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Laura Hoffner: Setting your sights high. [Intelligence] [Career Notes]

CyberWire Daily

N2K Networks, Inc.

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4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Please enjoy this encore of Career Notes. Laura Hoffner, Executive Vice President at Concentric, shares her story about her time working as a Naval Intelligence Officer and supporting special operations around the globe for 12 years, to now, where she transitioned to the Naval Reserves and joined the Concentric team. Laura has known since she was in the seventh grade that she wanted to work with SEALs and work in intelligence, so she set her goals high and achieved them shortly after graduating college. She credits being a Naval Intelligence Officer to helping her get to where she is today and says how much she is enjoying working with Concentric, saying she's "ultimately just incredibly benefiting from unbelievable mentors at the company itself." We thank Laura for sharing her story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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My name is Laura Hoffner and I'm the executive vice president at Concentric.

1:35.3

I decided in seventh grade I wanted to be an able intelligence officer for SEAL teams and just did not waver from that.

1:43.3

It was so specific, my goodness. So originally joined officer for SEAL teams and just did not waver from that.

1:46.9

It was so specific, my goodness.

1:52.3

So originally joining the Navy was based off of my grandfather who was drafted in World War II,

1:55.2

and he was a surface warfare officer in the Navy.

1:59.4

And my goodness, he made it sound so exciting and I knew I wanted to travel the world.

2:02.4

Then I wanted to combine my obsession with learning languages and learning other cultures and then I wanted to do it in the biggest

2:07.6

pressure cooker that I could think of at that time. I knew I didn't want to be a seal. I just wanted

2:12.4

to be around seals.

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