825 Basics - From 8 to 5 and the hours beyond, you can change the world.

About Us

Mission
Guided by the 825 Basics principles, the mission of 825 Basics, LLC is to provide superior training and coaching to students and professionals. 825 Basics clients gain knowledge and tools that can be immediately applied to their careers.

Principles
825 Basics workshops, coaching and training are guided by five principles that are critical to workplace and life success:

  • Know Yourself

  • Understand the Environment

  • Strive for Excellence

  • Maintain Balance

  • Have a Plan

Danielle Forget, President, CEO
Danielle Forget, PE, MBA, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of 825 Basics, LLC. She has been providing entertaining and useful presentations for over 10 years. Forget also has experience in workshop development, career coaching and organizational management. Her excitement comes from experience in implementing the methods she teaches and seeing those she has mentored successfully navigate their careers. Forget received her BS in Civil Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and her MBA from the University of St. Thomas in Houston.

Forget most recently served as the Director of Engineering & Environmental Compliance for a medium sized publicly traded company where she was responsible for developing, implementing and overseeing programs. Prior to this, Forget held positions at a variety of companies in sales, training, engineering and operations.

Tricia Berry, Executive Vice President, CCO
Tricia Berry, MBA, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer for 825 Basics, LLC. She has over 15 years experience in training, presentations, workshop development, coaching and process management. Berry’s varied experiences include career coaching, large volunteer program management, professional speaking, and workshop and training development and implementation. Berry received her BS Chemical Engineering degree from The University of Texas at Austin and her MBA from the University of Houston – Clear Lake.

Berry is currently the Director of the Women in Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin where she is responsible for leading the efforts on recruitment and retention of women in the College of Engineering. Prior to this role, Berry served as Director of the Engineering Scholarship Program and as both a Process Engineer and a Product Development Engineer at The Dow Chemical Company in Freeport, Texas.


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Updated 05 July 2007
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