Meet CRT Mentors
To learn more about CRT mentors, click below to visit their LinkedIn profiles.
Mentor Testimonials
Paul Dijkstra
The value of CRT to me are new assignments, meeting new people and business challenges, connect with other mentors and sponsors, see results of mentoring process.
Paul Dijkstra
Now that I am retired, CRT is a great way to stay engaged, help businesses and people to succeed and meet interesting new people.
Wayne Meyer
I joined CRT to provide assistance to businesses and young entrepreneurs by sharing experience and guidance. It’s a way of giving back!
Dave Watt
I joined CRT because I enjoyed the experience of founding, growing and selling a small business and is looking to give back in order to help other small business owners achieve their long term goals.
J Mark Waxman
I value CRT for the other mentors and the companies we have the opportunity to mentor.
Andy Fichthorn
I joined CRT to give back to our great business community!
Chuck Dunning
The value of CRT is the depth of involvement with clients and the exchange of ideas with such a talented and diversified group of mentors.
Rod Bolton
Love challenge and accomplishment. Can accomplish this through the companies I have mentored.
Dennis Dillon
I value CRT because I really enjoy meeting different people and helping them solve whatever problems they may be having.
Matthew Lehrer
CRT allows me to continue to learn, to continue to give and to continue to impact.
Dave Watt
The value of CRT is the ability to have a positive impact on small businesses to help small business owners and their employees. It is a pleasure to be part of such a diverse and high level professionals that I can continue to learn from.
Dan Gatti
The experiences of mentoring companies and the satisfaction of being responsible for Client Acquisition has been wonderful.
Tom Dorosewicz
CRT is a room with the best of the best in San Diego.
John Riley
One of the values of CRT is the network of mentors is fantastic and I continue to learn from the group during every meeting and client engagement.
John Reardon
I joined CRT for Personal Growth – by surrounding myself with the best of the best, I am amazed at what I can learn.
Dan Gatti
I joined the CRT to help companies in San Diego realize their goals and connect with other companies to help them scale.
John Reardon
I enjoy CRT because of the magic of independent advice – nowhere else can you get the plain unvarnished truth that isn’t overshadowed by personal aspirations or the desire for money.
Hus Tigli
I joined CRT to give the benefit of my white hair to entrepreneurs.
Reid Carr
I joined CRT because I have valued all my mentors and supporters in the past
Scott Krawitz
Having enjoyed a rich and diverse professional journey including both small business ownership and large corporate leadership I am excited to give back by providing a healthy combination of ask and tell in my role as CRT mentor.
Esther Rodriguez
CRT provides a constant learning experience about diverse businesses while applying proven business practices. It is very rewarding to help business owners realize their companies’ goals.
Scott Krawitz
At CRT I enjoy the diversity of engagements, mentor network, sense of community and the opportunity to support activated and coachable entrepreneurs in reaching the next level!
Andy Fichthorn
I value CRT for the diversity of our client base and the CRT eco-system of mentors, sponsors, partners, and supporters.
Hus Tigli
I value CRT because I love entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs. I love to share my experience with entrepreneurs.
Jerry Morris
I have enjoyed the cases I have worked on thus far and have been told that CRT mentor-ship is helpful. I have learned a lot in the process.
Esther Rodriguez
I joined CRT to stay engaged in San Diego business activities after retiring from corporate life, and contribute to private businesses in the community.
Reid Carr
The breadth of business challenges is always interesting.
Terry Bruggeman
The value of CRT to me are the wonderful talented colleagues.
Dave Kramer
I joined CRT because it’s by far the best advisory resource for growing, privately owned businesses in San Diego.
Shane Parkes
I joined CRT because I wanted the opportunity to give back to the San Diego business community and to help small business owners strive to achieve their goals. I also appreciate the opportunity to share the knowledge I have learned over the years in business and hopefully that knowledge can help other business owners to […]
Matt Lehrer
I joined CRT because I have discovered over the years that one of my unique abilities (a combination of skills, passion and creation of positive energy) is to mentor. CRT is another avenue that allow me to use that ability while giving back to the San Diego business community.
Wayne Meyer
I value CRT for the networking and feeling of accomplishment on successful mentorships.
Jerry Morris
I joined CRT to help the community and be involved with entrepreneurs looking for help. To learn, and to engage with other CRT members, mentors, and mentees.
Paul Thiel
The value of CRT to me is I have the opportunity to meet and work with lots of interesting and active professionals.
Michael Berthelot
I joined CRT to use my experience to help other companies and to learn new industries and technologies.
Rod Bolton
I joined CRT because I enjoy coaching and seeing companies grow and succeed.
John Riley
I joined CRT to give back to the community by helping businesses succeed
Chuck Dunning
I joined CRT because in retirement I wanted to keep active in the business community with both new relationships and challenging projects. I taught in the College of Extended Studies at SDSU for 16 years and found teaching kept me current on the business world, and taught me as much as I was teaching. I […]
Bill Lofft
I joined CRT to support the local business community.
Dan Hughes
I joined CRT because I love helping small businesses.
Steve Mendell
I joined CRT to help create opportunities for others that otherwise might not have existed
Jeff Campbell
Most of the jobs in the U.S. are created by small to mid-sized businesses. CRT helps those businesses thrive and grow. So this is important work for the country. It is also stimulating and highly rewarding.
Jeff Campbell
I was invited to a meeting by David Duval in 2005. Was very impressed by what CRT did and joined at that time.
Terry Bruggeman
I joined CRT to give back to the community.
Ginny Beneke
It is very rewarding to help San Diego CEOs become more successful. I also enjoy the interaction with, and learning from, our impressive clients and CRT members.
Dave Kramer
I value the thrill of helping business owners grow and the friendship of other the members.
Shane Parkes
I am proud of the work we do as mentors, and I think Chairmen’s Roundtable is a worthy program that provides real value to business owners in San Diego.
Steve Mendell
There is great satisfaction in helping others to succeed.
Alan Lerchbacker
I value working with other great professionals at CRT!
Ginny Beneke
I joined CRT as a way to give back to the San Diego community.
J. Mark Waxman
I joined CRT to provide my experience to businesses seeking to succeed in their goals.
Michael Berthelot
I enjoy the sense of satisfaction in making a contribution to someone else’s success.
Dan Hughes
The value of CRT is coaching and mentoring small business owners resulting in significant value creation.
Tom Dorosewicz
I joined CRT because I loved the idea of using all the experience I had to “give back” to the next generation of CEO’s.
Mentor Spotlight
Who’s by your side at Chairmen’s RoundTable? Wayne Meyer
Meet Wayne Meyer, an experienced Chief Executive (and now fractional CEO) with a demonstrated history of working with start-up, mid-sized and family owned businesses. Born in South Africa, Wayne has significant background in accounting and finance. He initially...
Who’s by your side at Chairmen’s RoundTable? Hus Tigli
Persistence matters. It’s a lesson that was driven home in the 1970s to CRT mentor Hus Tigli. He arrived from his native Turkey, landing in New York City for his engineering studies at Columbia University…and within 24 hours of arriving he was mugged. Yet, rather...
Who’s by your side at Chairmen’s RoundTable? Malcolm Bund
Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, not many people know that as a teenager Malcolm Bund was a competitive swimmer (and he was pretty good at it, too!) You also may not realize that he’s been (and remains) a low handicap golfer, first learning golf at age13....



