On this month’s episode of The Business of Defense Rich Brady speaks to Todd Brymer, President and Founder of St. Michael’s about why being an ESOP helps drive business, growth, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Now that Todd Brymer is in the second half of his career — as he likes to say — he puts emphasis on helping others with their career trajectory. And one of the ways he’s done that is through establishing an employee stock ownership plan for the company that he started with his wife in 2006.

“What still gets me out of bed at this point — and keeps me coming in — is the people and the opportunity to really influence people in a positive way and help them,” said Brymer, president and founder of St. Michael’s, which provides back office and financial management support to defense, intelligence and homeland security organizations.

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