets for having fun. Mark’s motto is “life is short- enjoy it while you can!”