Chad Storlie is a US Army Reserve Special Forces officer with over 20 years of service in infantry, special forces, and joint headquarters units.  He has served in Iraq, Bosnia, Korea, and throughout the United States.  He has been awarded the Bronze Star, the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Special Forces Tab, and the Ranger Tab.

Chad is a mid-level marketing executive and has worked in marketing and sales roles for General Electric, Comcast, and Manugistics.  Chad has also taught marketing at Creighton University, developed Combat Analytics -- a counterinsurgency assessment process -- and written articles that have been published in the Harvard Business Review blog and several military journals.  Chad holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from Georgetown University.

His new book is Combat Leader to Corporate Leader: 20 Lessons to Advance Your Civilian Career.  Chad advises Afterburner, Inc as a Military Transition Specialist in the EMBED Division to teach and assist transitioning military personnel how to apply military skills to their next careers.