The Call to Service

Growing up in Maine's rugged Northeast, Chandler was a blues guitarist until a fateful exchange with his drummer who spoke about the Navy SEALs. That conversation ignited a calling to serve something greater than himself.

United States Naval Academy

Selected by congressional appointment to attend the prestigious Naval Academy, Chandler graduated with Bachelor of Science in Oceanography (With Merit) in 1995. While at the Naval Academy, he was Captain of the Boxing Team, a three-time Brigade Champion and the National Collegiate Boxing Association - 172 Lbs Champion.

National Boxing Champion 1995 NCBA Champion

3× Brigade Champion Naval Academy Boxing

BS Oceanography Graduated With Merit

BUD/s Training – Class 202

One of only 16 Naval Academy graduates selected for Basic Underwater Demolition School (BUD/s) - the most grueling military training in the world, he graduated with Class 202.

SEAL Team ONE Operations

Six years of active duty with SEAL Team ONE, deploying three times across South East Asia and the Middle East, Chandler led capacity building missions training Special Forces units from allied nations, honing his leadership skills in dynamic environments.

South East Asia Capacity Building Operations

Middle East Special Forces Training

Allied Nations International Partnerships

Australian Business Leadership

Chandler left the Navy and moved to Perth, bringing elite military leadership principles and high-performance team development to Australian businesses.

Senior Safety & Risk Engineer — International Risk Consultants

Working across Australian oil & gas Mega Projects, he applied high-reliability practices and risk engineering methodologies to critical operations.

Founder — Vulnerability Assessment Group

Establishing a practice in Strategic Security Risk Assessments for Critical Infrastructure, Chandler secured an appointed to the Attorney-General’s Department Computer Network Vulnerability Assessment (CNVA) Panel.

Rites of Passage — Intellectual Disabilities

Completing facilitator training, Chandler designed and developed a first-of-its-kind Rites of Passage program for participants with intellectual disabilities.

Professional Speaker

At the request of a school, Chandler developed inspirational talks on empowerment, choice, and high-risk decision-making. Chandler was then engaged by multiple speaker bureaus to deliver talks about his SEAL team and professional experience to audiences across Australia.

Brain-Based Coaching & ICF ACC

Resilience through G.R.I.T.™

Chandler developed the G.RI.T program a research-informed framework built on four pillars.

Safety Leadership / Human & Organizational Performance

Synthesizing his coaching, speaking and safety leadership background, Chandler designed a transformational workshop series built around HOP principles: error is normal; blame fixes nothing; learning & improvement are vital; and leadership matters.