JC Herz

JC Herz

Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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    Cybersecurity, Strategic Planning, Information Security, Software Testing, and Cloud Application Development

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Solve complex problems, especially design problems, in novel ways…

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Experience

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    Arlington, Virginia, United States

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

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    Washington D.C. Metro Area

Education

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    Harvard University

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    Activities and Societies: Harvard Crimson, Harvard Men's Crew (coxswain)

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Volunteer Experience

  • Supporter

    TeamRWB

    - Present 10 years 1 month

    Health

    Organized donation of book proceeds to benefit TeamRWB, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of returning veterans through fitness. Facilitated Crown Books' marketing support of TeamRWB in promotional materials for Learning to Breathe Fire, and on the inside back flap of the book itself. To learn more about TeamRWB, visit their web site at TeamRWB.org

Publications

  • Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness

    Crown Books

    A book about the cult and mythos of CrossFit and the role physical intensity in our lives. Learning to Breathe Fire combines science, anthropology, and sportswriting into a gripping narrative of world-class athletes, first responders and everyday people harnessing the ritual power of high-intensity physical training to forge physical and mental strength and the tribal bonds of a pack on the run. In the ritual intensity of today's high-intensity throw-downs, we see how and why sport as emerged…

    A book about the cult and mythos of CrossFit and the role physical intensity in our lives. Learning to Breathe Fire combines science, anthropology, and sportswriting into a gripping narrative of world-class athletes, first responders and everyday people harnessing the ritual power of high-intensity physical training to forge physical and mental strength and the tribal bonds of a pack on the run. In the ritual intensity of today's high-intensity throw-downs, we see how and why sport as emerged in ancient human society, and why it remains so relevant.

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  • A Dark and Dismal Flower

    Coliloquy

    An interactive children's fairy tale for tablet devices, A Dark and Dismal flower is a botanical fable about the qualities we cultivate and battle within ourselves. A little girl's mysterious aunt gives her a packet of seeds that bloom in animated illustrations into the flowers of Cheerfulness, Hope, Humor and Gratitude - but also darker blossoms like Vanity, Misery, Argument and Regret.

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Honors & Awards

  • Fellow

    Columbia University’s American Assembly, Next Generation Project

    Gathering of young and mid-career leaders in multiple industries (technology, oil and gas, health care, education) and to generate scenarios for foreign policy decision-makers

  • Term Member

    Council on Foreign Relations

    Selected as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, 2007-2011. While on the Council, concentrated research and participation in the areas of media and culture, technology, and the impact of social media on foreign policy.

  • Judge

    Game Developers’ Conference Independent Games Festival, 2002-2007

    Served on the GDC Independent Games Festival jury to review and award recognition to the best independently developed interactive media produced in the preceding year. GDC's Independent Games Festival was the Sundance of videogames, before games were recognized in venues like SXSW.

  • Global Leader for Tomorrow

    World Economic Forum

    Recognized as a cultural forecaster and author able to predict and articulate significant cultural shifts and their technological and business implications

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