"J.T. Patten" worked for the government intelligence and military special operations community in support of national defense and policy. He has a degree in Foreign Languages, a Masters in Strategic Intelligence, graduate studies in Counter Terrorism from the University of St. Andrews' Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV), and numerous expertise certifications in intelligence analysis, cyber forensics and counterintelligence, mobile device tracing, and financial crime investigations.
An avid reader of #VinceFlynn, #LeeChild, and #TomClancy, Patten wanted to take the traditional black-ops hero and make him more realistic through fallibility, family balance, psychological trauma, and moments of self-doubt.