Matt Eversmann

Consultant & Author

Matt Eversmann enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in December 1987 and was stationed at Fort Drum, NY with the 10th Mountain Division. In 1992, he served in the 3d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment where he spent eight and one half years. Matt held many leadership positions throughout the battalion and was the officer in charge of the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Pre-Ranger Course where he prepared military leaders to pass the US Army Ranger School.
In August 1993, Matt and his company deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia in support of Operation Gothic Serpent. The battle made famous by the best selling book and movie Black Hawk Down. He served as the Operations Sergeant at the US Army War College and taught leadership at The Johns Hopkins University. Matt’s last military assignment was an Infantry Company First Sergeant in the 10th Mountain Division. He and his men spent 15 months in Iraq during “the Surge” fighting Al-Qaeda and implementing the counter insurgency strategy. Matt was a Master rated parachutist, a sniper and an honor graduate of Ranger School. He wore Thai, Egyptian and British jump wings. Matt retired in 2008 and spent a decade in the healthcare, non-profit and data management sectors before exploring his entrepreneurial spirit.
He is a Partner and Co- founder of Eversmann Advisory, a consulting firm in West Palm Beach. His specialty is preparing young leaders to join and compete in the workforce. Matt has been a professional speaker for over 20 years.
For his service in Mogadishu, Matt was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valor device. He won an Emmy for the PBS documentary “Send Me” about the advances of battle field medicine in Afghanistan and has co-authored three non-fiction NYT Best Sellers with James Patterson.
Matt and his wife Tori live three miles from the Atlantic Ocean and spend every moment they can in the sand and surf. They are rabid NC State Wolfpack fans and visit their daughter Molly there whenever they can.