Brett Hoogeveen, Matthew Kim, Owen Barrett | Office Hours #785
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Brett Hoogeveen
Brett Hoogeveen is the co-founder of BetterCulture, a leadership development and technology firm serving clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Over the past decade, he has trained thousands of leaders and partnered with hundreds of organizations to build stronger businesses through better leadership, high-performing teams, and energized workplace cultures. A trained engineer, former healthcare executive, and startup investor, Brett is also an international speaker and Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), known for delivering practical, actionable insights on leadership, company culture, and the keys to lasting success and happiness.
Matthew Kim
Matthew Kim is the co-founder and CEO of SureCo, where he is transforming the healthcare landscape with innovative, employee-centered solutions. With 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, he has built and exited successful firms in health and technology, including Bayside Insurance, one of California’s largest health insurance agencies. Rising from an entry-level appointment setter to executive leader, Matthew has grown SureCo into one of Inc. Magazine’s 250 fastest-growing private companies, strengthened by strategic acquisitions like Tembi Health and Hixme. Passionate about improving American healthcare, Matthew is reimagining how employers provide benefits by prioritizing flexibility, affordability, and individualized choice. His vision allows employees to select plans tailored to their needs while helping organizations manage rising costs and financial risk—an approach that balances business sustainability with better care and well-being for the workforce.
Owen Barrett
Owen Barrett is a clean energy entrepreneur who began his career as a Global Energy Manager at a Fortune 500 company, implementing $60 million in clean technology projects. He went on to found lumeo, a fast-growing ESCO that brought energy efficiency and renewable solutions to 40 school districts, before launching ZNE Capital, which acquired and decarbonized $75 million in multifamily real estate. While tackling the challenges of deploying solar in these properties, he developed Shine—a turnkey solar platform that solves billing, measurement, and scalability issues for the multifamily industry. What began as an internal tool at ZNE has grown into a venture with the potential to accelerate solar adoption nationwide.