Brace Barber

Current

President/CEO at Decipherst, Inc.

Past

Owner at Patrol Leader Press, Inc.
Author, Speaker, Trainer at No Excuse Leadership
Advisor; Trainer at Leading Concepts, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)

Co-Founder and President at Tax Recovery Group, Inc.
US Army Officer at US Army

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Education

United States Military Academy at West Point
Defense Language Institute

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Defense & Space

Websites

Brace Barber’s Summary

Bringing new core armor technology for military and police to market. Working with industry leaders for refinement and customization of proprietary material technology and processes. Pre-IPO

Company has developed advance compression molding technology which makes ultra-high end composites possible. By combining materials which have never before been possible, the strength to weight ratio for our composites far exceed existing solutions. We are currently looking to the automobile and aerospace industries for incorporation of this paneling into their products in order to reduce weight and increase fuel efficiency.

Continuing to apply leadership in the non-linear business environment. Incorporating lessons garnered from West Point, 11 years of active service and multiple entrepreneurial endeavors.

Brace Barber’s Specialties:

Entrepreneur
Executive Leadership
Sun-Tzu based strategy development and Full-Spectrum Decision Making processes.
Author; No Excuse Leadership. (2004 J. Wiley and Sons)
Co-founder/President Tax Recovery Group, Inc.
Eleven years Army active duty. West Point, CAV/Airborne/Ranger.

Brace Barber’s Experience

President/CEO

Decipherst, Inc.

(Defense & Space industry)

July 2006 — Present (3 years 5 months)

Licensing new Ballistic Armor Technology to defense contractors. First new core technology in the armor industry in over 20 years. Decipherst has successfully raised funds and begun the strategic alliance effort.

Decipherst was organized around the idea that there is abundant opportunity for dramatic technological improvement across multiple industries; armor being one of the first. Our goal is to identify those opportunities and design products that far exceed the performance of the legacy systems.

The Decipherst design team starts with the proverbial clean sheet of paper, giant white boards, animated discussion and lots of markers to begin the design process. Decipherst’s solutions often bare no resemblance to the current products, but perform in ways and with sometimes surprising advantages that the former line of thinking could never produce.

All of our work is geared towards helping our clients create significant competitive advantages.
Owner

Patrol Leader Press, Inc.

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

January 1999 — June 2007 (8 years 6 months)

Author; Ranger School; No Excuse Leadership. (2000 PL Press)
Brought the leadership lessons of West Point and Ranger School to life in the true stories of U.S. Army Ranger School graduates. The book illustrates the No Excuse Leadership philosophy and how extended periods of duress in a training environment are critical to developing leadership skills. It answers the question, how does nine weeks of lack of food, lack of sleep, lack of warmth (winter) and extreme physical activity help people become leaders. West Point
Author, Speaker, Trainer

No Excuse Leadership

(Professional Training & Coaching industry)

June 2003 — May 2007 (4 years )

Author, No Excuse Leadership. (2004 J. Wiley and Sons)
Speak and train on leadership and organizational development. Lessons from West Point and Army Ranger School, 11 years of active service and ten years of entrepreneurial endeavors.
Sun-Tzu based strategy development process and Full Spectrum Decision Making programs.
Clients have included Fortune 500 organizations.

The difficulties of complex and multi-criteria decision making are overcome through a practical and tested process. The process allows for the compiling of vast amounts of data, analysis of the data in a prioritized manner, which incorporates your overall strategy, and then gives the decision maker a well-developed set of courses of action from which to choose. West Point.
Advisor; Trainer
Leading Concepts, Inc. (Sole Proprietorship)

(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

August 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 11 months)

Translating the instilled military skills of teamwork, leadership and communication to civilian work environments. Leading Concepts is like no other corporate training venue. Four days of immersion into an intense scenario that brings the lessons of TLC to life. These skills, taught at West Point and Army Ranger School and more, are key to creating the best organizations, period. But it's not for the namby-pampy.
Co-Founder and President

Tax Recovery Group, Inc.

(Accounting industry)

May 2001 — June 2004 (3 years 2 months)

Created nationwide organization of independent contractors servicing small business owners with tax issues. Built company from start up to approx. $7M in just over two years.

First real opportunity to implement skills gained through West Point and military career.
US Army Officer

US Army

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; USA; Military industry)

May 1987 — November 1998 (11 years 7 months)

West Point. Armor/CAV officer. Airborne/Ranger. Two commands. Russian Language at Defense Language Institute. Camp Casey Korea, Ft. Lewis, Washington, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, DLI Monterey, California, Ft. Carson Colorado.

Brace Barber’s Education

United States Military Academy at West Point

BS , 1983 — 1987

Activities and Societies:

West Point Cadet Companies G-1/A-4
West Point Parachute Team - 1983
West Point Bowling Team - 1984-1987
Defense Language Institute

Russian Language