Brian Fort
Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (retired)
- Role
- Vice President, Strategic Programs at AtkinsRéalis
- Location
- Hot Springs Village, AR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Brian Fort
Experienced executive leader in strategically complex environments, including recent leadership of the US Navy’s largest geographic Region from Japan to Singapore and Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory; accountable for more than remarkably diverse military, civilian, and multi-national personnel with an annual operating budget in excess of $1B. Led the US Navy’s global pandemic response to COVID-19 in Region Japan.Has 20+ years of experience in leadership development, start-up leadership, crisis leadership, and risk management. Has extensive keynote and public speaking experience and brings a truly global perspective to bear on complex problem solving with international relations and operations experience In the European, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Indo-Pacific, and Oceania regions. Led the US Navy’s 2017 USS Fitzgerald collision investigation.Published in books on maritime security and naval history and written for numerous magazines, newspapers, and journals on the topics of leadership and naval operations, history, and heritage. Keynote speaker including multiple television and radio interviews and record testimony to the Hawaii State Legislature. An avid naval history enthusiast (including a cameo in the 2019 movie Midway), and very passionate about the environment, particularly our world’s oceans.
Experience
Vice President, Strategic Programs
Sep 2021 — Present · Richland, WA, US
Education
University of Arkansas
BS, Electrical Engineering
1985 — 1989
U.S. Naval War College
MA, National Security and Strategic Studies
2006 — 2007
Skills
- Operational Planning
- Military Operations
- Organizational Leadership
- Military Training
- Military Experience
- Military
- Program Management
- Defense
- Training
- Security Clearance
- Weapons Handling
- Dod
- National Security
- Force Protection
- U.s. Department of Defense
- Command
- Leadership
- Top Secret
- Weapons
- Leadership Development
- Navy
- Strategic Planning
- Tactics
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