Why this cohort exists

I served eight years as a submarine warfare officer in the U.S. Navy, aboard the fast-attack boat USS Annapolis, and then I ran the civilian transition myself. I know what it's like to have real skills like leadership, problem-solving, and operating under pressure, and to watch hiring managers struggle to see them because they're wrapped in language the civilian world doesn't speak.

After the Navy I spent twenty-five years in operations leadership: manufacturing, Amazon's logistics expansion, healthcare scale-ups. I sat on the hiring side too, and I watched AI go from a curiosity to the thing every employer is now scrambling to staff for.

That's the opening. AI is reshaping every industry: healthcare, logistics, finance, government. Almost nobody is fluent in it yet. The skills you already have transfer directly. Problem-solving, logistics, teamwork, leading under stress: that's the foundation of AI work. You already think this way.

I built CrossGen AI because veterans should be at the front of this, not behind it. So I built a standalone four-week accelerator, in partnership with Cohen Partners. Not a subscription. Not a webinar library. Real hands-on proficiency in prompt engineering, automation, and AI-augmented analysis. A capability you own and carry into whatever you do next.

I teach this cohort myself, on purpose. It's the part of the work closest to my own background, so I want to be the one teaching it, live on Zoom.

If any of that sounds like you, the cohort is open. If you're not sure it's a fit, write me anyway. I'd rather tell you straight than take your money for the wrong reason.

Sean Patterson