Kenneth Maher was raised in a suburb near Boston. His passion for languages and politics led him to get dual master's degrees in business and Russian. He paused his successful business career in response to the 9/11 attacks. He served as a military intelligence officer in Iraq, where he used his knowledge of Arabic to help train Iraqi forces. In his spare time, Kenneth learns new languages and reads. He is also the author of the memoir Wind of Change: An American Journey in Post-Soviet Russia.
