Colonel Cole C. Kingseed, , United States Army (Retired), is a thirty-year infantry veteran who commanded at the platoon, company, and battalion level. A graduate of the University of Dayton (OH) in 1971, he served in a variety of military assignments, culminating in his tenure as full professor of history and chief of military history at the U S Military Academy at West Point. Colonel Kingseed holds a Ph.D. from Ohio State University and a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College.

A New York Times bestselling author of Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters (Berkley Caliber, 2006), Colonel Kingseed also has authored these meaningful texts: Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956 (LSU Press, 1995), The American Civil War (Greenwood Press, 2004), From Omaha Beach to Dawson’s Ridge (Naval Institute Press, 2005), Old Glory Stories (Naval Institute Press, 2006), thirty-eight articles on leadership, and 250 book reviews.

Cole now serves as a private leadership consultant and a Founder and Partner of Battlefield Leadership. His clients have included General Electric, Freddie Mac, Heller Financial, International Paper, Merrill Lynch, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Progressive Insurance, Target Corporation, National Association of Independent Schools, General Mills, Home Depot, and PHH-Avral.