We have one focus: continuous improvement.
We have proven an elite capability to motivate and train the motivated, and serve this country’s most elite professional, collegiate, and business organizations with the end goal of enhancing and improving present performance.
The consultants at Optimal Mental Performance have developed their framework based on years of tutelage under Trevor Moawad and their own experience working in concert with Professional, Collegiate, and Premier Youth athletes and teams as well as Fortune 500 companies and executives.
Meet the team
FOUNDER
Sean-Kelley Quinn
Gained valuable experience in the performance space at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and EXOS in Phoenix, Arizona working as a mental conditioning consultant for some of this country’s top youth, amateur, and professional athletes. In 2015 he joined the late Trevor Moawad and Jonathan Schultz to form Moawad Consulting Group. At MCG Sean was the Director of Mental Conditioning as well as Director of Operations. He was mentored by the “World’s Best Brain Trainer” (-Sports Illustrated).
Sean primarily works with teams, agencies, and individual athletes. He currently has clients in MLB, NFL, NBA, Professional Men’s and Women’s Golf/Tennis, NCAA sports, and elite high school athletes. He also serves as a strategic advisor and consultant for a variety of Fortune 500 corporations and elite organizations.
DIRECTOR OF MULTIMEDIA
Jonathan Schultz
A skilled video editor with a huge passion for sports. Specializing in motivational videos for individual and team sports, corporate accounts, and general audiences. A skilled video editor who earned a degree in Media Production. He was the Director of Multimedia at Moawad Consulting Group and has produced thousands of motivational videos for athletes and teams in the NFL, NCAAF, MLB, NBA, NHL, UFC, MLS, WTA, NCAAB, Olympic, and Paralympic athletes. Jonathan has also produced motivational videos for prominent business leaders, Fortune 500 companies, and elite performance organizations, such as the U.S. Special Operations Forces community. We are pleased to have Jonathan and his production skills at Optimal Mental Performance.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANT
Alex Dachis
Alex has worked alongside elite programs, athletes, and executives since 2016. He supported Moawad Consulting Group and was integral to the implementation of programming and educational design for its teams, units, and operators. He’s served as a Mental Conditioning and Psychoeducational consultant to the University of Oregon, University of Georgia, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, and numerous other elite organizations.
Alex uses a strength-based approach in allowing his clients to identify and realize their optimal levels of performance even through times of adversity and finding “neutral” through a behavior-based plan. We are happy to have Alex and his clinical/educational background on the Optimal Mental Performance team.
ADVISOR
Chad Bohling
Chad is in his 18th season with the New York Yankees organization, overseeing the club’s Mental Conditioning Department. He was named to his position in 2005 and works primarily with the Major League club throughout the season where he also assists with scouting interviews for the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Outside of the Yankees, Chad consults with the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL (since 2012), Dallas Stars of the NHL (since 2021), and Wheels Up Aviation Company (since 2019), and serves in an advisory role for the Michael Johnson Performance Center.
Prior to joining the Yankees, He served as the Director of Mental Conditioning for the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., from 1997-2005, working with many athletes, including Olympians and MLB, NBA, NFL, ATP, and WTA professionals. While at IMG, he specifically worked with 27 NFL first-round draft picks from 2001-05 and the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2002- 05.
Chad was Trevor Moawad’s best friend and helped develop the principles behind Neutral Thinking while they were both at IMG academy. We are honored to have Chad in an advisory role at Optimal Mental Performance where he will advise the team.
FOUNDER
Sean-Kelley Quinn
A graduate of UC Davis in Human Development, Sean also earned his Master’s degree in Sport Psychology from JFK University. He is a Certified Consultant with the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (#555) and has obtained thousands of hours working with clients from diverse backgrounds including Professionals in the Baseball, Football, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, and Golf world as well as executives from a variety of top corporations.
After completing his studies, Sean gained valuable experience in the performance space at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and EXOS in Phoenix, Arizona working as a mental conditioning consultant for some of this country’s top youth, amateur, and professional athletes. In 2015 he joined the late Trevor Moawad and Jonathan Schultz to form Moawad Consulting Group. At MCG Sean was the Director of Mental Conditioning as well as Director of Operations. He was mentored by the “World’s Best Brain Trainer” (-Sports Illustrated).
