Charles Collins

Charles Collins began their career in 2006 as a Surface Warfare Officer with the US Navy, where they led 40 personnel as Division Officer of Auxiliary Engineering Division during an 8-month deployment to the Persian Gulf USS BOXER. In 2010, they were then selected to command an eight-man Navy SEAL detachment in Aqaba, Jordan, leading eight SEALs worth approximately $4M in training and equipment on a 2-month mission. From 2012 to 2014, they were a US Navy SEAL Officer Director of Liaisons SRT-1 and a dynamic strategic and tactical planner for Special Operations throughout multiple countries in the Middle East. In 2014, they became a Maritime Security Consultant for 42 Degrees Southward Inc., providing expert guidance for ship security while transiting high-risk waters. In 2021, they joined HackEDU as a Sales Development Manager and Sales Development Representative, providing interactive cyber security training and secure code development courses for software engineers. Most recently, they joined Canary Technologies in 2022 as a Sales Development Representative.

Charles Collins obtained a Bachelor's Degree in History from the United States Naval Academy in 2006. Charles then obtained an Intermediate Fluency in Spanish from Duolingo in September 2015. In 2019, they attended Elite Meet and in 2020, they attended The Honor Foundation. In 2021, they attended Flockjay for Tech Sales.