Aldon Purdham
Leading Leaders | CEO Advisor | Executive Coach | Equipping CEOs & Business Owners to Build Great Businesses for a Greater Purpose
- Role
- C12 Chair at C12 Business Forums
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Aldon Purdham
CEO Advisor/Executive Coach • Chief Executive Officer/Founder/OwnerVision & Strategy • Organizational Transformation • Operational ExcellenceThroughout my professional career, I have sought to follow Jesus’s example of servant leadership. In doing so, I have always viewed leading others not in terms of how my subordinates serve me, but, rather, how I serve them. Perhaps a better way to describe this style of leadership is stewardship in the sense that as leaders, we are to be stewards of those to whom we have been entrusted to lead. While such a principle of leadership of people has gained considerable traction over the years, the same cannot be said for how we are to steward our businesses as followers of Christ. Yet, isn\'t stewarding our businesses as Christians for Kingdom impact just as important? Such is the mission of C12 - to equip Christian CEOs and owners to build great businesses for a greater purpose. As a C12 Chair, I am called to help other CEOs and Owners to achieve and live out this very stewardship as they lead their businesses. I also know the challenges that such leaders face in trying to do so; since prior to becoming a C12 Chair, I was a Founder, Owner, and CEO of my own business. I can honestly say that starting my own business is one of the most defining moments of my faith, because there was no guarantee that it would be successful. You don\'t know if you\'re looking success or failure in the mirror. Thus, starting a business is a classic battle between the faith of success and the fear of failure. With God\'s help, it is this battle that I had to overcome in starting and scaling our company. As a C12 Chair, it is this journey of courage and fearlessness in stewarding a business that I seek to help other business leaders traverse. How Have I Been Prepared To Be a C12 Chair?I bring to the table a unique background that includes serving at the senior level of the USAF, providing business consulting to national and defense agencies, transforming a business as a COO, and founding and scaling a business as a CEO. The highlights of this journey are provided below.• Scaled home care startup to $12M in 6 years - 300+ clients, 600+ trained employees, successful exit.#1/12 in brand.• Turned around construction company across 4 states, increasing revenue from $12M to $15M in 18 months.• Appointed by DNI & DIA Director to stand up $500M National MASINT Management Office, unifying 25 intel agencies.• Built USAF ISR org, executed UAV missions, and supported global operations with $4B in assets.
Experience
C12 Chair
Mar 2026 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US
Lead Christian CEOs, Owners, and business leaders in navigating challenges, aligning strategies, and scaling growth through the facilitation of peer advisory groups and senior executive coaching. Collaborate with, serve, develop, and deploy Christian CEOs to lead with excellence and biblically-based principles to achieve great businesses for a greater purpose and Kingdom impact. Assist CEOs in setting work, family, & faith goals and holding each other accountable in striving to achieve those goals to optimize life balance.
Education
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
US Army Executive Leadership Program
Air University, USAF School of Advanced Air & Space Studies
M.S., National & Military Strategy
National Defense Fellowship, Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington DC
US Air Force Senior Service School Fellowship
Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University
US Military Executive Strategy Course
University of Virginia
B.A., Foreign Affairs
Kansas State University
M.S., Adult Education
The Federal Executive Institute
US Government Executive Leadership Course
University of Virginia Darden School of Business
US Air Force Executive Leadership Course
Skills
- Enterprise Software
- Government
- Management
- Intelligence
- Strategic Planning
- Team Building
- Policy
- Security Clearance
- Dod
- Military
- Risk Assessment
- Information Assurance
- Leadership
- Analysis
- Air Force
- Operational Planning
- Crisis Management
- National Security
- Intelligence Analysis
- Command
- Government Contracting
- Budgets
- Training
- Program Management
- Negotiation
- International Relations
- Corporate Communications
- Strategic Leadership
- Defense
- Project Management
- Military Operations
- Integrated Marketing
- Risk Management
- Systems Engineering
- Organizational Leadership
- Security
- Strategy
- Homeland Security
- Resource Management
- Information Security
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