823 Advizers

Jack

Director (LCDR, SC, USN)

US Navy

St. John’s College, Annapolis
UCLA Anderson School of Management

Business Operations, Financial Planning and Analysis, Contract Negotiation
UCLA Anderson

UCLA Anderson

Government & Public Sector
Military
Operations and Project Management
Political Science, American Studies
Honors Student
Scholarship Recipient
Took Out Loans
Worked 20+ Hours in School
Transfer Student

Q1Career path

Leadership Development

Career Exploration

Government Service

1:34

"I did several internships while I was there, uh, mostly because I didn't have a fundamental thing I liked doing at the time."

Q2Main responsibilities

Teamwork

Leadership

Communication

1:00

"We liaison with the leadership throughout the entire enterprise."

Q3Day in the life

Leadership

Project Management

Teamwork

1:34

"I've served in two units where...requires a lot of balancing demands and running various complex and dynamic operations."

Q4Most important skills - role

Integrity

Resilience

Determination

1:19

"Determination and a willingness to overcome difficult challenges, including resilience"

Q5Favorite parts - role

Leadership Development

Career Progression

Mentorship

1:02

"the opportunity to, uh, to lead and to develop future leaders"

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Communication

Leadership

Project Management

0:40

"Another issue is pushing leadership to be on task and stay on task."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Leadership Roles

Global Exposure

Travel Opportunities

1:03

"The thing I've enjoyed most is just the opportunity to have gone places in the world and to have seen things that most people will never get to see or experience."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Leadership

Career Paths

Military Service

1:42

"They achieve, oftentimes achieve, uh, very, very high positions in the organizations that they're in. Whether it be the Navy, army or Marines. And, uh, oftentimes they don't have a family or if they do, they form a family very, very late in life."

Q9Wish known before - industry

Leadership

Military Career

Career Development

1:46

"maybe get a little bit more insight from somebody who could mentor me in understanding how dynamic things can change when it comes to a career path."

Q10Entry-level positions

Community Service

Leadership

Military Service

1:51

"They want people who have engaged with their community, in addition to having relatively high marks in their degrees, and general interest in service."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Leadership

Learning Agility

Humility

1:16

"Having the ability to apply new things. But oftentimes if you can't learn them in the first place, you can't apply them."

Q12College ideas for success

Adaptability

Critical Thinking

Learning Agility

1:36

"In undergrad, I developed a very healthy sense of how to learn and think, and developed critical thinking skills that enabled me to be a generalist."