Casey Galligan joined Avon Protection in 2021 and is the Senior Director for the US Homeland Security and the Department of Defense. 

He is a retired Green Beret with 20 years of experience leading high-performance teams in special operations with combat deployments to Afghanistan and strategic training in Asia and Latin America.  At Avon Protection, his team focusses on soldier systems, including respiratory, powered air, supplied air, subterranean, and full ensemble solutions. They have secured several DOD awards and contracts over the last few years and support critical programs such as the Joint Service General Purpose Mask (JSGPM), CBRNE Specialist and SOCOM respirators, and filter programs.

The team place an emphasis on experimentation events to identify current capability gaps and accelerate the development of innovative end-user-focused solutions.

Casey holds an MBA from the Emory Goizueta Business School, an MA in Strategic Security Studies from the National Defense University, and a BSc in Finance and Marketing from Florida State University.