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OUR TEAM

SBS was founded by two veterans, Joel L.A. Peterson and Gus Giacoman, to create an institutional solution to problems they found affecting our military and society. 
Joel Peterson
Chief Executive Officer
Gus
Executive Director  

Role Description

The executive director operationalizes the vision of the CEO

 

The executive director assists in developing strategy and is responsible for strategic implementation

 

The executive director develops or coordinates development of materials and plans necessary to implement the strategy

 

The executive is responsible for achievement of milestone deliverables to the appropriate quality standards and identifying any risks / mitigation measures necessary to achieve milestones

 

Assist the CEO in identification and development necessary partnerships and relationships with key civilian, military, and department of defense stakeholders

 

Responsibilities

The executive director is responsible for implementing the vision and strategy of the CEO and assisting in the development of the vision and strategy.  To facilitate this, the executive director is also responsible for operational / program planning and management.  In the short-term, this involves executing the activities necessary to bring VIP into existence.

 

Key responsibilities include:

  • Provide input to the CEO on the vision and strategy

  • Develop operational plans and milestones to execute on strategy

  • Implement plans

  • Achieve milestones

  • Manage resources to achieve plans / milestones

  • Identify any risks to strategic milestones and identify mitigation measures

  • Communicate regular updates to CEO

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

Role Description

The CEO serves as SBS’s overall leader and provides oversight and accountability for all of SBS’s goals

 

The CEO develops the vision and mission for SBS

 

The CEO supervises any / all P&L and functional heads and is responsible for achievement of VIP strategic goals and financial performance in the long term

 

Specific to this project, the CEO will provide guidance on the business model and structure of SBS in its initial and intermediate stages

 

Provide leadership guidance / coaching to Executive Director (added this one for me, feel free to remove)

 

Identify and develop necessary partnerships and relationships with key civilian, military, and department of defense stakeholders

 

Responsibilities

The CEO is responsible for developing the vision and strategy and guiding execution.  The CEO is also responsible for working with the executive director to ensure operational / program planning success and to help identify the team and resources necessary to achieve strategic goals.  In the short-term, this involves building a team and guiding and developing the activities necessary to bring VIP into existence.

 

Key responsibilities include:

-      Develop vision

-      Develop strategy in coordination with the executive director

-      Make strategic decisions (e.g. which job to pursue for the pilot)

-      Identify high level plan and milestones in coordination with the executive director

-      Allocate / determine resource needs as appropriate

-      Manage or delegate management of resources to executive director as appropriate

"We are looking forward to meeting with you!"

LET'S MEET

Joel and Gus

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