Archdiocese of Seattle Leadership

Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Retired)

United States Department of Defense

Government Agency; 10,001+ employees; Military industry

November 1987- May 2010 (22 years 7 months)

Professional army officer with over 20 years of military experience in mid and top level operations and planning, executive decision making and leadership in a wide variety of domestic and international assignments

• Expertise in areas of: leadership; diplomatic, strategic, operational and long term planning; policy and program development; foreign policy; professional education, personnel development and training

• Executive level management and complex problem solving at Major Command, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, Diplomatic and Congressional levels

• Experienced public speaker, strong interpersonal, mentoring and succession planning skills

• Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Information, U.S. Government Security Clearance

January 2011 - Present

Philanthropic work with the Knights of Columbus, the Boy Scouts of America and the local parish and school community.

October 2015 - Present

Parish Administrator / COO in Archdiocese of Seattle

Joe Schick has served as Talyst’s Chief Financial Officer since 2009. He has broad financial experience in both public and private companies. From 2006 to 2009 Joe served as CFO of Vertafore, a software company with over $300 million in revenue. Prior to Vertafore, Joe was the Senior Vice President of Finance at Expedia. He held various other accounting and finance positions at Expedia after joining them in 1999. Before joining Expedia, Joe was with Atari, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Hewitt Associates, and Arthur