Steve J. Chang Email and Phone Number
I help organizations realize their challenges and rally their human capital to create new solutions and enduring capabilities to meet the needs of their customers. Interested in leading companies that can apply existing technology, data science and AI to implement solutions that create value and impact. Top Secret Clearance (TS-SCI, CI Scope Poly). MBA in Entrepreneurial Management in an executive format. Retired in November 2017.Career Accomplishments and Highlights• Graduated from the most mentally and physically rigorous selection processes and training for special mission units, Special Forces, and Ranger school (where fewer than 1% of service members succeed). Served with the nation’s most elite and capable service members and leaders in combat operations around the globe. • Selected by a central selection board of the US Army to promote early (below the zone) to Lieutenant Colonel and to lead a recruiting battalion based on my executive leadership ability and potential (<10% selection rate among all Army Lieutenant Colonels). Consistently rated among the top 1% of all officers, Army-wide. • Consistent track record of leading change and improving performance. Most recently executed a transformation effort for Army recruiters developing virtual methods of outreach and communication to mentor the very best of our next generation of talented high school and college students into the Army. The battalion experienced a 35%+ YoY increase in production, achieved our highest level of market share in 7 years, and rose to be the #1 producer of quality recruits in the nation.Key Skillsets• Leadership and climate• Developing and executing strategy• Driving organizational change and iterative innovation• Talent assessment, acquisition and management• Leveraging intelligence to manage operations
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Founder And CeoHeadlamp Sep 2019 - PresentBoston, Ma, Us -
Executive ConsultantAfterburner Jan 2018 - Dec 2019Atlanta, Ga, UsLeadership and change management consultant. -
Battalion Commander, New England Recruiting BattalionUs Army Jul 2015 - Jun 2017Arlington, Virginia, UsLed a team of 220 recruiters and a headquarters of 50 administrative personnel across the New England region. Responsible for sourcing 1750+ new hires for assignment to Active Duty positions world-wide and Reserve Army positions in the region every year; responsible for establishing company climate, strategy and vision; managed talent management process to identify and develop individuals for leadership roles.• Led dramatic reversal in performance; immediately reversed trend of seven consecutive quarters of declining production; increased FY 16 production by 35% YoY and achieved 7 year highs in market share; on track to match improvements and become the #1 of 38 battalions across the US in the recruitment of the highest quality of applicants through FY 17.• Envisioned, developed and supervised a change initiative to restructure battalion to optimize for recruiting a new generation of Soldiers; selected by Commanding General to lead a pilot to test integration of virtual recruiting techniques; successfully developed new techniques adopted across the Army and established a new organizational structure under consideration for wide adoption; initiative is ongoing.• Supervised 8 direct reports and 220 mid-career Soldiers in the recruitment, training and administrative management of 2500+ future Army soldiers; led US Army Recruiting in 4 states in coordination with, state and local, government and school officials and partners in the private sector; provided mentorship for junior military officers and mid-grade non-commissioned officers. -
Special Forces OfficerArmy Special Forces (Airborne) 2001 - 2017Supervised planning, coordination, synchronization and execution of global Special Operations in a series of leadership roles of increasing responsibility; led teams in combat operations across the globe in austere environments and in complex political and cultural situations.• Selected to plan, coordinate and execute the establishment of a Joint Special Operations Task Force in a new battlefront for the US Department of Defense; expanded nation’s ability to disrupt enemy networks in theaters outside Iraq and Afghanistan.• Led teams and deployed individually to multiple theaters of combat while tasked to solve the nation’s most complex and sensitive defense problems; increased pressure on enemy networks and laid foundations for future operations.• Analyzed and implemented changes to streamline the organization’s Assessment and Selection and Training Course operations; resulted in savings of hundreds of work-hours per iteration and improved combat performance of graduates; supervised $20m+ facility construction to accommodate reorganized course structure with on time delivery.• Graduate of the Special Forces Qualification Course and additional specialized and selective training. -
Director Of Operations, Special ActivitiesJoint Special Operations Command 2013 - 2015Supervised a highly specialized and regulated team responsible for coordination of DOD Special Activities for the Director of Operations; responsible for strategic and operational planning to support policy decisions for senior military and government officials.• Hand selected to analyze and develop strategy for special program; coordinated with 4 independent organizations and senior Pentagon officials to prepare 150 page+ analytical report for Congress; resulted in continued appropriation and streamlined oversight procedures in the wake of a crisis that threatened the future of Department of Defense special programs.• Prepared and delivered 75+ executive briefings to senior military leaders (4-star level officers), to include the commanders of US Central Command and US Special Operations Command, civilian leaders of the Department of Defense and Congress.• Supervised and coordinated a global workforce conducting sensitive Special Operations; communicated with multiple government agencies; managed long term planning efforts.
Steve J. Chang Skills
Steve J. Chang Education Details
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The Wharton SchoolEntrepreneurial Management -
Uc San DiegoPolitical Science And Government
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What company does Steve J. Chang work for?
Steve J. Chang works for Headlamp
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Steve J. Chang's current role is Founder at Headlamp | Special Forces Veteran | Wharton MBA.
What schools did Steve J. Chang attend?
Steve J. Chang attended The Wharton School, Uc San Diego.
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Steve J. Chang has skills like Operational Planning, Organizational Leadership, Command, Security Clearance, Leadership, Special Operations, Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Team Building, Talent Management, Strategic Planning, Organizational Development.
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