Cliff was raised in Goldthwaite, Texas and continues to call Central Texas his home. Upon graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2006, Cliff served on five deployments across the globe, four as a naval officer onboard ship, and one as a construction officer attached to a U.S. Army unit in Afghanistan.
After completing five years of active duty military service, Cliff was accepted to the Harvard Business School where he graduated with an MBA. He accepted a role with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) where he spent several years acquiring, integrating, and managing a variety of manufacturing, rental, and service companies across the oilfield. Most recently, Cliff served as the General Manager of NOV HydraRig where he led 300+ outstanding professionals and was directly responsible for a $200M manufacturing & service business in Fort Worth, TX.
Additionally, for the last decade, Cliff has been an active residential real estate investor in Texas. He currently owns and operates a residential management company, Brown County One LLC, that primarily oversees the renting, maintenance, and administrative requirements of a portfolio of single and multi-family assets in two Texas cities.
Cliff and his wife, Morgan, have an 18 month old son, Gus, and they currently live on the Brazos River near Granbury, Texas.
Zach was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Maryland. He completed flight training and earned his Wings of Gold at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX. Throughout his ten years of active duty service he deployed globally as a mission commander and instructor pilot. He has extensive experience across special operations and intelligence organizations to conduct intelligence, combat, and counterinsurgency operations to dismantle global threat networks. Zach also managed numerous maintenance and logistics service organizations while serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy.
During his last assignment, he commanded an elite tactical unit and managed a $500M portfolio. Additionally, he led and directed strategic planning for the research, development, testing and evaluation of emerging technology for military application.
Zach has a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.