About
About Us
Built for Professionals Who Are Serious About the Next Level.
Elite Career Solutions is not a general career coaching firm. It exists for one reason: to help mid-career finance and business professionals advance through a career path that is rewarding, complex, and often hard to see clearly without a guide.
Most professionals who plateau are not underperforming. They are operating without a clear strategy, without visibility to the right people, and without a mentor who has actually done the job they are trying to get. That is the gap Elite Career Solutions was built to close.
If you have three or more years of professional experience and you are serious about moving into leadership or accelerating where you already are, you are in the right place.
Our Founder
Chad Connell is the Vice President of Government Finance at Lockheed Martin Corporation, the world’s largest defense contractor with annual sales of approximately $70 billion. Promoted to this role in 2016 at the age of 37, Chad has led key initiatives in acquisitions, divestitures, business restructuring, and IT transformation. Earlier in his career, he served as Director of Financial Compliance for several of Lockheed Martin’s heritage business units.
Before joining Lockheed Martin, Chad worked at DynCorp International (now part of Amentum), a global services company. His responsibilities included supporting U.S. Government operations domestic and abroad, which provided the opportunity to travel to the Middle East, including Iraq, Afghanistan, the UAE, and Kuwait.
Chad holds a BBA in Business Management with a Minor in Economics from Tarleton State University and an MBA from Dallas Baptist University. In his free time, he enjoys trail running, mountain biking, and spending time with his family.
The views and opinions expressed by Chad Connell through Elite Career Solutions, LLC are his own and do not represent the views, positions, or endorsement of Lockheed Martin Corporation or any other employer. Elite Career Solutions, LLC is an independently owned business and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Lockheed Martin Corporation. All Elite Career Solutions business activities are conducted by Chad Connell exclusively out