Pre-Conference Webinar

Industry Expert: Kyle Huttenlocker

Chief Executive Officer, Environmental Living Industries (ELI)

With over 16 years managing endeavors ranging from large-scale international programs to start-ups, Kyle Huttenlocker is a respected entrepreneur with extensive, proven experience in strategic leadership, business administration, risk management, and financial compliance.

Kyle currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Environmental Living Industries (ELI) where he creates an environment and culture focused on fulfilling the company's mission, vision, and values. Kyle also serves as a board member of the Liberty Medical Center of Texas, a nonprofit providing veterans with a diverse array of healthcare solutions.

Prior to co-founding ELI, Kyle served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at Samsa Technologies, a fintech company providing investment and banking services. As CCO, Kyle managed the company's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Program, ensuring compliance with all applicable provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, FinCEN, regulations, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). While serving as the COO, Kyle collaborated with Mastercard and third-party banking services providers to secure the company's Mastercard World Elite card services product line, greatly enhancing the user experience and value proposition of the platform.

Kyle also served as director and executive management team member at Constellis, a 20,000+ person, $2.3 billion international firm providing commercial, governmental, and private clients with security, risk management, humanitarian, training, and logistics services. Kyle's tenure at Constellis was during a period of rapid organic growth, combined with extensive mergers and acquisitions, that saw the company expand from a multimillion-dollar to a multibillion-dollar industry-leader backed by Apollo Global Management.

While at Constellis, Kyle managed federal government programs budgeted at over $600 million with over 1,000 program staff as head of the Program Management Office (PMO). He also oversaw contract administration and senior staff employment services, domestically and abroad, in alignment with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) and program contract specifications. He provided critical operational support on federal government contract development, helping secure the award of several government contracts valued over $250 million.

During his consulting career, Kyle has worked on a variety of successful projects including work with a Fortune 500 company providing strategic consultancy on microgrid solutions for underdeveloped communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. While working on a US Ambassador's team for a critical overseas diplomatic mission, he contributed to operating procedures that emphasized the safety and well-being for local populations and security contractors operating in high-threat environments, later incorporated into ANSI/ASIS PSC.1-2012.

Kyle is decorated US Army veteran with multiple deployments to combat zones in support of the Global War on Terror with 5th Special Forces Group and the 152nd Infantry Regiment. Kyle earned many military decorations, including a Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman's Badge.

Kyle holds a bachelor's degree in business with a focus in accounting from The Pennsylvania State University and master's degree in business administration from Cornell University's SC Johnson College of Business.