As a Co-Founder, Principal, and Director of Performance at the Mission Critical Team Institute (MCTI), Coleman focuses primarily on the applications and practices of Mission Critical Teams which are small (4-12 agents) integrated groups of indigenously trained and educated experts that leverage tools and technology to resolve complex adaptive problems. Mission Critical Teams operate in immersive but constrained (300 seconds or less), temporal environments where the consequence of failure can be catastrophic. Coleman is a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and former officer in the Naval Special Warfare community (U.S. Navy SEALs). Coleman spent 13 years on active duty in the U.S. Navy serving overseas during six (6) combat deployments in both the Afghanistan and Iraq theaters of war. While serving as a troop commander and joint task force commander, Coleman led hundreds of operations and dozens of sensitive military programs. He also served in U.S. Embassies in both Yemen and Kenya working directly with the Ambassador’s country team and host nation forces. Coleman also served as both a basic and advanced training officer in Naval Special Warfare, and is a former Director of Human Performance at the Naval Special Warfare Development Group. Through the MCTI, he’s now serving both the instructor cadre and students from training pipelines where he led the training, education, and development of the U.S. Navy’s most advanced special operations programs. In addition to his work at the MCTI, Coleman has also served as a trainer, educator, and advisor for dozens of collegiate and professional athletic organizations. He serves as a U.S. Naval Academy Trustee for Athletic and Scholarship Programs. He’s a General Partner at special asset holding company, Anchor Capital Holdings, and a board member of a former portfolio company. In his “free” time, Coleman has served as the Executive Director of Carry the Load in Dallas, TX, a 501(c)3, as a board member at Tip of the Spear, a veteran-focused non-profit, and is a volunteer mentor at both the Station Foundation, and the COMMIT Foundation, both veteran transition programs. Coleman graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Mathematics and earned an MBA in Finance at the Government School of Business & Public Policy from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. He lives in Annapolis, MD with his wife Bridget Ruiz and their three children, Coleman (age 16), Ben (age 13), and Oliver (age 9).
Coleman@missioncti.com