Leo Kryszewski currently serves as the Chief Business Officer for Quiet Professionals, LLC. Mr. Kryszewski is responsible for ensuring consistent growth of business and operational excellence across the organization. His primary goal is to increase the organization’s growth, productivity, efficiency, and profitability, and to act as an advisor to the CEO on key business development opportunities and operational insights. He is married to Dr. Cindy Russell-Kryszewski, MD, a prominent organ and tissue transplant surgeon, and between them have four children. Mr. Kryszewski is a retired First Sergeant of the United States Army with 24 years of service, four years of which were served in the U.S. Army Office of Military Support, Special Activities Division – Central Intelligence Agency, and 13 years in 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) functioning in a variety of operational and leadership positions.
Mr. Kryszewski has been awarded numerous valorous combat decorations and received the Order of the Purple Heart for wounds received in active combat against enemies of the United States. He was one of the first “boots on the ground” Special Forces Teams responding to the attacks on 9/11, participated in the assault on Osama bin Laden’s operations complex in the Tora Bora Mountains of Afghanistan, and was the first Special Operations element to enter Baghdad, Iraq, and the Saddam International Airport during the March 2003 invasion of Iraq. Mr. Kryszewski retired from the Army in 2009 and became a law enforcement officer for the Clarksville, TN, Police Department. Prior to joining Quiet Professionals, LLC, he served as an armed embedded contractor supporting U.S. Special Forces Operational Detachment Alphas in Afghanistan. During that time, he was awarded the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service (the first contractor to ever receive an award on this contract) for actions taken during a 36-hour-long battle with Taliban insurgents in a remote mountain location in Afghanistan.
He holds a master’s degree in Criminology, Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, and Six Sigma Lean and Six Sigma Green Certifications, all while continuing to earn certifications in Business Management, Government Contract Management, and Business Data Management. Additionally, Mr. Kryszewski has faithfully served Quiet Professionals, LLC, since the fall of 2015 and has served as the Director of Business Development, Vice President of Business, Executive Vice President, Chief Business Development Officer, and Chief Systems Integration Officer and has facilitated or been directly responsible for the award of approximately $52M in Government Contracts to QP.