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Leadership Team 
Advisory Board Leadership TeamVikesh Mahendroo Vikesh Mahendroo provides strategic leadership for Intrepid, focusing on operations; finance; and client, board, and investor relations. He joined Intrepid in 2007 after a distinguished 23-year career with Mercer Human Resources Consulting. Vikesh served as Executive Vice President of Global Accounts, chairperson of the Mercer Global Leadership Team, and a senior member of Mercer’s Global Operating Committee. He was Mercer’s executive sponsor for a number of Fortune 500 clients. Upon first joining Mercer in 1984, Vikesh worked as an executive compensation consultant and in several management roles, until serving as president of the U.S. company from 1996 until 2000. Throughout his career at Mercer, Vikesh developed extensive experience growing and running a world-class professional services organization. Vikesh holds bachelor and masters degrees in economics from Delhi University and an M.B.A from Columbia University. He is a member of World at Work and SHRM, where he has been elected to the Special Expertise Panel on Global Issues. He is a director of ProV International, an IT services and solutions company based in Tampa, FL. Jo Surbrugg Jo has 20 years financial management experience, spending the past 7 years in executive management positions in Seattle’s emerging technology sector. Most recently she served as Chief Financial Officer of Intelligent Results, Inc., a venture-backed software company. She possesses deep experience formulating business plans; raising capital in the private equity markets; developing financial models and budgets; establishing accounting systems, processes and procedures; positioning companies for sale; and negotiating M&A and other strategic transactions. As Intrepid’s CFO, Jo is responsible for accounting and financial reporting, treasury management, debt and equity structuring, contract negotiations, and investor communications. Jo holds bachelor degrees in International Business and Spanish from the University of Colorado and a Master of International Management degree from the American Graduate School of International Management. Sam Herring Sam Herring is Co-Founder of Intrepid Learning Solutions and leads the company's consulting, market development and major account management operations. Sam is a member of ASTD's Board of Directors (Chair-Elect for 2011), and is recognized as a "Who's Who" training industry thought leader by Training Industry Inc. He is a past chairman of the ASTD Board of Directors Selection Committee, and is a past advisory committee member of ASTD TechKnowledge and TechLearn conferences. Sam is a frequent speaker at leading industry conferences and seminars and universities, where he speaks on topics including designing effective corporate learning strategies, trends in learning technology, and best practices in vendor selection and outsourcing. Sam holds a Master's degree from Harvard University, where he studied ethics, religion and public policy, and a Bachelor's degree in history from Yale University. In 2008, he was recognized as a leading business leader through the Puget Sound Business Journal's "40 Under 40" awards. He is a director of New Futures, a Seattle area children and family services agency. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Jr. Nelson leads Intrepid's client development and business development groups. This includes managing Intrepid’s direct client sales, channel sales and strategic alliances. He has a strong background in business, education and government service. Prior to joining Intrepid, Nelson served in a variety of posts. As a Policy Assistant to the United States Senate Majority Leader, he provided primary staff support on welfare reform and represented the Majority Leader in staff coordination of Republican Governors and Senate/House leadership objectives for welfare reform, Medicaid reform, and job training/workforce development issues. As Special Assistant to the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget his duties included negotiating the resolution of policy issues for The President’s National Urban Policy Report and providing analysis for the Executive and Legislative branches for over $3 billion of Federal housing and urban development programs. At JP Morgan, he worked as an Associate, primarily assisting portfolio managers in the Private Banking Group with global equity selection and equity/fixed income analysis. Nelson has served as a Trustee of the State University of New York and as an Advisory Council Member of the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research Advisory Council. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.  Share
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