Bjorn Billhardt and Nathan Kracklauer

Bjorn Billhardt is CEO and founder of Abilitie, a global leadership development company. Prior to launching Abilitie, Bjorn co-founded Enspire Learning in 2001, an early pioneer of e-learning programs and business simulations. Bjorn holds a BA from the University of Texas and an MBA from Harvard Business School. A native of Hamburg, Germany, he came to the US as an exchange student in high school and now lives in Austin, TX with his wife and three young boys. Nathan Kracklauer is Abilitie's Chief Research Officer. Nathan has facilitated leadership seminars at organizations such as Bank of America, GE, and Nokia, and at executive education programs at IMD Business School, London Business School, and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Nathan holds a BA and a BS from the University of Texas and an MA from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. Born in Falls Church, VA, Nathan now lives in Karlsruhe, Germany, with his wife and two daughters.