WHO WE ARE
EPIC Alliance was born from a simple belief: innovation thrives where human potential is empowered, aligned, and measurable. We are a global collective of leadership coaches, agile experts, and organizational strategists who bridge science, business, and purpose to help startups grow with intention. Rooted in neuroscience, agile transformation, and behavioral psychology, our approach connects the inner dynamics of leadership with the outer mechanics of scaling, enabling companies to build cultures that can adapt, evolve, and endure.
We believe that many brilliant startups fail not because their ideas lack potential, but because they lack the right strategies, alignment, and human foundations to sustain growth. That’s why we created the EPIC Alliance. Through our proprietary EPIC Model, EPIC Network, and EPIC Compass, we help companies and their teams turn vision into execution, creativity into structure, and purpose into measurable performance.
From ideation to unicorn, we partner with innovators who want to scale smarter, not just faster.
OUR VISIONARIES
We’re builders of change: coaches, innovators, and entrepreneurs who believe that great startups grow from empowered people. EPIC Alliance unites neuroscience, agile strategy, and real-world leadership to help founders turn vision into execution. We don’t just advise. We co-create impact, guiding teams from their first spark of innovation to global scale.
LINDSEY BRAIK
Talent and Culture Architect
Lindsey Braik, an accomplished executive coach with over 35 years in human resources and talent development across European sectors, focuses on building adaptive organizations through empathetic leadership and resilient cultures that sustain long-term performance. With ICF PCC, CPHM, and ACIL certifications earned from executive positions in finance, industrial, medical, and services, she has designed customized programs that improve behavioral skills, manage transitions, and enhance inclusion, informed by her practical entrepreneurial involvement in her family's French cake design business, which honed her ability to merge strategy with actionable innovation.
Lindsey's role in the EPIC Alliance leverages her expertise in talent strategies to support startups in developing inclusive teams (Empower), enhancing external branding (Present), fostering creative environments (Innovate), and delivering on commitments (Commit) from ideation to maturity. Her ICF-accredited training programs integrate seamlessly with the EPIC Model for practical ateliers, while her focus on measurable outcomes like retention rates bolsters the EPIC Compass, providing frameworks for team health assessments and insights into ESG factors that influence investment viability and sustainable returns.
CRISTELLE BRETNACHER
Innovation and Transformation Lead
Cristelle Bretnacher, a strategic leadership coach and multi-investor in blockchain, AI, crypto, and Web3 startups, combines nearly 15 years in financial sector HR, employment law, and negotiations with neuroscience-informed coaching to enable resilient organizational change. As a former senior negotiator representing Luxembourg banks at national and European levels, she secured mediations, reached agreements trade unions. Holding ICF ACC and ACTC (fully trained, pending approval), she applies emotional intelligence and self-awareness to guide leaders in multicultural, innovative ecosystems.
Cristelle's involvement in the EPIC Alliance harnesses her negotiation and investment experience to help startups cultivate efficient leadership (Empower), refine stakeholder narratives (Present), leverage emerging tech (Innovate), and align on execution (Commit) for scalable success. Her high-stakes negotiation experience informs the EPIC Model's ateliers by addressing practical challenges like team alignment, conflict resolution, and operational scaling, while her metrics-focused approach enhances the EPIC Compass with tools for tracking growth indicators and performance efficiency.
ADRIEN MULLER
Agile and Scalability Strategist
Adrien Muller, an agile transformation expert, draws on over a decade of experience guiding teams through complex software development and organizational changes, resulting in streamlined operations and accelerated growth for tech-driven enterprises. As a former Senior Consultant and Agile Coach at Agile Partner, he delivered keynotes on agility and Scrum, such as interactive sessions at the WordPress Luxembourg Community launch, where he introduced practical, engaging methods to integrate agile practices, boosting team efficiency and adaptability in fast-paced settings. A committed Software Craftsman and trainer, Adrien has transformed struggling teams into high-performing ones by addressing technical debt, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and implementing scalable execution strategies that have proven effective in real-world scenarios across dynamic industries.
Adrien's contributions to the EPIC Alliance draw from his track record in scaling agile frameworks, enabling startups to strengthen internal leadership (Empower), build market credibility (Present), drive technological disruption (Innovate), and execute with precision (Commit) across all growth stages. Through hands-on facilitation in events like play14, he brings proven methodologies to the EPIC Model's workshops, while his experience in metrics-driven transformations supports the EPIC Compass for tracking KPIs like team velocity and scalability—offering incubators structured tools for portfolio optimization and VCs reliable data for due diligence on operational resilience.