Speaker: Erik Shepard

Erik Shepard graduated from Southeast Raleigh HS and UNC-Greensboro, and has since
navigated his career through the Pentagon, tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, Research Triangle
Park, and Silicon Valley under various customer support roles.

Erik has spent an equal amount of time managing post-traumatic stress symptoms and
harnessing post-traumatic growth potential. In this presentation, Erik outlines his wellness
journey highlighting obstacles and helpful strategies for making progress out of robust trauma
experiences. Erik lives near the North Carolina  Zoo in Asheboro with his wife, 2 children, dogs and chickens, and teaches software to cardiologists.

Topics:

• My Background
• What is Trauma/PTSD?
• How I experienced Trauma
• My Wellness Journey
• Current State of (Veteran) Affairs/Resources
• Flaws/Why it didn’t work
• What worked for me
• How my network helped
• Resources/Future