Ignition Team - At a Glance
Tom House
Dr. Peter Mackay
Phil Hicks
Former MLB pitcher and a world-renowned expert in human performance & throwing mechanics
Phil Hicks
Dr. Peter Mackay
Phil Hicks
Head of Partnerships for Tom House Sports & Interim Executive Director of National Parkinson's Association
Dr. Peter Mackay
Dr. Peter Mackay
Dr. Peter Mackay
Board-certified chiropractor in CA and Qualified Medical Evaluator.
Robert Peritz
Robert Peritz
Robert Peritz
Founder Flex Mvmt, designing functional movement training devicees.
Phil Bryson
Robert Peritz
Robert Peritz
Founder and CEO of On the Edge, delivering highly impactful custom programs, presentations, and coaching.
Todd J. Anson
Robert Peritz
Todd J. Anson
American businessman, entrepreneur, impact investor & attorney.
Larry Lujan
Robert Peritz
Todd J. Anson
General Partner of Verge Fund
In Depth
Tom House
Tom House is a former MLB pitcher turned throwing coach. House has been called the "father of modern pitching mechanics," and a "professor of throwing." House has worked as a coach for the Houston Astros, San Diego Padres, Chunichi Dragons, and Chiba Lotte Marines.
He is an advisor with the American Sports Medicine Institute, and is the co-founder of the National Pitching Association. Through the NPA, he runs a series of camps and clinics for athletes, and markets a series of instructional videos for young baseball players. House has also written or co-written nineteen instructional books on baseball, as well as an autobiography.
Phil Hicks
Phil is an Executive Coach & Fractional Executive of Sole Solutions—a niche consultancy serving small and midsized organizations in the areas of team development, conflict, collaboration, employee growth & retention, and organizational growth, change, and transition management.
He is also the Head of Partnerships for Tom House Sports, where he leads athlete and agency relationships and industry partnerships for Tom House Sports and the National Pitching Association.
Dr. Peter Mackay, D.C., QME
As a board-certified chiropractor in the State of California and a Qualified Medical Evaluator, Dr. Peter Mackay has an extensive career in sports injuries, industrial medicine, and physical rehabilitation.
As a founding member of the Titleist Performance Institute Advisory Board, Dr. Mackay is bringing the ultimate golf fitness program to Elite Performance Institute. He has worked with hundreds of professional athletes from the PGA, LPGA, NFL, NHL, and MLB. He developed the Core Grip golf exercise device which is used extensively by tour players, was showcased on the Golf Channel, and is now featured at www.golfcoregrip.com (http://www.golfcoregrip.com/).
Dr. Mackay is the co-designer of numerous health and fitness products including the Therapeutica Sleeping Pillow (https://www.therapeuticainc.com/sleeping_pillow.html), theTherapeutica Spinal Back Support (https://www.therapeuticainc.com/spinal_back_support.html) for chairs, and the Therapeutica Spinal Orthotic/Auto Support (https://www.therapeuticainc.com/auto_support.html)
Robert Peritz
Robert Peritz is the founder of Flex Mvmt, and has worked with the company for 13 years to design functional movement training devices. These devices emphasize mobility along with core muscle integration and strength. Information is available on the website www.flexdiscfit.com
Phil Bryson
Phil is the Founder and CEO of On the Edge, an industry leader in high challenge learning, adventure team building, and high performance leadership & team development. In addition to this role, Phil has been one of the founders involved in the startup of several corporate training companies.
Since 1985, Phil and his staff have delivered highly impactful custom programs, presentations, and coaching to over 350,000 participants. He has coached and consulted with the leadership teams of 52 of the Fortune 500 companies and done extensive work with Microsoft, Intel, Nike, Apple, Boeing and GE. He has also worked with Special Forces Groups and several professional sports teams.
Globally, Phil has conducted extensive multi-cultural programs throughout Asia, Europe, and South America. Locally, Phil has facilitated all Leadership Development programs for Leadership New Mexico for the past 22 years as well as designed and delivered ongoing leadership development programs for Sandia National Labs, Los Alamos Labs, the NM Governor & Cabinet, US Department of Energy.
Todd J. Anson
Todd is an American businessman, entrepreneur, impact investor & lawyer who challenges conventional wisdom. Initially rose to prominence pioneering a revolution in hi tech companies to strategically manage real estate supporting the Tech Boom in '90's. He became first BigLaw Managing Partner to relocate a major downtown law firm to a suburban tech location, now commonplace in law. Recognized by E&Y as “Entreprenuer of the Year.” He serves as Chair of the Enterprise Risk Committee for the CMU Board & is a Frmr Board Vice Chair.
He co-founded real estate development company Cisterra Partners and is a past recipient of E&Y's “Entrepreneur of the Year” award and NAIOP's “Developer of the Year” in San Diego as well as a former Managing Partner at California's second-largest law firm.
He is a a former Managing Partner at large California Tech Law firm and a founding Investor in the Golden Baseball League, minor league baseball in West featuring Hall of Famer Ricky Henderson.
Lary Lujan
Mr. Lujan joined the Verge Fund in the spring of 2015 as a General Partner. Prior to joining Verge, Mr. Lujan was the President of the Manual Lujan Agencies (MLA) and under his guidance led the company to become the largest independent agency in New Mexico, helping over 2,000 local businesses. In 2013, the company became part of HUB International, the 9th largest brokerage in the US. Lujan is currently a managing partner of the Canyon Club and is active in the New Mexico community, serving on various boards all throughout New Mexico.