Karl Wagner is the Founder and CEO of Eastern Sky Technologies,

a global risk consultancy specializing in crisis management and

corporate resiliency.  

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 An expert in foreign affairs and national security, Karl has 29

years of worldwide experience delivering success for complex

projects and managing risk in emerging markets. He has worked

and lived in Latin America, East Asia, South Asia, the Middle East,

and North Africa.  Karl has planned and executed multi-million-

dollar budgets and is an expert in delivering effect at the nexus of

security, technology, and geopolitics in the world’s hardest

operating environments.

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 Currently Karl serves as a Strategic Advisor to several private sector organizations and charities.  He is an active member of the American Society of Industrial Security and is involved in non-profit work in the veterans advocacy and PTSD prevention space. Karl has an M.A. in Security Studies (Magna Cum Laude) from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from University of Illinois.  Karl is fluent in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.