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Guest
Former Special Operations Officer; Founder & CEO, Compliant Technologies; retired Chief Warrant Officer Four
Jeff Niklaus, founder of Compliant Technologies, comes from a long military heritage. He joined the Army in 1985, qualified in the UH-60 Blackhawk, and during his 20-year active duty career deployed in support of Operation Gothic Serpent in Somalia, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
He retired in 2006 as a Chief Warrant Officer Four and went on to work as a contractor to the US Department of State in support of the Poppy Eradication Program in Afghanistan. He currently flies EMS helicopters in Kentucky and holds degrees in Forestry, Business Management, and Aeronautics.