Eric Savickas

Bio

Eric Savickas is a proven leader, as well as an expert teacher and trainer, with over 25 years of experience as an Army officer, university instructor, and leadership coach. He is the founder and president of Convergent Impact, which is a company that provides military-inspired leadership training to those in the fire service working to make a difference each day. Eric uses his combat-tested leadership experience and practical lessons learned to help individual leaders and their departments develop, grow, and succeed.

Eric is a retired Army Field Artillery Officer who served 22 years on active duty in a variety of leadership and staff positions at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. Most notably, he commanded multiple artillery units, served on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon, and led the Army ROTC detachment at Eastern Illinois University. Additionally, he served two combat tours in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Eric’s passion is in helping to guide students gain knowledge and facilitating “lightbulb moments” in the various subjects and topics within his courses. He seeks to be a true partner in the learning experience and understands everyone has something valuable to share that can enhance the collective knowledge of an entire class. Eric teaches using a flipped classroom format, where his students are the focus and are primarily responsible for their own success.