Chad Lesch is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Projects at Crisis24, a GardaWorld company and leading risk intelligence firm. With his extensive intelligence background, he develops advanced AI software to transform strategic supply chain management from reactive to proactive. This involves using anticipatory intelligence, codifying analytic tradecraft into LLMs, and leveraging their partner, Palantir Technologies, to process vast amounts of data and provide actionable insights.

Before joining Crisis24 in December 2022, Chad spent 15 years at the CIA as a Covert Action Officer, leading special mission units worldwide to collect intelligence, conduct sensitive operations, and brief congressional and executive oversight. His expertise in state, non-state, and environmental factors offers unique insights to enhance supply chain resiliency, mitigate risks, and identify new revenue opportunities.