Brian Ferguson
Brian Ferguson has spent his career working in high-performance organizations, learning from leaders and decision-makers in US national security, the military, and technology. He has used those experiences to build Arena Labs, a company pioneering the field of High Performance Medicine ®.
Arena Labs is on a mission to reimagine healthcare by treating doctors and nurses as world-class performers. By investing in clinicians with the same training, tools and technology as elite military personnel, Olympic athletes, and creative masters, Arena Labs believes hospitals can reduce burnout and provide healthcare teams with the ability to flourish in the face of a demanding,stressful career.
In 2018 Brian also co-founded The Liminal Collective, a unique human performance company focused on “enabling humanity’s boldest endeavors” in space travel, deep sea exploration, and advancing the science of human creativity and expression.
Before founding Arena Labs + Liminal Collective, Brian served in the military as a Navy SEAL Officer where he deployed to Afghanistan and various parts of the Middle East. Prior to joining the military, he was a Presidential Appointee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and worked in the White House.
Brian serves on the Board of Alder and is on faculty at Singularity University in Silicon Valley. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee and is most proud of being father to his daughter, Wynnen Valentine.