Posts Tagged ‘veteran’
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…
Episode #36: Rescue a Manufacturing Company with Army Retired LTC Jeff Givens
LTC Jeffery Givens retired from the Army in 1998 after 24 years of service. He was an Infantry Officer that specialized in Mechanized and Armor combat units. His secondary specialty was ordinance and logistics operations. Jeff purchased a bankrupt small business in 1999 and turned it into a manufacturing company that engineered, manufactured, and sold…
Episode #35: Top 4 Ways to Lead Like a General with BGen Thomas Draude USMC Retired & President/CEO of Marine Corps University Foundation
Brigadier General Thomas V. Draude retired from the Marine Corps on January 1, 1993. General Draude was born on April 25, 1940 in Kankakee, Illinois. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps upon graduation with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1962. He also holds a Master of Military Arts…