Spent over three decades in the CIA, including as Deputy Director and Chief Technology Officer of the CIA Federal Laboratory and as Senior Intelligence Service Executive Expert in the Directorate of Science & Technology. 

Professor of Practice, founding director of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Sr. Fellow at the Joint Special Operations University, rancher in California. 

Senior Investigator, Zomia Center, Fellow at New America Future Security, and an investigative journalist covering the rise of extremism in Syria and Iraq, the petroleum/defense sectors, and regional finance, with articles in Foreign Affairs, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Al Jazeera, and other publications.

Research Professor, non-resident senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, formerly professor at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute and an associate political scientist at the RAND Corporation.

Professor of Practice, Retired US Army Colonel with significant irregular warfare experience, former Director for Defense Strategy and Policy, National Security Council, PhD in Public Policy and MBA.

Faculty Associate, PhD in Political Science from ASU, former UAV sensor operator who writes on drone operations and global security.

Faculty Associate, Cybersecurity professional and Senior Manager Enterprise Security and Monitoring, OGE Energy Corp.