Mike Slagh is often described as the entrepreneur bridging the gap between the military and tech. By decoding experiences, he’s helping veterans get hired into roles not normally associated with military service. As Shift CEO, he builds strategic hiring initiatives with executive teams and creates pathways for veterans into companies like Affirm and Uber.

A Navy veteran, he deployed to South America and the Middle East as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officer, eventually running global operations for a bomb squad battalion. He’s a Naval Academy and Harvard Kennedy School graduate and lives in San Francisco with his family.