Posts by Joseph Crane
Episode #41: Dan Parker Director of the Bunker in Kansas City Talks About How To Launch Your Veteran Owned Business with the Bunker
Dan Parker served 5 years in the Marine Corps as an intelligence analyst (0231) and served in Operation Iraqi Freedom I & II as well JTF Liberia. After leaving the Marines in 2005 Dan completed his bachelors degree at the University of Kansas. He has worked with many veterans nonprofit groups including Student Veterans of…
Episode #40: Navy Seal Alex West Founder of Liquid Stand Up Paddle Board Talks How to Add Adventure to Your Vacation
Alex West is an active duty Navy SEAL with over 16 years of service. He has completed multiple tours of duty to Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently an SEAL instructor stationed in Coronado, CA and co owns Liquid Stand Up Paddle Board with his wife Brittney. Alex went through BUD/s in 1999. He has…
Episode #39: Jim Baxendale Director of Whiteboard 2 Boardroom – Find Your Idea with the Tech Transfer Process
The technology transfer process is used by Universities to transfer their technological discoveries to the public sector. Jim Baxendale has worked for over eighteen (18) years in the field of university technology transfer. Jim is currently serving as Director of the Whiteboard 2 Boardroom bi-state commercialization program and assisting the Director’s of the University of…
Episode #38: Marine Veteran Justin Sloan Left a Government JOB to Become a Become a Writer of Video Games and Books
Justin Sloan was in the Marines for five years, where he worked in signals intelligence and as a martial arts instructor. Following the Marines, Justin worked in the government and then the banking sector, and left that behind to be a writer of video games, screenplays, and novels. His book, Creative Writing Career: Becoming a Writer…
Episode #37: Marine Veteran Sean Mitzel Lives Off the Land with His Family of 7 Kids
Sean Mitzel is a 24 year Veteran Marine Officer who had the opportunity to hold a myriad of jobs. He has extensive experience both on the ground, and in the air (UH-1 helicopter pilot) including three combat flying tours in Iraq. He has been married to his wife Monica for almost 24 years, they have…