Kyle King

And so that's our online peer-to-peer professional development platform that's fully accredited. And that's where we are bringing international experts together to share their experiences, their ideas, and to be able to help us all be better professionals at the end of the day by expanding our worldview on the topics that we have to deal with every day. So that's sort of what I'm doing today.

And so that's our online peer-to-peer professional development platform that's fully accredited. And that's where we are bringing international experts together to share their experiences, their ideas, and to be able to help us all be better professionals at the end of the day by expanding our worldview on the topics that we have to deal with every day. So that's sort of what I'm doing today.

In my past, I spent 17 years in the emergency services and the emergency response side of the house, specifically within the US Department of Defense. And during that time, I was very fortunate to start working overseas very young. And so then I was deployed into international operations or sort of DOD operations.

In my past, I spent 17 years in the emergency services and the emergency response side of the house, specifically within the US Department of Defense. And during that time, I was very fortunate to start working overseas very young. And so then I was deployed into international operations or sort of DOD operations.

And so that was where I spent a lot of time in the Balkans during the conflict periods and then also two and a half years in Afghanistan. Took a break for a while and then ended up working for the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe for two years before the war in Ukraine started.

And so that was where I spent a lot of time in the Balkans during the conflict periods and then also two and a half years in Afghanistan. Took a break for a while and then ended up working for the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe for two years before the war in Ukraine started.

And also during that time before I actually went to Ukraine, I skipped over this, but I spent seven years as a civil emergency advisor supporting NATO operations. And so that was really construct behind all of this is bringing emergency services and crisis management and all these sort of resilience topics into conflict areas to try and create stability.

And also during that time before I actually went to Ukraine, I skipped over this, but I spent seven years as a civil emergency advisor supporting NATO operations. And so that was really construct behind all of this is bringing emergency services and crisis management and all these sort of resilience topics into conflict areas to try and create stability.

So that's one of the things that has been a key theme throughout my entire career path thus far. So that's a sort of a really quick sort of complicated overview of how I got here today.

So that's one of the things that has been a key theme throughout my entire career path thus far. So that's a sort of a really quick sort of complicated overview of how I got here today.

Sure. So at this point in time, like most of our work is focused on supporting like U.S. bilateral efforts with partners overseas. And so we are working with partners in their various, let's say, government departments, agencies and entities that are responsible for various different aspects of resilience and civil security. So that could be in the topic for today, like food security.

Sure. So at this point in time, like most of our work is focused on supporting like U.S. bilateral efforts with partners overseas. And so we are working with partners in their various, let's say, government departments, agencies and entities that are responsible for various different aspects of resilience and civil security. So that could be in the topic for today, like food security.

That could also be in water security, telecommunications. Overall crisis management. So we spend a lot of time focused on, okay, what is your national response plan? These FEMA-like organizations that are in different countries, how are they planning for disasters? How do they mitigate, recover from them? How do they respond to them? What is their crisis management framework?

That could also be in water security, telecommunications. Overall crisis management. So we spend a lot of time focused on, okay, what is your national response plan? These FEMA-like organizations that are in different countries, how are they planning for disasters? How do they mitigate, recover from them? How do they respond to them? What is their crisis management framework?

How is their constitution to the laws, to the various policies they have? How is that word designed and orchestrated? And how do they have and how they measure interagency cooperation. So a real sort of spoiler alert, everybody has problems with interagency cooperation, so it's nothing new for anybody. But, you know, how do these systems and structures, how are they established?

How is their constitution to the laws, to the various policies they have? How is that word designed and orchestrated? And how do they have and how they measure interagency cooperation. So a real sort of spoiler alert, everybody has problems with interagency cooperation, so it's nothing new for anybody. But, you know, how do these systems and structures, how are they established?

What are the best practices? And how can we promote these different sort of best practices across the international community so that we're able to more adeptly respond to a crisis? And also, increasingly, how can we handle more complex crisis? Because as the world evolves, and we have seen in recent years,

What are the best practices? And how can we promote these different sort of best practices across the international community so that we're able to more adeptly respond to a crisis? And also, increasingly, how can we handle more complex crisis? Because as the world evolves, and we have seen in recent years,

You know, things are becoming more complex, more interconnected, and requires much more of a whole of government approach to addressing these problems than we do today. So day to day, it's really about sort of a lot of advising, mentoring, guiding, policy development. It's helping with the planning processes, a lot of discussion on interagency cooperation.

You know, things are becoming more complex, more interconnected, and requires much more of a whole of government approach to addressing these problems than we do today. So day to day, it's really about sort of a lot of advising, mentoring, guiding, policy development. It's helping with the planning processes, a lot of discussion on interagency cooperation.