Former Chief and Founder, Office of Operational Psychology, National Security Agency, Cybersecurity Directorate, over 25 years of expertise in cyberpsychology and countering influence operations, PhD in Clinical Psychology.
CEO of Motive International, a consulting business that seeks to mitigate conflict and enhance global stability and sustainability, previously worked in the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations at the U.S. Department of State.
Retired Lt.Col., U.S. Army and former Special Forces officer with over two decades’ experience in complex strategy and multiple deployments in Afghanistan, central Asia and elsewhere, former Assistant Professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Ph.D. Candidate in International Affairs at Georgia Tech, focusing on US-China strategic competition, civil-military relations, and emerging technologies, Assistant Editor at Small Wars Journal.
Project Manager Motive International, working on projects related to the Irregular Warfare Service Contract, prior work focusing on countering malicious foreign direct investment in East Asia, providing legal and policy-relevant regulatory research.
CEO of Helios Global, an international security consultancy based in the Washington, DC area and CEO of Orca AI, which focuses on financing of malign information operations.
Founding Executive Director, CoAction Global, former Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, U.S. Department of State.
International relations scholar, former Postdoctoral Research Scholar, ASU’s Center for Muslim Experience in the U.S., Assistant Professor, Islamia Graduate College for Women, editor in chief, Journal of South Asian Studies.
Senior Advisor and Recruiting Coordinator, Center for Intelligence and National Security, also Senior Global Coordinator, ASU Barrett Honors College, veteran and former US Army officer.
Program Director, Iraq Restorative/Transitional Justice project, research, monitoring and evaluation specialist focusing on humanitarian responses, especially in the Middle East, having worked with the UN and other international entities, fluent in Arabic.