A Global Rolodex

<p>Lino Miani has over two decades of special operations, interagency, and international disaster response experience in Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and NATO.</p> <p>He is a member of the board of advisors for numerous corporations including GAC Global and The Hague Policy Group. He is a veteran of the Program for Emerging Leaders (PEL) at the Center for the Study of WMD at National Defense University in Washington, DC, an Olmsted Foundation Scholar, and a sought after expert. His 2011 book, The Sulu Arms Market is the world’s authoritative look inside the shadowy world of illicit trafficking of firearms in Southeast Asia. Lino is also the President of the Combat Diver Foundation and is currently writing his second book.</p> <p>In this episode….</p> <p>Lino Miani grew up a world traveller immersed in other cultures through his military-service father. He holds a B.S. in Regional Geography from West Point, an M.A. in Strategic and Defense Studies from the University of Malaya, and an M.A. in Interagency Studies from Kansas University.</p> <p>Through his time as an Olmstead Foundation Scholar and stationed at NATO, he developed a lot of contacts, people all over the world he took care to remember and stay in touch with. Those relationships eventually helped pave the way for Navisio Global’s foundation and success. Communication and networking provide the heart of Lino bringing together the right people in the right situations to solve problems.</p> <p>In this episode of What CEOs Talk About, host Martin Hunter talks with Lino Miani about his time in the Special Forces, how he launched his for-profit company Navisio Global and his not-for-profit organization Combat Diver Foundation, and how communication and trust form the groundwork for both. They explore information management, work ethic, and being prepared for opportunities. Along the way they touch on some of Lino’s many stories from his work in countries around the world.</p>