Masterpoint Strategies
WHERE IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.

About Us

Phil Bailey, founder of Functional Adventure, is an expert in wilderness leadership, functional training, fitness and corporate consulting.

Credentials

 

Wilderness & Outdoor
Leadership

Phil has tracked more than 1,000 field days as an expedition leader or expedition staff trainer for Outward Bound, Trek, Odyssey and others. He has also cycled thousands and thousands of miles as a tour leader. 

  • Wilderness EMT (WEMT), Advanced WEMT and WFA/WFR Instructor, 1997-2016

  • Wilderness First Responder (WFR) & Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification

  • Safety, Operations & Risk Management Consultant to the general outdoor recreation industry

  • America Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) training 

  • American Canoe Association (ACA) Sea Kayak instructor

  • Lead instructor and field director for various wilderness therapy programs

  • Lead Guide for Luxury Cycling Tours, managing all aspects of week-long tours covering 400 miles of challenging terrain

  • 2019 Haute Route Pyrenees finisher and 2022 competitor - check back for results!

Corporate
Training

Phil has worked as a consultant to the general outdoor industry and higher education since 2011, following a long career in the field as well as senior-level administration. Phil's practice focuses on policy design, human capital management, operational risk management and new program start-up.

While acting as the consulting director of operations for a large real estate company, Phil applied his previous experience as a stockbroker and small business owner to merge the worlds of the high-stakes corporate landscape and high-consequence adventure programming to create the Key Skills Integration Model (KSIM) and his Risk Management & Judgment Matrix (RM&JM).

Key experiences include:

  • Outward Bound Professional (OBP): Facilitator for corporate clients

  • Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center: Consultation for policy design, program creation, and several safety audits

  • Boston University Questrom School of Business: Consultation on content and curriculum design for their highly-rated organizational behavior program

  • Unity College (Unity, ME): Guest lecturer for several semesters speaking on matrix design for measurable professional competency and accountability

  • Atlantic Challenge (Rockland, ME): Policy, risk management and program design

  • Association for Experiential Education (AEE): Steering Committee, Northeast Regional conference co-convener, presenter, and multi-year sponsor

  • Heroic Journey (Golden, CO): New program startup including business plan and funding model, now operated by Outward Bound

  • Peak & Paddle Croatia: Collaboration to create a corporate training bicycle touring program from the Italian Alps through Slovenia and ending in Croatia

  • Project U.S.E. (Newark, NJ): Staff development, risk management and policy design

  • Outward Bound Croatia: Consulting with the board safety committee on all aspects of program design and risk management