MEET THE TEAM
A unique blend of academics, consultants and wilderness guides
We have decades of experience in academia, business, and wilderness guiding
We are an integrated team that does it all. We are scholars and guides. We specialize in both research and relationships. Our passion and our expertise have come together to make a difference. As award-winning experts and model developers, we find solutions from our wealth of experience and knowledge to reach extraordinary outcomes.
MARK WIDMER
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Professor of Experience Design and MBA/EMBA
- Ph. D. Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy
- Mountain biking, whitewater, and backpacking guide (WFR)
STACY TANIGUCHI
- Retired professor at Marriott School of Business
- Ph. D. Experiential Education and Educational Leadership
- Mountaineering, kayaking, and wilderness adventure guide (WFR)
JOHN BINGHAM
- Associate Dean of the Marriott School of Business at BYU
- Ph. D. Management (Organizational Behavior)
- Ski Patrol, whitewater, and climbing guide
DAN GREGORY
- Leadership and Organizational Development Consultant
- MBA, Organizational Behavior & Strategy
- Wilderness backpacking and canyoneering guide (WFR)
MAT DUERDEN
- Professor of Experience Design and MBA/EMBA
- Ph. D. Recreation, Park, and Tourism Sciences
- Whitewater and mountain biking guide (WFR)
MELISSA RUSSELL
- Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist & Instructor
- M.S. Youth & Family Recreation
- Backpacking, climbing, canyoneering guide (WFR)
BRIAN WEIDMER
- Arbinger Institute Facilitator and Field Director
- Search & Rescue Commander & Operations Specialist
- Expert Canyoneer and wilderness guide (WFR)
JOYCE MADSEN
- Executive Admin & Public Relations Professional
- B.S. University Studies/Human Resources
- Canyoneering, snow sports, and hiking enthusiast
Academics
4 Ph. D.’s
Authors of 140+ publications
Extensive professional research
Business
Top-tier management/strategy consulting
MBA Director and professors
Culture, talent, and organizational development experts
Experience design leaders
Therapy
60+ years in therapy
Positive psychology & family functioning
Behavioral health and growth
Wilderness Guiding
105+ years of outdoor guiding
Climbing, rafting, mountain biking, skiing, whitewater, backpacking, canyoneering, mountaineering, etc.
Wilderness emergency medical
The Founders
Beta Experiences is a partnership many years in the making. It is a specialized consultancy built by longtime friends who are experts in their respective fields. The company is uniquely positioned to serve and address the needs of their clients because of the expertise of its founders.
Mark Widmer, Stacy ‘Bode’ Taniguchi, and John Bingham have all been highly rated university professors and have decades of personal experience in the methodology used to deliver their specialized content. Each have built and ran their own consultancies and guiding companies in the past. They have served a variety of clients from large corporations to high net-worth families to individual business or community leaders. Their delivered experiences range from corporate board rooms presentations to large audience speeches to backcountry wilderness adventures.
Personal and professional passions of these founders have aligned to create a distinctive service that is transforming the individual and organizational development industry.
They have teamed up with others to help them bring their vision to life. These other team members all share the same passion for that vision and all of them have either the academic, business, or outdoor guiding experience that qualify them to build this into something special.
