About Elvarity

We used this program on ourselves first. That's why it works.

Elvarity was built in real businesses, with real leadership challenges and real lives — by people who needed it before they decided to share it.

Built from real experience. Shared because it worked.

Rick Salgado developed the foundations of Elvarity in 2013 while running his own company. He didn’t start with a curriculum — he started with a problem. His team was talented and still underperforming. Communication was breaking down. Leadership was inconsistent.

He began applying what would become the Elvarity framework internally — in how people led, communicated, and held each other accountable. The results compounded. After years of watching it work, he partnered with Rick Dillon and Drew Siebert to bring it to other organizations in 2021.

Every person on this team has been through this program as a participant — not just as a facilitator. That experience is in the room every time we teach.

What to expect

Getting started is simpler than you think.

We don’t open with a proposal. We start with a conversation — because we need to understand you before we can serve you well.

People are more capable than their circumstances have allowed them to demonstrate. The right tools, delivered the right way, can change that.

You can’t build a high-performing team without building the people on it first. Culture is the result of what individuals bring to every interaction, every day.

Lasting change requires self-awareness, relational intelligence, and a system for execution — in that order, and all three together.

We show up as people who have used these tools in our own lives. That’s not a selling point. It’s just who we are.

The people behind the program.

Different backgrounds. Different strengths. One shared belief that this program changes lives — because it changed ours.

FOUNDER & PARTNER

Rick Salgado

Rick was the catalyst behind Elvarity. After applying these frameworks inside his own company and watching them compound, he decided others deserved access. He brings an uncanny gift for human connection to every room he walks into.

CEO & PARTNER

Drew Siebert

Drew came to Elvarity through his own growth as an entrepreneur. After rebuilding and selling an engineering firm, he went through the program — and what he experienced changed the direction of his career. He joined because the work felt more meaningful than anything else on the table.

PARTNER & COACH

Rick Dillon

Forty years across fifteen industries gave Rick an unusually clear view of where leadership development fails. He co-authored The Business Sale and built a conflict resolution system now used within the ELCA Lutheran Church. Every engagement benefits from that depth.

HEAD OF DEVELOPMENT & FACILITATOR

Dennis Hodges

Dennis spent decades helping organizations navigate growth, change, and leadership challenges across a wide range of industries. What drew him to Elvarity was the realization that beneath most business challenges are deeply human ones. He brings strategic clarity, thoughtful facilitation, and genuine curiosity to every conversation.