Jason Davis, Founder + CEO
Jason Davis was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and later earned a Masters in International Relations from the University of São Paulo in São Paulo, Brazil. He currently serves as an infantry officer in the United States Army where he has led organizations across the globe ranging from 8 to 1000 Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen. From the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan to the jungles of South America, he has seen a number of different situations and challenges that remind him of the importance of leadership in everything we do.
He views leadership not as a science or an art, but having aspects of both. He does not see a difference in leaders and managers as they both have particular focuses, but both require aspects of the other in order to be successful in their jobs. It is with this focus that he founded Phase Line, in order to teach others how to take the science & art of leadership and apply it to everyday situations and challenges that we all face in work and life. He finds purpose in helping others to draw out and maximize their leadership skills to improve themselves, their communities and their professions.
Brett Stroney, Chief Learning Officer
Brett Stroney grew up in northern Ohio in greater Cleveland area to be exact. In his desire to pursue a collegiate experience beyond the academic, he became intrigued by the mission of and later attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. His experiences there shaped the leader he came to be and laid the foundation for his career in the Army. He served on active duty for the better part of nine years; starting as an Infantry Officer and later transitioned into Special Forces after earning the hallowed Green Beret. Green Berets are the Unconventional Warfare experts of the United States Military and as such have the capacities to execute various advanced mission types while maintaining regionally specific language and cultural training; his specialty is in Latin America and Spanish.
In his career, he has had to adapt to myriad of physical and sociopolitical environments, all the while adjusting to and overcoming cultural and language barriers. He deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan but also served in Central America. During each deployment, the combat tested intangibles he developed on active duty continue to serve me well in the private sector. At the same time, his sales, managerial, and business development experiences in the civilian workforce have tempered and modified his personal leadership style in the corporate world.
Chris Wagnon, CXO
Christopher Wagnon was born and raised in Peachtree City, Georgia. He graduated from the University of North Georgia with a Bachelor of Science and Leadership Minor. He later earned a Master Certificate in Six Sigma while completing his Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt project with Villanova University. “Wags” later achieved a Master of Business Administration in Project Management from Florida Institute of Technology. Today, he provides nonprofit consulting, graduate level tutoring and writing services with a company he founded. As an infantry officer in the United States Army, he was entrusted with operational control of up to 1100 Soldiers, leading over 200 combat patrols supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. As a civilian, he was a Complex Outage Coordinator managing $1M opportunity cost/day on a $140M budget. He transitioned to Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, leading high stakes negotiations and creating platform strategies across 84 facilities.
He firmly believes in the concept of servant leadership, and finds fulfillment in coaching teams and individuals to seek the best knowledge to mend broken processes. He is honored to be a leader with Phase Line, an organization whose mission, people and values align vehemently with his own guiding principles. The greatest joy of his life are his children, and helping transform failing enterprises into success stories.
