This recording is from a special OODA Salon featuring the highly regarded expert in international crime and law enforcement (and long term friend of OODA) John Sullivan, Hal Kempfer and Brian Micchael Jenkins. John led this expert panel in a discussion of the geopolitical and business impacts of the kidnappings and killings of Americans in Matamoros Mexico. This is a rapidly developing situation that is already showing signs of a crisis in need of stabalization and de-escalation. Politicians in both the US and Mexico are issuing warnings to each other regarding the crisis. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has warned the U.S. against intervening in domestic matters. Some U.S. lawmakers have called for a more aggressive approach to Mexican cartels with some calling for military attacks. This is clearly a time for reason and informed judgement. But it is also a time for business leaders, including board members and the C-Suite, to be prepared for multiple scenarios. Mexico and the US are both each others largest trading partners and in this chaotic world need each other more than ever.

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Bob Gourley

Bob Gourley is an experienced Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Board Qualified Technical Executive (QTE), author and entrepreneur with extensive past performance in enterprise IT, corporate cybersecurity and data analytics. CTO of OODA LLC, a unique team of international experts which provide board advisory and cybersecurity consulting services. OODA publishes OODALoop.com. Bob has been an advisor to dozens of successful high tech startups and has conducted enterprise cybersecurity assessments for businesses in multiple sectors of the economy. He was a career Naval Intelligence Officer and is the former CTO of the Defense Intelligence Agency.