Automation Unplugged Podcast

#335: From CIA to CEO—Kris Coleman on Security, Strategy, and Service

Automation Unplugged Podcast

Show Notes

This is Automation Unplugged, and I’m Ron Callis.

Our guest today is Kris Coleman, Executive Director of Fox Bravo Overland and CEO of Red5 Security.

Before founding Red5, Kris served as a Special Agent with the FBI and an Intelligence Officer with the CIA. Today, he leads a firm that provides high-level security solutions to families, executives, and corporations, helping them manage everything from physical threats to digital vulnerabilities.

He’s also the driving force behind Fox Bravo Overland, a nonprofit using overlanding expeditions to support veterans and first responders as they reconnect with purpose, community, and themselves.

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