DATES · SOURCES · CORRECTIONS
Life, work, and the public record
A life history with sources and room for correction.
LIFE HISTORY · RESPONSIBILITY · CONTINUITY
Every chapter leaves a record.
Mississippi roots, Army aviation, skilled trades, kitchens, fishing, and the decisions behind Veritas. My memoir carries the lived scenes. This page keeps the milestones, sources, and correction route together.
THE WORKING LIFE
The jobs behind the principles.
Dates and roles follow Zackery’s current résumé and corrected personal account. They are self-reported career history; this site does not publish personnel records or imply employer endorsement.
1995
Mississippi roots
Born August 24, 1995, as reported in Zackery’s personal record.
2013
West Lauderdale High School
High-school graduation, followed by U.S. Army aviation training.
2013–2017
U.S. Army aviation maintenance
CH-47 helicopter maintenance and preparation for inspection. The working discipline: perform the task, check it, and document the result.
2018–2019
Truck service and telecommunications
Commercial truck maintenance, followed by installation and troubleshooting work with Elite Engineering.
2019
Aircraft engine component testing
Component testing at Triumph Accessory Services, following published technical procedures.
2019–2020
Civilian CH-47 maintenance
Aircraft mechanic work with DynCorp International. Civilian contract experience is distinct from military service.
2020–2021
Telecommunications field work
Installation and signal troubleshooting with AEON, including customer-facing service.
2021
Kitchen leadership
Chef work at Lucy’s in the Square in Pensacola.
2021–2022
CH-47 production leadership
Aircraft lead work at Summit Aviation through a contract arrangement. Planning, sequencing, technical standards, and the inspection chain.
2023
Food service and a new venture
Work at Costello’s Butcher and Deli overlapped the opening of the Sand-Dollar Grill.
2023–2024
Sand-Dollar Grill
Owner and executive chef from April 2023 through September 2024. Kitchen work also meant staffing, suppliers, inventory, budgets, and responsibility for the business.
2024–2025
Commercial fishing
Gulf Coast vessel work and a Bristol Bay, Alaska season in June–July 2025. The corrected career record ends the commercial fishing period in July 2025.
November 2025
Founding VPP
Veritas Prosperity Partners began as a founder-led practice connecting accountable human decisions, AI-assisted work, and evidence.
2026
Independent driving and institutional work
The career record includes independent driving with zTrip alongside the continuing work on Veritas.
2026 onward
The Assembly, the memoir, and the long view
A developing spiritual and community arm, a public living memoir, a personal 100+ project, and the founder’s stated 105-year ambition.
EDUCATION · REPORTED TRAINING
Keep learning.
- 2013: West Lauderdale High School diploma and U.S. Army CH-47 repairer training.
- 2024: Small Business Management certificate.
- 2025: Entrepreneurship certificate, Sparking a Change for Veterans.
- 2026: Google AI Essentials, through Coursera.
Training is listed as reported in Zackery’s personal résumé. Certificate documents have not been independently validated for this website.
OPEN SOURCES
Evidence and correction ledger
Founder statements
Direct interview answers and the existing personal values profile are founder testimony, not third-party verification.
Public LinkedIn profile ↗Founding and governance
VPP founding doctrine: U.S.-inspired checks, protected records, accountable human decisions, dissent and correction.
VPP public entry ↗Assembly
Distinct Assembly doctrine (Mind · Body · Spirit), Claims evidence classifications, consent, cooperation, and bounded transparency.
Assembly public entry ↗Federal civic rules
Federal Election Commission rules distinguish testing the waters from campaigning; a personal website alone does not settle legal status.
FEC primary guidance ↗REVISIONS · PUBLIC INTEREST · DATA PROTECTION
Correct the record without erasing it.
Veritas's approach is to preserve source, date, claim class, reviewer, contrary evidence, correction reason and updated publication state. Send a correction with the page, the disputed wording, and the strongest source available. Keep sensitive personal information out of an initial message.
Source
When and where did a statement originate? Founder report, institutional page, contemporary primary source, or interpretation?
Boundary
No private home address, family records, protected VPP methods, member information, or safety-sensitive details.
Change
Publish dated corrections and preserve the previous version where lawful and appropriate; no retroactive silent edits.
Accessibility and privacy statement
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THE FUTURE BESIDE THE PAST
Goals belong on the record too.
The 100+ personal project and the 105-year institutional vision describe what I am trying to build. They remain visible alongside the history that shaped them.
FOLLOW THE REAL ACCOUNT
Social channels
Handles below are supplied by Zackery; exact ownership verification is available only for the publicly located LinkedIn page in the research pass. Do not mistake a search result for an authenticated account.