Todd Wilcox

A graduate of Tampa’s Robinson High School and the University of Tampa, Wilcox has had an extensive career in the U.S. military and CIA before entering the private sector in 2006. After earning his degree in finance, Todd was commissioned as an Army infantry officer, according to his website. He served as a rifle platoon leader with the 101st Airborne Division during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. He transferred to the Army Special Forces branch and earned a Green Beret for commanding a Special Forces A-team in a counter-terrorism role in East Asia. After eight years in the Army, he resigned to work for the CIA in various U.S. Embassy postings in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2006, Todd left government service and created Patriot Defense Group (PDG), a defense contracting company. He later founded two other companies and the combined business operations during the past nine years range from specialized security training for U.S. special operations to defending corporate clients against cyber-security attacks and the ground delivery of the U.S. Postal Service mail to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. In anticipation of his entry into the race the US Senate, Wilcox last week resigned as CEO of his most recent company, Patriot Capital, a military and law-enforcement contractor.