“For Jeff’s entire career, he has been working on the most difficult and important problems affecting our country with a high degree of success. He has the traits (intelligence, grit, determination) that only the elite of the elite have. The concepts and the approach that he has learned through practical experience are the only way to solve the difficult challenges our country is facing in the cybersecurity arena.”
—Gerard Amaro, Executive Director and Chief Revenue Officer, Conquest Cyber

“All the War They Want is a hard-hitting sharing of Jeff’s experiences and lessons learned in combat, business, and life. It’s an opportunity for the reader to see unconventional techniques for looking at problems and use them to overcome challenges in life and business.”
—Rich Robertson, U.S. Special Operations Command Program Manager, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

“I came to learn by observing Jeff; he will achieve any outcome he sets his mind to achieve. When he told me he would build a company that would function as an elite, high-performing team, I knew I wanted to be a part of it. His ability to vision, combined with his willingness to take risks and nontraditional approaches, makes him a formidable business leader, capable of building a world-class elite organization.”
—Sarah Nurse, Senior Vice President of Operations, Conquest Cyber

“Jeff is constantly on the search to make a difference in the world and make his mark. Little to no other people exist of his caliber—he is an irreplaceable asset in more ways than one.”
—Christen Prasse, Head of Strategic Accounts, Conquest Cyber

“It is evident from the moment you hear Jeff speak that his life’s work is freedom. He understands the world on a macro and micro level, and his contribution to the world is limitless.”
—Elizabeth Goodwin, Managing Director, CBRE

“I have never met anyone like Jeff. He is a true inspiration to do the most in life and to conquer any situation with a lighthearted and strategic approach. He is a leader in every respect. He challenges your way of thinking and gives you the confidence you need to succeed.”
—Jody Perez, Marketing Lead, Conquest Cyber

“Jeff’s superpower is breaking people out of their comfort zones. By nature, he is an unconventional leader who refuses to follow the way of the world. His demeanor makes those around him want to do better, be better, and fight harder.”
—Carmen Brooks, Executive Operations Manager, Conquest Cyber

“Jeff Engle is a member of a rare breed of warrior-poets, whose dedication and conviction to the fight for our nation and our way of life have manifested in various capacities in his lifetime of service: special operator, biochemical emergency expert, and now, cybersecurity thought leader and innovator. It does not take long for anyone who has met Jeff in person to realize and imagine the level of conviction and mental focus that he has put into honing his mind and his craft to produce the ideas, beliefs, and actions needed to execute and win on this new cybersecurity battlefield. The principles and alternative thinking that he espouses in All the War They Want are not abstract or merely theoretical—they have been hardened and tested by Jeff and others in the crucible of combat, both in the physical and cyber war zones. Could not be prouder of him.”
—Doug Kim, Senior Vice President of Cyber Risk, Conquest Cyber

Whether he is protecting his platoon from ambush on a dusty road outside Baghdad as a young army sergeant, taking out high-value terrorist targets as a member of the elite special operations community, crushing a jiujitsu opponent to win a Pan-American Championship title, or strategizing about how to block hackers from attacking critical American infrastructure systems, Jeffrey J. Engle’s fighting style is best characterized as unconventional. Cool. Calculated. Gritty. And totally disconcerting to his adversaries.

During his military career, Engle earned two Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal for Valor, the Combat Action Badge, and the Military Freefall Parachutists Badge in addition to being selected as one of the youngest members of the world’s most elite fighting unit. Following his medical retirement from special operations, Engle continued his fight to protect the country. Through his work with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, he oversaw emergency management and mass warning/notification systems following terrorist attacks, school shootings, and the like. He devised and coordinated training exercises at the national level to prepare for attacks with weapons of mass destruction and responded to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, writing a book on disease emergence from the Asia-Pacific region.

Engle was then tapped to create and lead Conquest Cyber to help protect critical American assets from ongoing cyberattacks using the philosophies and tactics he learned in special ops. A graduate of Virginia Tech, where he earned a master’s degree in political science, Engle has also earned a cybersecurity certificate from Harvard University. His hobbies include flying, diving, and deep-sea fishing.