Leif Babin a former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, best-selling author, leadership instructor and co-founder of Echelon Front. He served 13 years in the U.S. Navy, nine of those in the SEAL Teams. Deployed three times to Iraq, Leif learned critical leadership lessons under fire as a SEAL platoon commander in the Battle of Ramadi in 2006.

Leif’s SEAL task unit became the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. Upon his return, Leif ran SEAL leadership training for every officer graduating from the SEAL training pipeline and then served in executive management positions at a SEAL Team.  In 2011, Leif left active duty and founded Echelon Front to teach these same leadership principles to others who want to build their own high-performance teams.  He is the co-author of Extreme Ownership and The Dichotomy of Leadership.