Zach Riggle

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC)

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2012

  • Special Operations Officer / Special Operations Intelligence Officer

    Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  • Marine Officer

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2009
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  Independent Consultant

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2015

  Independent Consultant
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  MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC)

  May 2014 - Dec 2014

  Research Associate, Post-Traumatic Stress Innovation Project

  The MIT PTSI team is using social science methodologies and strategic analysis of organizations to examine the continuum of care for service members and their families affected by post-traumatic stress. The project focuses on organizational policies, structures, processes, technology, information and resource flows, and stakeholder relationships. The three-year grant cooperative agreement (Oct. 2011-Jan. 2015) is sponsored by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command in cooperation with the leadership of the Military Health System and extends across the leadership and populations of the Army, Navy, and Marines. Show less

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  Fullbridge

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2016

  Business Instructor, Mentor, and Coach

  Teach graduate-level courses on Business Fundamentals and Corporate Finance. Instruct and supervise projects highlighting entrepreneurship, innovation, and design thinking. Provide mentorship, guidance, and leadership development to students preparing to transition careers or enter the workforce for the first time.

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  Veracity Worldwide

  Jan 2016 - Aug 2017

  Managing Director

  Veracity works with clients to understand and address the full spectrum of challenges they may face at each stage of the investment cycle. Combining deep geographic and industry experience with a global network of onthe-ground sources, Veracity obtains high-value and dependable information that empowers clients to navigate political challenges, avoid corruption, and confidently make critical business decisions, even in the most opaque markets.

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  Blue Rocket Incorporated

  Apr 2018 - Jan 2019

  Chief Operating Officer

  Blue Rocket leverages the intersection of technology, process, and people to solve business problems, capitalize on opportunities, and build—or rebuild—groundbreaking products and businesses. Our team consists exclusively of experienced operators, highly respected in their domains working side by side with the executive teams of our clients to realize remarkable outcomes.Working with small to global-sized companies in technology, general industry, and healthcare, Blue Rocket specializes in monetization and product path problems through our strategy, product, engineering, and go-to-market practices. Show less

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  ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION

  Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

  Chief Executive Officer

  Adaptive Training Foundation empowers those with physical disabilities or traumatic injuries to transform their lives through exercise and community. We believe access to wellness is a basic human right, so we equip our athletes with the tools to reduce, mitigate, or eliminate their personal “challenges to access” across the full spectrum of wellness: physical, psychological, emotional, social, and intellectual.

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  Heroic Hearts Project

  Oct 2020 - now

  Chief Operating Officer

  Heroic Hearts Project is a veterans' service organization whose mission is to create and maintain a healing community centered around providing veterans who are struggling with PTSD or TBI with safe, supervised access to psychedelic treatments with professional integration coaching before and after treatment, and peer support throughout the process.