Gene Yu is originally from Concord, Massachusetts, and graduated from West Point. He is a U.S. Army Special Forces officer with four combat tours in Iraq and the Philippines, two Bronze Star Medals and Combat Infantryman Badge. In 2015, Gene founded Blackpanda Group, a cybersecurity insurance and emergency response company. An alumnus of Johns Hopkins SAIS, and Stanford GSB, he's also the author of the bestselling book “The Second Shot: A Green Beret’s Last Mission.”