After four combat deployments to Afghanistan and an operational deployment in Korea, Austin Barr left the military and moved to Plano, Texas to enroll in JPMorgan Chase’s Military Pathways Development Program. The two-year rotational program recruits top-performing military veterans and positions them for leadership opportunities at JPMorgan Chase by providing them with opportunities to work on the company’s fastest growing initiatives.
“I was influenced by the 2008 financial crisis and seeing how it impacted American citizens from different walks of life. I learned how important the financial services sector is worldwide,” Barr says. “The appeal of working in banking was the opportunity to make a positive impact at the local level and beyond.”
Today, Barr is a Vice President with JP Morgan Private Bank. In his role, Barr works with high-net worth families, business owners, and family offices to assist with their financial planning. His areas of focus are banking, investments, credit and estate planning.
Barr is just one of the more than 3,300 veterans JPMorgan Chase has hired in Texas since 2014 and one of the more than 16,000 veterans and service members hired by the bank since its Office of Military & Veterans Affairs opened in 2011. JPMorgan Chase is a co-founder of the Veteran Jobs Mission, a coalition of more than 300 companies dedicated to employing talent from the U.S. military community.