Jim Emmert has more than thirty years of proven performance
supporting the United States and International, Defense and Special
Operations communities. He spent twenty-seven years as a SEAL in the
United States Navy, with extensive experience as a swimmer delivery
vehicle pilot and navigator, open & closed-circuit diving supervisor, and
hyperbaric chamber operator and supervisor. He also served as test and
acceptance Co-pilot for the Advanced SEAL Delivery System, the first
dry combat submersible prototype, developed by U.S. Special
Operations Command. He commanded Special Boat Team TWENTY-
TWO, the only U.S. riverine-focused special operations organization
with multiple deployments to the Middle East, Africa, and Central and
South America.
Jim has significant U.S., Joint, and international experience, having been
posted to the Joint Special Operations Command, the NATO Special
Operations Headquarters, U.S. Special Operations Command, and U.S.-
Theater Special Operations Command North. While assigned to these
organizations, he supported Capability Assessment & Program
Evaluation, development and delivery of emerging SOF capabilities, and
budget (POM) formulation. He is a graduate of the Naval Postgraduate
School and was a Federal Executive Fellow at the RAND Corporation.
Since leaving the Navy in 2015, he has been a Dept of the Army
Civilian, working a second time at the NATO Special Operations
Headquarters, led US market development for James Fisher Defense
(JFD), and is currently Senior Director for Capability Development and
Delivery for Teledyne Brown Engineering.