Steven Pierre Desjardins is an internationally recognized defense executive who brings to the team his background as a senior military strategist in the fields of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, information security, and counter-intelligence. Holding various executive, management, and special assignments, both within Canada and internationally, Steven’s diversified career has allowed him to develop expertise in helping senior public and private decision-makers identify and exploit opportunities and in detecting, understanding, and defeating threats and risks to organizations’ equities.
At the strategic level, he led and coordinated Canadian and NATO intelligence and counter-intelligence activities and programs. Throughout his career, he successfully advised all levels of government, National Defence as well as NATO strategic commands and NATO Nations in the design and employment of Intelligence, Influence Operations and Counter-intelligence capabilities across Maritime, Land, Air, Space, and Cyber domains. His extensive experience has provided Steven with expertise in strategic planning, and establishing and leveraging strategic partnerships.
Steven holds a Bachelor of Arts and is based in Ottawa Ontario.