Headquarters:
75 Fountain St., Providence, RI 02902
Year founded:
2016
Number of employees:
15
Phone:
1300 766 339
Email:
info@dlpa.com.au
Website:
dlpa.com.au
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/dynamic-leadership-programs-australia-dlpa
“When we started focusing on realising social impact, we had no idea how difficult it was going to be helping disadvantaged individuals find meaningful employment pathways. We have now put in the hard yards to get it right and have learned from our mistakes”
Karlie Cremin,
DLPA
Karlie Cremin
Managing Director
Laurel McLay
Head of Delivery
Richard Boylan
Chief Operating Officer
Leadership
Karlie works with clients to maximise the efficiency of their organisations and equip their people to thrive. With a focus on business sustainability and profitability, Karlie recognises that people integrated with a supportive work culture are key drivers of profitability and performance. This perspective motivates her to work with the people in organisations, equipping them with hard and soft business skills to execute business strategy and deliver outcomes.
Karlie founded DLPA in 2016 and works as managing director of the business as well as with select clients. Her academic qualifications have groundings in commerce, law and business administration, giving her a well-rounded perspective on the key factors driving business performance in current markets.
Managing Director
Karlie Cremin
Laurel leads the delivery team to develop and implement successful programs for DLPA clients. She has over 20 years of work experience as a coach, consultant, profiler and key change agent within organisations.
Laurel is an expert in understanding team dynamics and working with leadership to enhance their skill sets and take their teams to new levels of success. She has a background in psychology, and a passion and key interest in helping people be their best selves. She works closely with clients to understand their needs and develop programs that exceed expectations and deliver real and measurable results.
Head of Delivery
Laurel McLay
As a member of Virgin Pulse’s founding leadership team, Richard Boylan now leads and oversees the company’s operations, including product and technical development, implementation and general operations. Prior to Virgin Pulse, he worked closely with several Virgin businesses, including Virgin Cars and Bikes, European car rental businesses and telecom/data strategies. He has more than 10 years of experience working with web-centric and tech-focused start-ups for Virgin.
Chief Operating Officer
Richard Boylan
“When we started focusing on realising social impact, we had no idea how difficult it was going to be helping disadvantaged individuals find meaningful employment pathways. We have now put in the hard yards to get it right and have learned from our mistakes”
Karlie Cremin,
DLPA
“The key thing clients will notice is our appetite for working with them to co-create programs, should they wish to be involved. This, coupled with our extensive library of modules, means the programs will be tailored and relevant”
Karlie Cremin,
DLPA
Leadership
“The key thing clients will notice is our appetite for working with them to co-create programs, should they wish to be involved. This, coupled with our extensive library of modules, means the programs will be tailored and relevant”
Karlie Cremin,
DLPA
“When we started focusing on realising social impact, we had no idea how difficult it was going to be helping disadvantaged individuals find meaningful employment pathways. We have now put in the hard yards to get it right and have learned from our mistakes”
Karlie Cremin,
DLPA
Leadership
Scott J. Charles
Chief Financial Officer
Scott J. Charles has 25+ years of experience and a record of accomplishment across a spectrum of financial operations in public and private environments. He currently serves as CFO.
Prior to HealthComp, Charles served as CFO for Cytel, the largest provider of statistical and software advanced analytics for clinical trial design and execution. He played a lead role in the growth of Cytel globally and successful sale. Before joining Cytel, he served as CFO of Aralez Pharmaceuticals, a publicly traded, specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to Aralez, he served as the Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Ikaria, a critical care pharmaceutical company. Charles also played a lead role in the spin-off of Ikaria’s R&D operations and IPO and the successful sale of its commercial business.
Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer at Reliant Pharmaceuticals. Previously, at Arthur Andersen, he was a manager in the Assurance and Business Advisory Services practice.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Bucknell University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Chief Financial Officer
Scott J. Charles
Laura Walmsley
Chief Commercial Officer
Laura Walmsley leads the company’s commercial go-to-market-strategy with responsibility for all client-facing teams including employers, health plans and systems and international, and marketing. She enthusiastically brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in sales, marketing, account management, product and reporting. She also has experience working with Fortune 500 companies, national and regional health plans and mid-sized employers to identify and deploy game-changing solutions. Walmsley thrives on growth and is passionate about empowering people to be their best, whether they are her internal colleagues or customer and consumer populations.
Chief Commercial Officer
Laura Walmsley
Dynamic Leadership Programs Australia (DLPA) is an award-winning social enterprise helping other companies to thrive through its signature solutions that follow the themes of profit, people, and proficiency.
As a leading provider of bespoke leadership programs focused on business sustainability and profitability, it helps its clients understand that talented people, a strong work culture, and ethics drive performance.
Its standout reputation and business impact have been recognised twice with an HRD Australia and New Zealand Service Providers award: a gold medal for learning and development in 2023 and a silver medal for talent management, learning, and development in 2022.
