Dr. Amer Kaissi (“Ah-mer Ky-See”) is a professional speaker and a certified executive coach. His most recent book is “Humbitious: the power of low-ego, high-drive leadership.”

Amer is an award-winning Professor of Healthcare Administration at Trinity University, a Top-15 program. He is also the author of the book “Intangibles: The Unexpected Traits of High-Performing Healthcare Leaders,” which has won the 2019 American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) Book of the Year award.

At Trinity, Amer teaches courses in Leadership, Professional Development and Public Speaking. His research focuses on leadership, coaching, and strategy.

He is an avid soccer fan and he lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife and two teenagers.

"My first encounter with Amer was listening to his presentation at an annual leadership conference of the Catholic Healthcare Association of Ontario. In the months that followed my colleagues and I could not stop thinking about the inspiring messages he left with us about the power of humility and kindness to create a culture of accountability. We subsequently invited Amer to speak to our organization, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and our community partners in June 2019, and he accepted! The impact of his presence as we got to know him even more, the simple and powerful messages in his addresses to our front-line staff, physicians, leaders and community partners, continue to resonate with us. As a fellow executive coach, I was deeply touched by Amer’s gift of presence, his kindness and genuine curiosity to everyone he encountered: in 1:1 conversations or in conversation with a room of 50 people, his coaching presence was palpable and galvanizing. He is indeed a gifted and humble teacher, facilitator, coach and new friend."

– Judi Wyllie- Executive Leadership Coach & Organizational Development, Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare, Windsor, Ontario