Mr. O’Brien retired from the US Navy after 28 years of service spent across much of the Middle East and North Africa, South East Asia and East Asia, participating in a wide range of tactical operations with some of our nations finest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines. In that time he was fortunate to only have a single shore tour in the continental United States! Since retiring from the Navy he has provided planning and mentoring to a number of Fortune 1,000 Corporations, to several cabinet level officers in several administrations, and contributed to several Washington DC based centers active in support of foreign policy formulation and providing support to the Defense Department and the Intelligence Community. Mr. O’Brien has graduate degrees in Space Systems and in International Security Studies, and is a Distinguished Graduate of the Naval War College. His undergraduate degree is from Georgetown University.