Jimmy Blackmon is a retired Army Colonel, speaker, author, and managing partner at Exactus Advisors. Jimmy spent 30 years leading soldiers in the U.S. Army. He has six operational deployments including two tours in the Balkans, two tours in Iraq, and two tours in Afghanistan.

Jimmy was the air mission commander on the mission that killed Saddam Hussein’s sons and Jimmy was the aviation task force commander in the battles in which four medals of honor were earned.

Jimmy is the author of three books. Some of his awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, and four bronze star medals. He is a recipient of the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award, and Jimmy was the 2017 Vistage Breakout speaker of the year. Jimmy is also a three-time archery world champion, and he was a member of the 1998 U.S. Armed Forces World Cross Country team.