Hey everyone — glad to be here.

My name is Ryan Schneider. I’m based out of Burlington, Kentucky, and I’ve spent the better part of the last decade working at the intersection of transportation, federal security, and field operations. I’ve held a CDL, worked as a federal TSA officer at a major international airport, ran 911 dispatch, transported high-value assets under armed security protocols, and supervised operations teams across 24/7 facilities. Not the most linear career path on paper but looking back, every role was building the same thing: the ability to stay calm, stay accountable, and keep things moving when the stakes are real.

I found Verdis the way I think a lot of people do frustrated with existing systems and genuinely curious whether something better could be built from the ground up. What kept me here was the seriousness of the people involved. This isn’t cosplay. There are people here who actually intend to build something and that’s rare enough to take seriously.

Where I see myself in Verdis:

When the time comes, I want to be part of the protection and public safety infrastructure, specifically the executive protection and security detail side. Not because it sounds exciting, but because it’s genuinely what I’ve been trained for across multiple real world environments. I understand access control, threat identification, chain-of-custody protocols, and how to maintain operational continuity under pressure. A new nation’s most critical vulnerability in its early days is the safety of its leadership and the integrity of its borders and movement corridors. That’s a problem I’ve spent ten years accidentally preparing to solve.

Longer term, I’d want to help shape the doctrine, not just execute it. How does Verdis train its protection personnel? What are the SOPs? What does a trustworthy, professional, non-militarized public safety structure actually look like when you get to build it right from day one? Those are conversations I want to be in the room for.

I don’t have all the answers. But I show up, I follow through, and I don’t fold under pressure, which I’d like to think is exactly the kind of person a new nation needs more of than it needs talkers.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone.

-– Ryan