Chad Pillai is a highly skilled leader and team player with extensive experience in strategic analysis and risk mitigation. He has worked with experienced Senior U.S. and international decision-makers and has significant global working experience from traveling and assignments in Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and North East Asia. Pillai is a published author with writings in Infinity Journal, War on the Rocks, Small Wars Journal, Offizier, and Military Review. He is also a frequent blogger for the Strategy Bridge and Daily Journalist and a member of the Military Writer's Guild. He has a professional certificate in Strategic Planning and Policy, Mid-Career Executive Education, Military Joint Operations Planning and Strategy, Defense Strategy Course-Distance Learning, Military Studies, Management, and Staff Planning, Military Studies, Tactics, and Strategy. He also has a B.A. in International Studies and an MIPP in International Public Policy. Pillai's career goal is to work for transformational organizations that seek to shape the environment rather than react to it. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Commander's Action Group (CAG) at U.S. Central Command and has worked in various roles such as Joint Strategic Planner at U.S. Central Command, Deputy Director of Strategy, Plans, and Policy at US Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), Chapter President at Army Strategist Association, Strategic Planner for Communications and Concept Development at Army Capabilities and Integration Center (ARCIC) Forward, and Mid and Junior Executive (Armor Officer) at the U.S. Army.