Jan 12, 2023 | 2 min read

Military Defense Innovation with Glenn Banton

By: Patrick Emmons

Military Defense Innovation with Glenn Banton

Military training can result in a staggering number of injuries, and virtual reality is ready to intervene. HAVIK Chief Operations Officer Glenn Banton is passionate about the role of virtual reality in military training and continued innovations in visual fidelity and acceleration in learning.

In this episode, Glenn shares how training and simulation software marries elements of the gaming industry with the best innovations of the Department of Defense at HAVIK, which provides fully portable, self-contained VR military training solutions. He discusses leading companies through periods of growth and innovation throughout his career and how to balance capitalizing on today’s technology and considering the technology of ten years from now. Glenn shares insight into building a sustainable lifestyle and embracing new technologies.

  • (01:39) – HAVIK
  • (03:30) – Virtual reality for the DOD
  • (07:26) – Acceleration of learning
  • (11:33) – Meta enterprise VR headset
  • (17:15) – Virtual collaboration
  • (19:55) – The importance of visual fidelity
  • (22:59) – An entrepreneurial journey
  • (25:52) – Chaotic Moon Studios
  • (29:19) – Building a sustainable lifestyle

About Our Guest

Glenn Banton is the Chief Operations Officer at HAVIK. He has two decades of experience building products, communities, and brands across industries, and he currently serves as the Board President & Chairman at OSD. Glenn has provided expert business and product transformation insights for top-level industry leaders such as Disney, Bose, Nike, and Bank of America. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business law and marketing at the University of Connecticut School of Business.

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About Patrick Emmons

If you can’t appreciate a good sports analogy, movie quote, or military reference, you may not want to work with him, but if you value honesty, integrity, and commitment to improvement, Patrick can certainly help take your business or your career to the next level. “Good enough,” is simply not in his vernacular. Pat’s passion is for relentlessly pushing himself and others to achieve full potential. Patrick Emmons is a graduate of St. Norbert College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. Patrick co-founded Adage Technologies in 2001 and in 2015, founded DragonSpears as a spin-off dedicated to developing custom applications that improve speed, compliance and scalability of clients’ internal and customer-facing workflow processes. When he is not learning about new technology, running a better business, or becoming a stronger leader, he can be found coaching his kids’ (FIVE of them) baseball and lacrosse teams and praising his ever-so-patient wife for all her support.

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