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Enthusiastic Realist and Contrarian Visionary

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Jamie has 20 years of experience in technology, including information assurance and cybersecurity, business continuity, and project management. For all that time, he has also served in a reserve component of the U.S. military (with periodic active tours). Bringing a critical perspective to virtually everything, Jamie has a talent for identifying the flaws in plans and complex processes and then coming up with balanced, cost-effective ways to address them. He is an advocate for the "fail early and often" approach, believing that failure within acceptable limits is the key to avoiding both catastrophic failure and risk aversion. Since 2015, Jamie has been an enthusiastic realist in his support for cooperatives and other forms of social enterprise. He supports local businesses over conglomerates where reasonably possible and is always willing to share experience and insights with people planning their Next Big Thing.