Dr. CJ Cowlin holds 8 graduate degrees across multiple disciplines and languages. As a retired USN EOD technician and Senior Department of Defense Official, his knowledge and experience responding to Black Swan events is highly sought in business and academia. With a specialty in crisis innovation, he has transitioned to International NGO work where he supports Golden West Humanitarian Foundation as the Director of Academics and Technology, Bomb Techs Without Borders as a Director at Large, and as CEO of Platinum East. He actively mentors 30+ doctoral students involved in crisis response R&D at 4 universities. With 25 years of validated predictive threat and crisis response success, he will help you see over the horizon and hone your resilience. Winter is coming.