Mervyn Byrd is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was a Signals Intelligence Analyst, serving from 1982 – 1987, achieving the rank of Sergeant. Byrd started his Marine Corps career as a Morse Code Intercept Operator, getting his training in Pensacola, FL and spent over two and a half years in Misawa, Japan in the capacities of Intercept Operator and Analyst. Byrd got his official certification as a SIGINT Analyst through Analysis School in Amarillo, TX. He also had deployments to Norway, Germany and England during his career in the Marine Corps. He was formerly the Vice President of Sales and Leadership Development at the Waukesha County Business Alliance. He has been there since 2014. The Alliance is a member-based business association, with the mission of driving economic growth to Waukesha County through the success of its member companies. Byrd also headed Leadership Waukesha County, Mervyn also previously had a career as a commercial banker. He has a BBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He and his wife Chantel have six children and live in Pewaukee with their grandson, Zyair

Mervyn Byrd is founder and CEO of Practical Execution Consulting Group (PractX). PractX is an executive coaching firm focused on leading and coaching leadership teams to align their vision around leadership, strategy, talent, execution, customers, profit and systems. Mervyn’s Vistage CEO Peer Advisory Group work also falls under this umbrella. Mervyn chairs, facilitates and coaches two Vistage Peer Advisory Groups of CEOs in the Greater Milwaukee Area. His group meet monthly for a full day to address their most pressing issues. Mervyn also coaches the CEOs one to one to illuminate blind spots and to challenge their thinking and execution.