Krystle Veda Kaul is an international policy professional, strategic communications, federal business development, investor relations, educator, and advisor with 20+ years of experience. As a defense and intelligence expert, Ms. Kaul proudly spoke on climate security at the Climate Action Forum run by Indiaspora during COP28 in Dubai. Currently, Ms. Kaul is the Founder and CEO of Krystle Klear Communications LLC advising several high-profile technology and defense hardware clients with business development and strategic messaging to the Department of Defense ranging from startups to mega corporations, including Intel Corporation and Bank of New York Mellon. The business concentrates on federal business development, strategic messaging on cybersecurity and IT-related issues, and stakeholder analysis.  Expertise in strategic communications in government agencies encompassing strategic messaging, stakeholder engagement, web design and development, congressional affairs, public affairs/relations, campaign building, social media strategy, improvement of agency intranet and public website, proposal development, lobbying, marketing and branding. Experience marketing integrated ISR solutions, aircraft design, sensor and mission systems, cybersecurity, space mission systems, unmanned systems, eHealth remote monitoring, AI/ML, IoT, 5G and much more. Krystle is also the Head Facilitator at MIT Sloan School of Management for an MBA Executive Management communication course through 2U. She was the first ever Director of Strategic Communications (GS-15) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. Krystle recently ran for US Congress in Virginia’s 10th district. Earlier in her career, Krystle served as the Director of Strategic Communications to the Air Force through General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT). She has worked in several technology topic areas to include AI/ML, smart cities, IoT, 5G, cloud computing, big data analytics, cybersecurity etc. Before joining the government, Ms. Kaul was the Strategic Communications Lead for the National Counterproliferation Center at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) through Booz Allen Hamilton. Prior, she worked at Deloitte supporting several clients in the DoD and the Intelligence Community, including the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency. Ms. Kaul has experience at the RAND Corporation, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Center for Strategic and International Studies South Asia Center and United Nations Women. She holds eleven competitive fellowships and participation in elite overseas delegations which include the “Indian American Leaders Delegation to Israel” and the Washington Leadership Program’s delegation to meet with several senior officials in India. She has experience in sixty-eight countries and speaks eight languages, including Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Punjabi and Dari. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in international studies and women in politics from American University's School of International Service, a Master of Arts in international relations with a focus on South Asian security from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Master of Arts in political science from Brown University where she has a PhD in progress.