Sean primarily works with sporting agencies and individual athletes
He has clients in the MLB, NFL, NBA, Professional Men’s and Women’s Golf/Tennis, NCAA sports, elite high school athletes, as well as corporate America.
Sean’s approach is to help clients obtain Optimal Performance by creating realistic plans, developing confidence through experience, and teaching them to exceed expectations.
Sean’s strategies are formulated around building confidence through awareness, acceptance, motivation, concentration, focus, attention/emotional control, positive self-talk, team cohesion, visualization, and developing proper routines. Supplemental to teaching mental skills Sean incorporates modern technology such as video editing, applications, and biofeedback to help clients not only see but feel what it is like to be confident and in control.
“Sean has been with us from the start, an expert in neutral thinking, and our go-to consultant with individuals.”
-Trevor Moawad
DIRECTOR OF MULTIMEDIA
Jonathan Schultz
A skilled video editor with a huge passion for sports, Jonathan earned his bachelor’s degree in Media Production from East Carolina University. He interned with ECU Marketing his senior year, filming and editing college basketball games. One of his highlights was designated as ESPN’s Sportscenter #1 play.
In 2014, he was granted a consulting position at EXOS (formerly Athlete’s Performance) where he helped produce performance videos and content throughout the 2014-15 seasons for Michigan football, Florida State football, Alabama football, and the Memphis Grizzlies NBA team.
From 2015-to 2021 at Moawad Consulting Group, he has produced hundreds of both teams and individual motivational videos for athletes in the NFL, NCAAF, MLB, NBA, NHL, UFC, MLS, WTA, NCAAB, Olympic and Paralympic athletes, as well as prominent business leaders, Fortune 500 companies and elite performance organizations, such as the U.S. Special Operations Forces community.
In 2021, Jonathan created his own production company Best Edit Productions, LLC. Best Edit Productions is a video editing and production firm built to meet your specific video needs. We edit your existing and/or available video footage and combine it with music, voice-overs, and graphics tailored to your audience. We specialize in motivational videos for individual and team sports, corporate accounts, and general audiences.
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY CONSULTANT
Alex Dachis
Dachis is a Mental Conditioning consultant based out of Washington State. A graduate of the University of Ottawa (Master’s degree in Sport Psychology), Alex has worked alongside elite programs, athletes, and executives since 2016. Dachis has supported MCG and been integral to the implementation of programming and educational design for its teams, units, and operators. He has served as a Mental Conditioning and Psychoeducational consultant to the University of Oregon, University of Georgia, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, and numerous other elite organizations. Dachis uses a strength-based approach in allowing his clients to identify and realize their optimal levels of performance even through times of adversity and finding “neutral” through a behavior-based plan.
ADVISOR
Chad Bohling
Chad is in his 18th season with the New York Yankees organization, overseeing the club’s Mental Conditioning Department. He was named to his position in 2005 and works primarily with the Major League club throughout the season where he also assists with scouting interviews for the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Outside of the Yankees, Chad consults with the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL (since 2012), Dallas Stars of the NHL (since 2021), and Wheels Up Aviation Company (since 2019), and serves in an advisory role for the Michael Johnson Performance Center.
Prior to joining the Yankees, He served as the Director of Mental Conditioning for the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Fla., from 1997-2005, working with many athletes, including Olympians and MLB, NBA, NFL, ATP, and WTA professionals. While at IMG, he specifically worked with 27 NFL first-round draft picks from 2001-05 and the Jacksonville Jaguars from 2002- 05.
Chad was Trevor Moawad’s best friend and helped develop the principles behind Neutral Thinking while they were both at IMG academy. We are happy to add Chad in an advisory role at Optimal Mental Performance where he will advise the team.
The performance of tomorrow may look different than what we see today. No matter who you are or what you’ve accomplished, performance and technological advances are quickly and continually changing the environment. In the future, traditional expectations – in terms of doing the same thing for an entire career – will be rare.
Not all people are willing to change or are confident that they can change.
Changing behavior is often more difficult than learning new technical skills. My objective is to provide tools that emphasize personal growth, responsibility, and adaptability. Enhancing the environment through investing in people improves productivity; after all, change is inevitable –- growth is optional.
