Profiles

Robert Ruffolo

About

Robert was born into an ancient family from Southern Italy and is a retired American Army Officer with more than 29 years of distinguished service to the United States. He was selected for diplomatic service as his last military tour and formed Global initiatives Consulting Group (GICG) following his retirement from the United States Diplomatic Mission in Rome Italy.

Robert is a recognized Subject Matter Expert in Antiterrorism having achieved the highest assessment on Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (JSIVA). He continued to build superior security programs and was later lauded by the European Command Inspector General for creating the best of thirty-nine embassy security programs across the European theater.

Robert is trained in disaster preparedness and response having directed U.S Army Japan through 3 earthquakes and 10 Typhoons/storms which “landed” on Japanese shores. He is also the architect of the one of the largest supply chain programs in the history of the U.S. Army known as the Theater Provided Equipment (TPE) program. That program saved the US government more than 48 Billion Dollars in strategic lift costs over 10 years and was recently made a program of record by the US Army Chief of Staff.

Robert has earned: a Bachelor of Arts in Modern European History and a Master of Business Administration From Loyola University in Chicago; the Combat Infantryman’s Badge and two Bronze Star Medals for Service in Combat; and has been Knighted five times for his service internationally.