Ken Hockycko is an O2X Lead Instructor. He joined our team in October of 2024 after serving 24 years in the United States Navy and retiring as a Captain. As a fighter pilot in the F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18 Super Hornet, Ken led more than 80 combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, graduated from the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN), received recognition as the Navy’s “Attack Aviator of the Year” (2015), and commanded Strike Fighter Squadron 211 while conducting Iran and Russia deterrence missions.  In staff tours he served as Speechwriter to the Secretary of the Navy, National Security Advisor to a United States Senator, Chief of Staff to the Chairman’s Ukraine-Russia Crisis Management Team, Battle Director at the U.S. Central Command Combined Air Operations Center, and Director of Navy Strategy and Concepts for the Chief of Naval Operations.  Ken is a member of the National Defense University’s (NDU) Program for Emerging Leaders on Weapons of Mass Destruction, a graduate of the Georgetown Government Affairs Institute Legislative Fellows Program, an International Leadership Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Defense Ventures Fellow, and the recipient of the NDU Commandant’s Writing Award.  He holds a B.S. in Economics from the United States Naval Academy, where he was the Captain of the varsity gymnastics team, and an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In addition to O2X, Ken is co-founder and managing partner at Dauntless Advisory, a Private Wealth Management firm dedicated to enhancing the lives and legacies of service families. He enjoys participating in outdoor activities with family and friends and engaging with high-performing teams of all sorts.