Sean Siler

Dr. Siler joined the VIGILINT team in 2015 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2017. His diverse background includes executive roles in military, government, startup and mature commercial companies, and corporate medical consulting. He built and currently leads our team providing customized global support to travelers across a spectrum from Fortune 100 C-suites and executive protection teams to special operations/IC personnel, delivering commercial and classified telemedicine, logistics, and deployed medical support for U.S. DoD special operations units and other government agencies.

Dr. Siler enlisted the U.S. Army in 1992 and still serves after 33 years. His active duty and Army Reserve service includes 13 years in Special Operations and Airborne units, with 6 years at the Joint Medical Unit, Joint Special Operations Command. He continues to serve in the Army Reserve, where he has commanded every level of medical unit, from Company to Brigade level. He is currently in his fifth command, as Battalion Commander for the 7458th MORU, U.S. Army Reserve. His combat deployment experience to Europe, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and other global locations inform his perspective on executing austere mission critical medical support.

Dr. Siler has practiced Emergency Medicine in clinical, academic and leadership roles, across the spectrum from small community hospitals to large academic medical centers. His government service includes managing crucial elements of the Federal response during numerous natural disasters and National Special Security Events (NSSE) as Deputy Chief Medical Officer of the National Disaster Medical System.

Beyond military and government service, Dr. Siler served with distinction teaching in academic programs at University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill and Uniformed Services University; was Medical Director for the North Carolina State Highway Patrol for 3 years; and faculty training inter-agency officers within the Counter Narcotics and Terrorism Operational Medical Support program. He co-founded a successful Air Ambulance Company in the U.S. Virgin Islands and serves as an executive coach in the Kenan-Flagler Business School, UNC Chapel Hill.

Dr. Siler completed his Rotating Internship and Emergency Medicine Residency at San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, San Antonio, TX and is currently Board Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He completed Medical School at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA. Dr. Siler is a U.S. Army War College graduate where he earned a Master of Strategic Studies (MSS). He earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Siler also holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.