The Jholdas Group

For over a decade, Jholdas has brought “been there, done that” coaches to our clients. We don’t teach theory. Every member of our select team is a proven executive leader with years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience.

Mike Baer

Mike Baer is the founder of the Jholdas Group (1998) and prior to that served as an executive with TRC Staffing and Summit Performance. For over 30 years, Mike has launched and grown businesses in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia. His clients include EmployBridge, O-Neal, Inc., Turner Broadcasting, Kaiser Permanente, Fulcrum Construction, the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury Department, Central Plastics (Tianjin, China), and Coalition America. Mike holds a BA from Flagler College, a ThM from Dallas Seminary, and is the author of Business as Mission and a variety of journal articles. He is currently a Senior Vice President with EmployBridge LLC.

Gary Christopher

Gary Christopher has over 32 years of executive leadership in the U.S, Europe, and the Middle East. As a senior leader with Parsons (one of the largest private engineering and construction firms in the world), Gary led the start up and successful turnarounds for a variety of business units with revenues of over $100M. He led strategic planning, corporate re-organizations, instituted performance management linking employee goals to financial impact, and created successful account management programs. He has served clients, primarily in the A/E/C space, as COO, director of internal universities, strategic planning facilitator, and leadership coach. His clients include: Boyle Engineering, Boyken International, FMSM Engineers, ETA Engineering Consultants (where he currently serves as COO), QORE (where he serves on the Board of Directors), and Pond & Company, among others. Gary earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from West Virginia University and an M.E. in Environmental Engineering at the University of Florida. He is a register professional engineer.