About Les Duncan
Les is a man with many skills and diversified background. He served as an officer in the United
States Air Force during the Vietnam and COLD wars. His exceptional service was rewarded by
placing him on a fast track for early promotion and with two meritorious service medals. The
first meritorious service medal was awarded for imploding four giant billboard antennas in the
Aleutian Islands as opposed to disassembling them nut by nut and bolt by bolt. This saved
taxpayers $8 million. The second meritorious service medal was awarded for identifying a bad
computer chip in our nuclear early warning system; which resulted in large screen TV's in
strategic command post cities to light up like a Christmas tree, falsely displaying a massive all
out nuclear assault by the Soviet Union on major cities and military installations in the United
States. In doing so, mutual mass destruction nuclear war was avoided.
Over his time in the military, Les transitioned smoothly into the corporate world, serving in
numerous C- level positions at 5 diverse fortune 100 companies: British petroleum international
based in London, British petroleum America; L Brands president and CEO, Express online,
where he successfully made the first online retail sales company in the world; Joann Stores;
and ATMOS Energy Corporation, the largest pure national gas company in the United States,
operating in 18 southeastern states.
Throughout his business career, he played prominent roles in 10 major acquisitions and
mergers which became his specialty. He capped off his career by overseeing the acquisition of
five businesses in just five years, helping Atmos Energy grow from a $950 million business to a
$4.5 billion business.
Les worked full time at blue collar jobs. While attending classes full time. To earn a Bachelor of
Science degree in mathematics from Wichita State University in just four years, he also has an
MBA with a finance emphasis from the University of Alaska in Anchorage and a Master of
Science degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Graduate School of electrical
engineering at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado. He's taught college level finance
and economics classes, he's the author of five published books and he has chaired industry
advisory committees at the Ohio State University Fisher School of Business and for SAP's North
and South America retail software customers, he Is a standing member of the National
Association of Corporate Directors where he has attended 36 hours of classes on the Dodd
Frank Act, corporate responsibility for risk assessment, and the proper role of boards of
directors sharing corporate strategy.
Les has had serious health problems. Unknown to him or his immediate family, he possesses a
defective gene which causes blood vessels in his brain stem and spine to form in clusters.
Sometimes these bleed, causing severe stroke and leaving Les severely Handicapped. Les has
hundreds of these defective blood vessels in his brain brain stem and spine. He has
experienced massive bleeding for 7 of these, in his brain stem and spine. Through hard work,
sheer determination, making recovery his full-time job, and the grace of God, he has recovered
completely from seven severe strokes. His fourth massive brain hemorrhage occurred in his
brainstem. In consultation with his neurosurgeon, Les elected risky brainstem surgery to
remove the malformed vein. Following the brainstem bleed and the risky surgery, Les was
totally handicapped, unable to care for himself, feed himself, walk, talk, see, hear, and so many
other things he had previously taken for granted. He was totally dependent on others to live his
life. He mustered up all the determination a person could imagine and worked very hard for a
year and a half, at which time he was fully recovered and ready to lead a joyful happy life.
This particular experience motivated Les to write a book, Brain Storms, full of tips and practical
information – like how to find an exceptional Dr. The trick of listening to your body building a life
of sheer determination and becoming an occasional but likable nuisance when necessary. The
purpose of this book is to provide hope, inspiration, courage, determination, and a complete and
dedicated dependence on God for his divine healing and curing.
Les includes his contact information in this book, inviting others with catastrophic illnesses to
contact him with any questions or advice that he can provide. One of the joys of his life is to
receive a phone call or e-mail from someone seeking his counsel. Les truly enjoys helping
others.
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