Austin Roberts

About Austin Roberts

Entrepreneur, Co-Founder, and General Manager of LogOX LLC, combining a passion for the outdoors, tree work, and the design thinking process into industry-leading products like the back-saving LogOX 3-in-1 Forestry MultiTool, WoodOX Sling firewood carrier, TimberOX Log Splitter, and a growing offering of other high quality, American made products sold around the world. A proven leader of high-performance US Army Special Operations teams as both a branch-qualified Field Artillery and Psychological Operations Officer. Leverages diverse experience and lessons learned from fourteen years of active duty and reserve military service, with extensive experience planning and leading teams in joint, interagency, and multinational operations and training exercises, often abroad in austere and dangerous environments.Areas of expertise include military and diplomatic strategic level public communications planning and implementation, audience analysis, cross-cultural/functional team building, design thinking based product development, combat-tested leadership, and project management.

Experience

1. Co-founder General Manager

   Logox

   Dec 2016 — Present · Arlington, VT, US

   Co-Founder, GM, and a principal owner of LogOX LLC, a Vermont based forestry tool company. LogOX holds the patent to the 3-in-1 Forestry MultiTool, which replaces the traditional pulp hook, cant hook, and timberjack to assist its user with harvesting firewood, operating a chainsaw, or using a portable sawmill in a safer and more efficient manner. Along with its accessories, the LogOX is American made and currently sold in over two dozen online stores in North America and Europe, including The Home Depot, Lowe\'s, Tractor Supply Company, Rural King, Lehmans\'s Hardware, Bailey\'s Online, and Amazon-Responsible for the development and continual refinement of sales, marketing, domestic and international business development strategy. Created and manages official company social media platforms, regularly producing dynamic content leading to increased website traffic and optimizing customer engagement. Instagram, Twitter, Pinterst, Tumblr:@BigBlueLogOX

Education

• Norwich University

  International Relations

  2004 — 2006

• Georgetown University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Government, Military Science

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• International Relations
• Military Operations
• Command
• Army
• Afghanistan
• Target Audience Analysis
• Government
• Public Speaking
• Defense
• Strategic Communications
• Operational Planning
• Military Experience
• Dod
• National Security
• Intelligence Analysis
• Military
• Foreign Policy
• Counterinsurgency
• Special Operations
• Leadership