Nate is a former U.S. Army officer and founder of a management consulting company. He is a 1998 graduate of West Point and served on active duty in Germany, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq. While serving with an elite special operations task force in Afghanistan, Nate was called upon to lead a rescue mission into an Al Qaeda strongpoint to recover a missing-in-action Navy SEAL. The ensuing combat action resulted in a 15-hour firefight on a mountain peak, which has come to be known as “The Battle of Takur Ghar” or “Roberts Ridge”. Due to his actions, Nate was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart and was honored by President Bush at his 2003 State of the Union address. Nate’s final assignment with the Army was with the storied 101st Airborne Division, where he directly influenced the training of Iraqi Security Forces. He has been featured on the front page of the “Wall Street Journal”, on NBC’s “Dateline”, and in other books.