Mick Crnkovich

Mick is the Founder and CEO of Stratagem Consulting, founded after concluding 28 years of government service.  Mick served in OSD for six years; his last three in Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict as the Director for Irregular Warfare.  Mick joined OSD from USAID's Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation.  Mick also served as a U.S. Army officer for 10 years, leaving the Army as a Major and was awarded the U.S. Army’s prestigious General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award for 2003. He was a Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow with MIT’s Seminar XXI, and completed the National Security Executive Leadership Seminar.  He is a graduate of George Washington University’s National Security Studies Program and has a BS in Sociology/Criminology from Ohio University, an MA in Business and Organizational Security Management from Webster University, and an MS in National Security and Resource Strategy from National Defense University.