As a social enterprise, DLPA prides itself on specialising in the non-people side of the business. They achieve that mandate by advising on the structural sides of a business and training individuals who aim for meaningful, long-term employment. At least 60% of company profits go back into supporting this cause.
Managing director Karlie Cremin notes that over the past two years, DLPA has mainly focused on the social impact of its activities, which has had its rewards and challenges. However, this transition to a social enterprise has successfully demonstrated to clients that it operates differently.
“When we started focusing on realising social impact, we had no idea how difficult it was going to be helping disadvantaged individuals find meaningful employment pathways,” she explains. “We have now put in the hard yards to get it right and have learned from our mistakes. We are proud to have become a certified social trader.”
Cremin founded the company in 2016 and has extensive experience crafting strategies and business models that are second to none. From construction and non-profits to government bodies and imports, her well-honed business consultation skills enable her to create tailored leadership programs that yield impressive results.
“The key thing clients will notice is our appetite for working with them to co-create programs, should they wish to be involved. This, coupled with our extensive library of modules, means the programs will be tailored and relevant”
Karlie Cremin,
DLPA
Erica Morgenstern
Chief Marketing Officer
Di Holman
Chief People Officer
Jeff Yoshimura
EVP Product & Innovation
Simon Williams
Chief Strategy & Distribution Officer, Arch Insurance International
and Active Underwriter, Syndicate 1955
Erica Morgenstern is accountable for overall marketing initiatives and operations, including demand generation, field marketing, corporate communications, brand and product marketing. Previously, she served as chief communication officer at Welltok and led communications and investor relations for Epocrates, a medical app company used by half of the physicians in the US. She specializes in guiding companies through the critical start-up to high-growth phase with funding, mergers and acquisitions, and IPO activity. Morgenstern has an invigorating energy and proven track record of executing effective and creative communications to increase awareness and stimulate action.
Chief Marketing Officer
Erica Morgenstern
Di Holman guides all aspects of human resources, including business partnering; talent management; total rewards; internal communications; and diversity, equity, inclusion across all global-wide locations. With more than 25 years of high-performance and cultural expertise, she previously served as managing director of global talent management at Moody’s and chief people officer and chief talent officer at Athenahealth.
Holman prides herself on being with and supporting organizations that recognise culture and people as a competitive advantage to support their customers, accelerate growth and deliver exceptional business results.
Chief People Officer
Di Holman
Jeff Yoshimura is responsible for supporting the success of Virgin Pulse’s business, employees, customers, partners, and users through a competitive and compelling product roadmap.
A respected leader in the product space, he is highly skilled in bringing business leaders, designers, engineers, and customers together to collaboratively build and launch consumer-friendly, enterprise grade software solutions.
Prior to Welltok and Virgin Pulse, Yoshimura’s career and experience spanned across the technology space, including corporate IT and process, IT security, sales engineering, and product management. He holds degrees in Finance and Information Systems from the University of Illinois.
EVP Product & Innovation
Jeff Yoshimura
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
Kimi leads the Estate Planning and Wealth Protection team and is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She understands the complex and delicate nature of family estate planning, the technical requirements around probate and estate administration, and the importance of preserving wealth for future generations. Her advice is accurate, commercial, strategic and tailored to each situation.
Partner
Kimi Shah
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Laurel McLay brings a background in recruitment, coaching, team facilitation, and mentoring. She co-facilitates various programs with Cremin, and together, they have distinguished their work as bespoke and intimate, ensuring a return on investment for clients and their people.
“The key thing clients will notice is our appetite for working with them to co-create programs, should they wish to be involved,” Cremin remarks. “This, coupled with our extensive library of modules, means the programs will be tailored and relevant.”
DLPA aims to inspire positive change within organisations that pursue holistic success for their leaders and employees. By implementing DLPA’s programs, teams can become bonded and aligned on their purpose and goals.
“We make it a point to study what a company needs before creating programs,” adds Cremin. “The DLPA programs address a company’s specific concerns, whether it’s leadership development, women empowerment, workforce strategy, or compliance.”
Over the coming year, DLPA will continue to work to deliver excellent value to its clients. Cremin states the focus on social enterprise will continue, and the company will look at increased automation to support this.
“Our most important strategy has been our focus on changing lives for good, which sits at the heart of everything we do, ensuring we all have a shared mission,” remarks Michalak. “By keeping this at the centre of what we do, we can ensure that we are continually innovating and improving to help our clients ensure their people are getting better health outcomes, higher engagement, building a strong culture and supporting whole-person wellbeing.”
Virgin Pulse’s client-centric focus ensures everything it endeavours to do is in service of customer success. It achieves this by using advanced technology to build the ultimate employee experience that supports clients’ and members’ health, wellbeing, and benefits needs throughout their lifecycle. This includes everything from screening and assessment to condition management and digital therapeutics.
The company values technology and innovation and listens to clients, industry trends, and their data to effectively plan and continue learning.
