Dr. Andrew G. Huff

On September 11th, 2001, I was walking to class as a freshmen in college when the first airplane struck the World Trade Center. That horrendous day motivated me to serve with my friends in the military as an infantryman. From 2003-2006, I served in combat operations in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This is where I learned how to manage and lead as a servant leader.

I earned degrees in psychology (BA), security technologies and geographic information systems (MS), and a doctorate in environmental health science in an emerging infectious disease specialty track (PhD) at the University of Minnesota. After graduation, I continued my education at MIT in complex systems modeling and analysis. This is how I learned to use qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze complex problems.

I have also worked as a research fellow at a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence, a senior member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories, as an executive at EcoHealth Alliance, as adjunct faculty at Columbia University, as faculty and hospital epidemiologist at Michigan State University, as an executive at JUUL LABS, and have founded two advanced technology startups (hardware, software, and systems). This is how I learned to fund, develop, and implement advanced technologies and analytics.