DetBozeman Spotlight Series

Our conversation dives into Lance's crushed dreams to become a professional basketball player after graduating from West Point, transitioning from the Army to a career in investment banking via business school, and venture investing at the intersection of Sports and Technology.

We also go into finding people to surround yourself with as mentors, re-creating the culture of learning from those that did your job before.

Neuroscience, fusion, renewable power, politics...it's all here in this episode! In today's DetBozeman podcast I interviewed Jason Cahill. Jason discusses his journey from rebellious high school student to accomplished veteran and venture investor during our hour-long conversation, hitting on his philosophy in looking for Pain Killers instead of Vitamins when screening deals.

Sean and I touched on the Summit, his vision for the next 12 months of DetBozeman, and some of the actions already being taken by the other leaders and members of the organization.

In this episode we discuss Les's path from USMA to Next Frontier Capital, a venture fund based out of Bozeman, MT that focuses on investment opportunities in the mountain-west region.

We cover his philosophy on sleep and recovery, how to balance work, play, and family while adding value to each. His adoption of the philosophy of "Ikigai" has helped him merge his passion, mission, profession, and vocation.

On today's episode, Scott shares with me his path through the Army and towards business school/civilian life. He joined the military to focus on relationship building, and during his time in service had the opportunity to meet and work with partners from Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Africa, then transitioning to consulting and customer success where the name of the game is effective relationship management.

He shares his thoughts on the consulting world as the, "grad school to grad school," and how those experiences shaped his ultimate pursuit of a customer-facing role with a technology company operating at the forefront of customer experience and user satisfaction; meeting customers on their terms and in their chosen medium.

We touch on how his veteran network and connections from the SF world have moved his career in the right direction, his belief in amplifying your strengths vice focusing on weaknesses, and his lifelong desire to bite off more than he can chew, even if it sometimes means dealing with the heartburn afterwards.

USNA - Surface Warfare - Tepper School of Business at CMU - Google Finance/Customer and Partner Operations/GDPR Compliance

Patrick is a founding member of DetBozeman and an avid craft beer enthusiast!

USNA - Navy EOD - MIT Sloan - Consulting/Google/Clinical Operations and Health Science

Founder/Concept Creator of the DetBozeman Summit and networking organization

USNA graduate to USMC Officer. Business school, top 3 consulting, Google...what hasn't Braden Merritt done?!

PURPOSE-DRIVEN LEADER AND CHANGE AGENT focused on human-centered technology integration in healthcare.

• Merged expertise as test pilot and doctor to solve human-systems integration problems.

• Led cross-functional teams of engineers, analysts, industry experts and senior executives to develop data-driven, business case analyses of major technology investments. 

• Applied honest, purpose-driven leadership to execute high-risk military test operations.

Former U.S. Navy Fighter Pilot with 13+ years of cross-functional leadership experience. Expertise includes operations management, data-driven process optimization, and strategic communications with technical and executive audiences.

DetBozeman VP of Corporate Sponsorships

https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminfstein/