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About Me

I was born and raised in Chile. Initially, I studied architecture and pursued my undergraduate B.A. degree in the field of Furniture & Interior Design from the University of Chile. After graduation, I formed a commercial interior design company in Santiago, Chile, with two fellow students. Bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, I then founded Muebles Dhomo, a contemporary furniture design and manufacturing company five years later.

I sold my interests in the businesses to move to Italy so I could study corporate identity design at the Universita Internazionale Del’ Arte Di Firenze. In 1988, I relocated to the United States to work for a Raleigh based architectural company and I fell in love with the area. It wasn’t long before I formed Polloni Design, Inc., currently a successful corporate graphic design and website development company. Also noteworthy, I became a proud US citizen in 1993.

In an effort to further my personal development, I participated in a local leadership program and was provided my own life coach. It was through this relationship that I was struck by an important realization: I had an intense passion for human development and making a difference in the world! I underwent my formal training as a life coach and co-lead facilitator at the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) in Washington, DC and Barcelona, Spain. Currently, I hold the distinctions of CPCC* and ACC** and I’m a member of the International Coaching Federation. I opened my personal coaching practice in 2005.

As a member of the Inspirers Group at the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals, I do motivational speeches on a regular basis for Hispanic students and their immigrant parents in the public school system. I created a program called BIG (Bicultural Integration Groups) with the purpose of integrating Hispanic and American kids and parents in public and private schools, which was succesfully implemented on Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School in 2008.

I’m bilingual in both English and Spanish and also fluent in Italian and French. One of my first loves is art and I enjoy painting with watercolors and life-drawing in pencil – I’m currently adding oil-painting to my repertoire. I love traveling and outdoor sports like mountain bike and snow skiing.

CPCC* Certified Professional Co-Active Coach, accreditation by The Coaches Training Institute
ACC** Associate Certified Coach, accreditation by the International Coaching Federation

Location:
United States, Raleigh, NC
Current organization:
Polloni Design, Inc.
Current role:
President
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Life and Corporate Coaching, Leadership Training, Graphic Design, Branding, Web design and development, Oil Painting, Watercolors, Life Drawing
I am:
Artist, Change Agent, Connector, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Idea generator, Life mentor, Photographer, Project manager
Associations:
International Coach Federation, North Carolina Society Of Hispanic Professionals
Languages:
Spanish, English, Italian, French
My website links:
www.pollonidesign.com
Universities:
Universidad De Chile, School of Design, Universita Internazionale De'll Arte Di Firenze, Coaches Training Institute
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  • A reply on Conversation: What defines a good leader?

    Mar 31 2011: Kenny,
    I have some questions for you:
    1.- Could you explain to me what good comes for fearing GOD?
    2.- If you disapoint GOD, what will GOD do to you?
    3.- Do you think GOD is a good person?
    Thank you.

  • A comment on Conversation: What defines a good leader?

    Mar 31 2011: I'm a good leader when I hold everybody that I work with capable, creative, whole and resourceful. This empowers them to trust and become great leaders themselves on their own and unique way.

  • A reply on Talk: Isabel Behncke: Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans

    Mar 31 2011: Lighten up Haitse, you are taking science too seriously. Plus the talk was about playfulness and sex of bonobos. Take another look, step out of your box and maybe you can learn something.
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    A comment on Talk: Isabel Behncke: Evolution's gift of play, from bonobo apes to humans

    Mar 29 2011: Querida Isabel,

    I'm Chilean and I'm very proud of you. Takes a lot of courage, research, knowledge, and preparation to do what you did in 7 minutes. It is not just what you did, was how you did it as well. I was captivated by you humor, sexiness, authenticity, playfulness and originality, to mention some.

    Congratulations for showing respect to answer the sad assumptions from Judith Taylor Mayo as well, It tells us a lot about who you are. I believe that the apologies are not necessary though. You have no control of other people's reactions to their own limited belief systems and unforgiving judgments. You do not need to apologize for being the extraordinary person that you are, at the contrary, please go and celebrate big time! I loved your Vampire shirt by the way! It gave you a lot of stage presence.

    Keep being who you are Isabel, do not let any of these comments, including mine, change your beautiful wise being.

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