“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” - Buddha
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“The mind is everything. What you think you become.” - Buddha ***
The Story begins…
Hubert Pilloud was born in Switzerland, specifically Gruyeres (home of the infamous cheese!)
He served for more than 25 years in the Swiss Air Force becoming one of the top 10 Fighter Pilot Instructors on the Tiger F-5 and Hornet F/A-18 (a real-life Top Gun Instructor). In this role, he trained world-class pilots to reach the highest tactical level in their careers. Throughout his career, he led many international training campaigns abroad as Commander or Chief Pilot. During these extensive travels he became fluent in 4 languages (French, German, English, and Italian).
In 2005, he was promoted to join the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs as a Liaison Officer, moving to the USA. There he worked on various international projects related to the F/A-18. Over the next two decades, he found three activities that would change his life forever: yoga, scuba diving, and self-development. These pursuits fostered a passion for learning about humankind and an interest in the potential we all possess to challenge our mental and physical capacities. He went on to train as a yoga instructor and volunteer his time regularly with Wounded Service Members at the Balboa Naval Medical Center. He also became a Master Instructor of scuba diving (the highest credential in the industry) progressing to become a certified technical diver in the deepest waters with various gas mixes.
Using both his professional and personal experience as an accomplished leader, instructor, mentor and building upon his ever-expanding knowledge of physiology and psychology, Hubert saw an opportunity to share his knowledge as an Executive Coach. He now runs his own practice specialized in High Performance Coaching at YourHPcoach.com. Meanwhile, he continues to volunteer his time and share his expertise with both the Wounded Warriors and youth programs through a range of local and international nonprofit organizations.
Philanthropy is Hubert’s North Star, and he truly believes in the power of community and service. As a child, he didn’t have access to mentorship or familial support for guidance meaning that he had to learn everything the hard way. It is his mission to support those facing similar challenges in the next generations. He believes it is our duty, as adults, to mentor young people and help them to navigate this journey called life. Hubert wants to leave behind a legacy of great, heart-led young leaders and entrepreneurs.
This year, he has the honor and the privilege to lead the Taste of Rancho Santa Fe, an event raising money for our local and international charities. His mission is to serve you and the community with excellence!
In Snapshot…
His Early Journey
Hubert was born in Switzerland. When he became a young child, he already had a vision; he wanted to be a pilot. He didn’t want to be just any pilot, he wanted to be a fighter pilot for the Swiss Air Force.
As soon as he was old enough, he started to fly gliders. He was the youngest kid certified in his country as he was given a license three months before the legal age. Soon after that, he also received his license for general aviation.
The Road to Fighter Pilot
At 16 years old, he entered the selection process to become a fighter pilot. The odds were against him as there were 3,000 other applicants. Unfortunately, the Swiss Air Force only needed 6. After enduring 5 years of a rigorous selection process, as well as training, he received his wings at the young age of 22. He started flying the F-5 Tiger then the F/A-18 Hornet.
high PERFORMance
Very early in his career, Hubert started to train pilots and became one of the top instructors in the Swiss Air Force. He provided tactical expertise and leadership to the Swiss Tactics Development Team as a Weapons Flight Instructor.
Hubert loved flying and training with other nations. He was deployed in various training operatives in France, England, Norway, Italy, and the USA.
He realized that his “super-power” was to create and launch projects. He developed procedures and introduced a training program for Air-to-Air refueling to the Swiss Air Force. He also initiated the planning and coordination of Air-to-Air Refueling operations internationally.
He was incredibly passionate and worked closely with his friend and engineer “Gerry”. Together they developed and enhanced software for the F/A-18 on an international level.
Leadership
Throughout his career, he led many international training campaigns abroad as Commander or Chief Pilot. The two detachments he enjoyed the most was the night flying in Norway and tactical training over the North Sea. From this, he became Division Leader and Mission Commander.
Hubert was the team lead in an international project designing a revolutionary debriefing system that was later introduced in the NAVY and USMC’s squadrons.
And, as previously mentioned, he was the first instructor to introduce and train Swiss pilots the air-to-air refueling procedure. It was a joint operation with the French Air Force.
Swiss Liaison Officer
The opportunity came about for Hubert to work in the United States as a Swiss Liaison Officer. He worked for more than 10 years on various international projects related to the F/A-18.
During that time, he discovered three activities that changed his life forever: yoga, self-development study, and scuba diving.
Within the next 14 years, he became a yoga teacher volunteering in his community, a dedicated Vipassana meditation practitioner, a master instructor in scuba diving, an accomplished technical diver going in very deep waters, and a mentor for the youth.
executive coach Performance Coach
Using his 25 years of experience as an instructor, trainer, and mentor, Hubert became a Certified High Performance Coach and now runs Hubert Global, LLC.
He trains and coaches C-suite and accomplished professionals to reach their higher potential in life and in business. His main areas of focus are; helping others to gain clarity, find purpose and realign their goals. This is all done with a holistic approach, minding all aspects of Humanity. A successful, meaningful, joyful and fulfilled life is accessible to us all!