About the Author: Landon Shroder

Landon Shroder is a security and political consultant for the energy and private equity sectors, specializing in conflict and post-conflict countries. Landon currently splits his time between Richmond VA, Baghdad, and Dubai, and worked close to three years in Africa before spending the last five years in the Middle East. He has worked in a variety of sectors including explosive ordnance disposal, arms reduction, humanitarian aid, and most recently commercial intelligence.