Faculty

Nate Self, BS

U.S. Army Veteran, Founder of The Praevius Group
U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1998
Areas of Expertise

Leadership development, mentoring experience & knowledge transfer, innovation, decision making, resilience

Experience

Nate is a former U.S. Army officer and founder of The Praevius Group, a contracting company with the U.S. Government. Nate graduated from West Point and served on active duty in Germany, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.

While serving with an elite special operations task force in Afghanistan, Nate was called upon to lead a rescue mission into an Al Qaeda strongpoint to recover a missing-in-action Navy SEAL. The ensuing combat action resulted in a 15-hour firefight on a mountain peak, which has come to be known as “The Battle of Takur Ghar” or “Roberts Ridge.”

Nate is currently consulting in the medical sector, science & technology sector, and construction industry. He has previously supported the Center for the Army Profession and Ethic (CAPE) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on knowledge transfer and mobile communications platforms. Nate also led the development of an experience-based leadership simulation for the Army and the development of a military trivia mobile app for USAA. Nate spends a portion of his time speaking on the topics of veteran transition and post-traumatic growth. Nate lives in Central Texas with his wife and four children.

Education
  • BS, Engineering Management, U. S. Military Academy at West Point
Publications/Awards
  • “Two Wars”
  • Co-authored a compilation of junior officer combat stories entitled “A Platoon Leader’s Tour.”
  • Written articles for Army Magazine, the Journal of Management Education, the Journal for Asynchronous Learning Networks
  • Awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart
Organizations
  • Director, Camp Eagle Adventure Camps
  • Member (former), Texas Veterans Commission Communications Advisory Committee
  • Trustee (former), Salado Independent School District, Salado, TX
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