Nathanael J. Bocker

Nate Bocker is the owner of LateralUs, LLC, a Virginia-based Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business. He holds a Bachelor of Science from American Military University in Environmental Science with a focus Sustainability. He is a veteran of the Marine Corps, the Army, and the Army Reserves. Mr. Bocker served in several capacities, including electronics technician, infantry, and as a power-plant operator. While assigned to the 249th Engineer Battalion (Prime Power), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mr. Bocker began studying vulnerabilities to critical infrastructure and their relationship to community resilience, and the relationships to Homeland Defense. He currently focuses on business workforce development strategies that leverage underutilized demographics to address critical skills gaps in and around Critical Infrastructure Protection.