INTREPID LEADERSHIP - Key Persons
As the founder of Intrepid Leadership Group, Colonel (retired) Buller is dedicated to optimizing individual and team performance to help others meet their full potential personally and professionally.
Kurt served 23 years in Air Force Special Operations as a Special Tactics Officer where he held multiple commands including the 21st Special Tactics Squadron, 24th Special Tactics Squadron and the 720th Special Tactics Group and led combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan, Combat Search and Rescue missions in Bosnia, Peacekeeping operations in Somalia and Counter-Drug missions in Colombia.
Kurt is a master parachutist, combat SCUBA diver, and graduated the Army's Ranger School earning the Merrill's Maurader's Leadership Award for the top officer graduate.
Kurt earned his Bachelor of Science from the United States Air Force Academy and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the Army's Command and General Staff College and served as a Senior Fellow in the Irregular Warfare Department of the US Navy Post-Graduate School. He is a Gallup-Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and regularly conducts individual and team coaching. He resides in Louisville, KY with his wife and two sons.
Dr. Eric Buller currently serves as an adjunct professor with Saint Thomas University's School of Ethical Leadership and was previously the Director of the Harry T. Wilks Leadership Institute at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and served 20 years as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army. Dr. Buller earned a Master of Educational Leadership from the College of William and Mary and the Doctorate of Education in Higher Education Administration from the University of Kansas. His research interests are in "Grit" (a measure of persistence), learning styles, leadership development and strengths-based leadership.
Dr. Buller is also a Gallup-Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and conducts individual and team coaching as well as strengths-based workshops for students, faculty and staff, community leaders and corporate leaders. In that capacity, he also advises the Miami University Athletic Department on student-athlete leadership development and works directly with several intercollegiate athletic teams. He resides in Oxford, OH with his wife and two daughters.
Chief Master Sergeant (retired) Mike Atkins is a member of Intrepid's Leadership Cadre and is also the Deputy Director of Aviation Programs at Gauss Management Research and Engineering in South Ogden, UT.
Mikes served 25 years in the United States Air Force as a Pararescueman where he held key leadership positions at the flight, squadron, and Major Command level. During his service, Mike executed combat deployments to Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait and served as a squadron superintendent and Headquarter Functional Manager. He is a master parachutist and jumpmaster, combat SCUBA diver, and graduate of the Air Force's Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy.
Mike earned a Master of Science from Trident University in Homeland Security. He is a Gallup-certified Clifton Strengths coach and holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. He resides in Tucson, AZ with his wife and two children.