Meet Our Leadership Team
Steve Garguilo
Founder and CEO
Steve Garguilo is the Founder and CEO of Cultivate, a boutique consultancy that helps global companies like Google, Sanofi, and Regeneron build thriving cultures and unlock human potential. Formerly at Johnson & Johnson, he led a transformation that engaged 35,000 employees in strengthening the company’s innovation culture. Today, he guides organizations through bold cultural and talent strategies, combining vision, execution, and a global mindset shaped by work in over 100 countries. He is also the author of Surge, the best-selling book on putting ideas into action.
Bhavik Modi
Sr. Partner, Chief Innovation Officer
Bhavik Modi is our Senior Partner and Chief Innovation Officer, where he brings a powerful mix of business acumen and tech fluency to drive organizational transformation. With a background spanning consulting, investing, and founding ventures, Bhavik has helped executives embed innovation, embrace AI, and rethink leadership in rapidly evolving industries. He previously led Culture and Digital Transformation at BTS, launching global innovation efforts and AI solutions. From developing AI programs for a $19B telecom firm to leading public-private partnerships, Bhavik’s work drives strategy execution, accelerates growth and prepares organizations for the future.
Tara Young
Sr. Partner, Head of Design & Delivery
Tara Donovan Young is a Senior Partner at Cultivate, where she leads the design of transformative learning experiences that drive culture change and unlock human potential. Early in her career she authored Harvard Business School case studies with Clayton Christensen, and spent over a decade helping global companies build ground-breaking innovation capabilities at Innosight, the firm Christensen founded. Before joining Cultivate, she founded her own learning strategy and design consultancy, partnering with Fortune 100 and high-growth companies to revolutionize leadership and talent strategies. Tara holds an M.Ed. in Instructional Design and is a Certified Executive Coach.
Matthew Kane
Senior Partner
Matt Kane is a Senior Partner with over two decades of experience in talent strategy, learning, digital transformation, and leadership development. He previously led enterprise-wide talent and learning initiatives at Johnson & Johnson for all 150,000 employees and drove significant transformation in leadership capabilities across 30,000+ Executive, Senior, and global people leaders. From building high-potential succession programs to rapid upskilling platforms, Matt has worked with the leading science-led companies in the world and tech leaders like Apple and Google to drive innovation, retention, and performance. Known for his curiosity and service mindset, Matt delivers sustainable business impact.
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