Meet the Crew
Thomas Edwards
Founder
Thomas Edwards was asked to be a wingman to pursue a woman a friend was interested in. He offered to pay for Thomas’ drinks for his help with talking to her. Soon after, the business was created.
Thomas started the company in March 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Since then, peers, colleagues and media have deemed him, the "Real-life Hitch."
Thomas' knowledge and unique approach to dating strategy and lifestyle development have received attention from many media sources, including features in Fox Business, Ebony, Maxim, Entrepreneur, Cosmopolitan, CNN and the Wall Street Journal.
With a very high success rate, Thomas has been been able help various clients find love, discover happiness in a new city, recover from a breakup or improve a current relationship -- all through lifestyle development and dating strategy.
Living in both Boston and New York, he enjoys sports, bourbon, and especially video games. He's beaten Super Mario Bros. 3 in less than 10 minutes.
Jared Sais
Wingman // NYC
A native New Yorker, Jared Sais is a recognized expert in the field of non-verbal communication. He studied under Dr. Mark Frank who, along with Dr. Paul Ekman, inspired the TV show ‘Lie to Me.’
Jared was considered a “natural” to experts in the field of non-verbal communication. Many think Jared’s skill for reading people was developed at an early age, due to Jared being born deaf. HIs only way of communication was nonverbal for the first two years of his life. Jared was two years old when his hearing started to fully develop.
Jared is an expert in, body language, lie- deception, persuasion, and reading micro expressions. A few of Jared's clients were quoted as saying "he is todays Sherlock Holmes" some even call him "Cupid".
In June 2009, Jared launched his own company focusing on the non-verbal cues of flirting, lie-deception, body language and micro-expressions. He currently teaches classes on the secrets of reading people, which continues to help thousands of individuals find true love, get ahead at work, improve poker-playing skills and identifying lies.
Jared continues to reside in New York City where he remains one of the only people in the world with an extremely advanced level of ability, degree and experience in the field. A big sports guy, he loves to cook, drink whiskey, and rock out to AC/DC.
Alyson
Angel // NYC
Alyson is a recent transplant to NYC from Charleston, South Carolina. After graduating with a degree in Mass Communication from the University of South Carolina she worked in sales, marketing and hospitality.
Alyson always felt teaching to be her true passion and in an effort to articulate her appreciation for good manners, enrolled at the Charleston School of Protocol where she received her license to teach dining lessons, body language workshops and corporate seminars to children, teens and adults. She is also certified in advanced behavior analysis from the Nonverbal Group in Manhattan.
Moving to New York was a bold and ambitious move that Alyson made to further her education in etiquette consulting and communications development. When she's not working at The Etiquette School of New York, she enjoys exploring the city, photography, and trying new restaurants.
Alyson perfectly blends southern charm with her keen sense of business protocol helping clients to become more confident in making positive impressions essential for both professional and personal success.
Samantha
Angel // NYC
Samantha is a creative writer living out of New York City. Since graduating from Lehigh University with a degree in Environmental Science, she’s lived in Los Angeles, Point Reyes National Seashore, and has camped in 45 states while researching sustainable living.
When not headlining as a behavioral governess and private tutor for school age children, you’ll find Samantha outside, be it training for her next half marathon, sipping coffee while writing in the park, or just walking around breathing in the city scene.
Samantha’s warm, yet fearless persona enables comfort and confidence in her clients. “There are no two people who can’t find a common ground,” she says.
Bre
Angel // Boston
Bre knows a lot of things about, well, a lot of things. In her past life she spent her days at a desk when she realized she wasn’t meant to climb the corporate ladder from the inside. Unyielding in her pursuit of happiness, she ditched her promising yet predictable future, in favor of exercising her entrepreneurial muscles. Bre dedicates much of her time building her personal yoga brand with the ultimate goal of helping lead others to a happier, healthier, less conventional lifestyle.
A trusted instructor but even better friend, you can't go wrong having this chick by your side. She has a tell it like it is attitude that can sometimes make your head spin, but her heart is always in the right place and her advice is spot on.
While she loves what she does and does what she loves, you can find her off the mat with her head in a book, hands wrapped around the best latte, eyes focused behind a lens or on the hunt for the perfect song.