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Notable Veteran Executives

BizTimes Milwaukee is proud to present the inaugural showcase of Notable Veteran Executives spotlighting U.S. military veterans who are accomplished professionals across the region. The leaders profi led in the following pages were nominated by their peers at work and in the community and showcase the diversity of talent in our market. The leadership shown by the individuals profiled here is setting an example to shape a better future for our region.

METHODOLOGY: The honorees did not pay to be included. Their profiles were drawn from nomination materials. This list features only individuals for whom nominations were submitted and accepted after a review by our editorial team. To qualify for the list, nominees must be based in southeast Wisconsin. They must be currently serving in a senior level role at their firm, must hold a leadership position in their industry outside of their own organization, have made a significant contribution to advancing workplace equality at their own workplace or beyond, and act as a role model or mentor.

Notable Veteran Executives: Tyler Weston

Served six years in the U.S. Marine Corps forces Reserve As president and chief operating officer of Brookfield-based The Noble Group, Tyler Weston has led...

Notable Veteran Executives: Daniel Peterson

Served 22 years in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, two combat tours in Iraq As chief information officer at Franklin-based Steele Solutions Inc., Daniel Peterson...

Notable Veteran Executives: Jason Young

Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 1994-2000; sergeant, Wisconsin Army National Guard, 2000-2007 Jason Young, president and CEO of Milwaukee-based 3Up Metal Works, is a military veteran...

Notable Veteran Executives: Jesse Augustine

Has served 16 years in the U.S. Army, deployed once to Iraq, twice to Afghanistan and once to Ukraine; in 2009, transferred to Wisconsin...

Notable Veteran Executives: Bill Berrien

U.S. Navy SEAL team officer, platoon commander, 1991-99 Bill Berrien served on active duty as a U.S. Navy SEAL team officer and platoon commander from...

Notable Veteran Executives: Sam Rogers

U.S. Army, served three times in Afghanistan, twice enlisted and once as a civilian intelligence officer Colleagues say that Sam Rogers, strategic director of Concerned...

Notable Veteran Executives: John Ruskin

Served 20 years in the U.S. Navy providing medical support John Ruskin is a partner with Pleasant Prairie-based Specialized Accounting Services and serves as director...

Notable Veteran Executives: Robert Lazlo

Served in the Connecticut Army National Guard Robert Lazlo, director of sales and marketing at Guardian Business Solutions in Brookfield, has been in the ERP...

Notable Veteran Executives: Kris Harrington

U.S. Navy, four years as a machinist’s mate, including time on the USS Cimarron in Pearl Harbor After serving in the U.S. Navy, Kris Harrington...

Notable Veteran Executives: Tom Pettit

Served four years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tom Pettit, the new chief operations and supply chain officer at Pewaukee-based Xylem Inc., has...

Notable Veteran Executives: Kyle Crum

Served as a U.S. Navy officer, was deployed overseas in 2013-14 on a year-long global anti-terrorism mission Colleagues say Kyle Crum is Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation’s...

Notable Veteran Executives: Makeba Butler

Dr. Makeba Butler joined the Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation - Milwaukee just over a year ago as co-director of the organization’s Veterans Business...

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