Our Founder

EDOARDO “Doc” NAGGIAR
Founder

Dr. Ed Naggiar holds a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. His area of expertise is performance under stress in extreme conditions. Dr. Naggiar's fascination in the performance of humans in stressful situations led him to a 20-year career as a U.S. Navy SEAL Officer, where he put his fascination to the test.

His tours included SEAL Team ONE, SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team ONE, and Special Boat Team TWENTY TWO. He also served a human experimental test subject at the Navy Experimental Diving Unit, testing the limits of human performance in extreme environments both in and out of the water.

Dr. Naggiar has been a human performance consultant and human resilience expert while consulting with and instructing law enforcement agencies and units, correctional officer agencies and units, fire and emergency reponder agencies and units, 911 emergency reponse agencies, emergency disaster agencies, branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, public policy legislators, non-profit organizations, and private sector corporations big and small.  

He is a lifelong servant leader, an avid Scuba Diver, Sky Diver, Stand Up Paddle Boarder, musician, photographer, father, and husband.