Michael Stanford
Founding Partner And Managing Director at Summit Leadership sarl
Yens, Vaud, Switzerland
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Top SchoolMichael Stanford is a leadership development founder and researcher with over three decades of experience designing and delivering transformative programs for executives, teams and organisations. As Founding Partner and Managing Director of Summit Leadership, he applies doctoral research that blends post-trauma growth, existential and depth psychology, and narrative therapy to help leaders turn transition-driven chaos into developmental leverage. Previously he led transformational leadership across EMEA at Korn Ferry and spent nearly twenty years at IMD shaping custom executive education and client engagement. He recently won the 2025 Business Book Award in Leadership for Leadership Transitions and is translating clinical concepts for practical use by executives and practitioners. Based in Yens, Switzerland, he blends academic rigor with hands-on facilitation—describing himself as an “expert companion” who guides leaders through the inner work that makes external influence possible.
9 years of coding experience
MBA, International Business, MBA, International Business at The University of Western Ontario - Richard Ivey School of BusinessResearch Doctorate, Organizational Change, Research Doctorate, Organizational Change at Ashridge Business SchoolBachelor of Business Administration - Honours, Bachelor of Business Administration - Honours at The University of Western OntarioDoctor of Professional Studies, Business, Leadership Transitions, Doctor of Professional Studies, Business, Leadership Transitions at Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
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Github Skills (31)
pytorch10
python10
stable-diffusion10
text2image10
gradio10
deep-learning10
image-generation10
filter10
ai10
npr9
glsl9
localization9
sdf9
raymarching9
onnxruntime8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
yeataro/TD-ParHelpTranslator
Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
Automatically translate the help text of parameters. Rollover the parameter while holding the Alt key.
Contributions:8 releases, 42 commits, 30 pushes in 1 year 7 months
touchdesignertranslationlocalizationtouchdesigner-components
yeataro/TD_Voronoi
Dec 2017 - Dec 2020
JFA Voronoi Video Filter in TouchDesigner
Contributions:1 release, 8 commits, 7 pushes in 3 years
voronoitouchdesignerglslfiltertouchdesigner-components
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