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Brace E. Barber

After his graduation from West Point, Brace started his career guiding combat organizations as an Army Officer. He led various combat ready units around the world with distinction before leaving the service to pursue civilian entrepreneurial endeavors. Brace is currently the President/CEO of Decipherst, Inc., a material technology company which has produced advanced armor for the military and police along with other transformational products.

Highlights of his military career include US Army Airborne and Ranger Schools, the leadership of a heavy armor unit just south of the DMZ in South Korea, and command of a specialized training organization in Colorado. Brace also graduated with honors from advanced military training and Russian Language School.

From the military, he took the organizational and leadership skills that were essential for survival in the challenging Army environment and combined them with an exceptional drive for success.

Brace first reached a national audience through the publishing of his book, Ranger School, No Excuse Leadership, Patrol Leader Press, 2000. The book is now available in hardcover as No Excuse Leadership, Lessons from the Army’s Elite Rangers; J. Wiley and Sons, 2003. The success of his book, and companies, along with several articles and many speaking engagements has spread his reputation as a leadership consultant and instructor.

Brace has several entrepreneurial endeavors in the works.

Brace has a dogged focus on results, abhorrence for excuses and a fiercely independent nature.

Brace is married with three young children.