Mr. Polk is a leader and expert in the development of business operations and training programs designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public and private sector organizations. As an Officer in the US Army for sixteen years, he has served as an infantry company commander, assistant professor USMA (West Point), and a joint staff officer for policy, strategy, and planning. His research studies and reports have been published by the US Army, The United Nations and the SDC and he has given expert testimony, presentations, and lectures at multiple domestic and international events on topics including responding to humanitarian emergencies and disaster response. He is currently the President Emeritus and CEO of Iron Tree Research, Inc., a firm he founded dedicated to helping clients analyze complex operations and business environments where he designed simulations and analytic tools to facilitate planning and decision-making.
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Mr. Polk is a leader and expert in the development of business operations and training programs designed to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public and private sector organizations. Mr. Polk led multiple missions in natural disasters and conflict-driven crises including Afghanistan, Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami, Sudan and Haiti as a Senior humanitarian Advisor for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) & UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA).