![]() ![]() In 2006, he got accepted into The National War College, where he graduated in June 2007 with a Master of Science degree in National Security Strategy. He has served temporarily on the Secretary of State’s detail during multiple overseas visits. ![]() visits of the French, Iraq, Tunisian, and Afghanistan foreign ministers. He also served as Agent-in-Charge of various DSS dignitary protection details during U.S. law enforcement, and international security management, where he serves as a trusted collaborator and stakeholder to government officials, culturally diverse international contacts, corporate management teams, and their staff. diplomatic missions in Tunisia, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Cuba, Uruguay, Poland, and Peru.ĭean brings to BodiGuard his considerable experience in U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) with various assignments as the Regional Security Officer at our U.S. He has served as a Supervisory Special Agent with the U.S. deVilla of Vienna, Virginia, is a security executive with over 33 years of experience in the U.S. He speaks and reads Lao & Thai fluently and is a KRI-Certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher.ĭean L. Sinakhone was born in Laos and immigrated to the United States in 1986 as a refugee seeking political asylum. He is an accomplished screenwriter, a versatile actor, and a gifted filmmaker. Sinakhone studied Film Production at Santa Monica College's Film Program. In 2018, he threatened to sue Grindr for allowing the proliferation of sexual racism against gay Asians, culminating in the dating app industry changing its user profile guidelines to ban racist and other discriminatory languages from their platform. ![]() In 2016, Sinakhone founded a streaming service startup Asian Entertainment Television (AET), to improve Asian American representation in the media and normalize Asian presence in Hollywood. He has volunteered his time and talents to various social justice causes ranging from advocating for the removal of Unexploded Ordnance from Laos left by the United States during the Vietnam War to the gay marriage fight in America to multiple other social justice issues. Sinakhone got off the streets shortly after that and became a self-taught Appreneur after taking online courses to learn how to create apps during quarantine.īefore BodiGuard: Sinakhone has always been a Social Justice Warrior. ![]() Sinakhone took that inspiration and spearheaded a viral video campaign titled #RideshareReality to tell the stories of Lyft and Uber drivers' plight to survive to gain public support, culminating in the California State Legislature passing AB5 into law. Sinakhone got invited by Governor Gavin Newsom to meet with his team as part of the Rideshare Drivers United collective they also met with state lawmakers in Sacramento. During that time, Sinakhone joined Rideshare Drivers United as an organizer and became instrumental in helping push for the passage of AB5, making rideshare drivers employees in California. His mission is to provide protectors for vulnerable individuals and small businesses as they move through their lives.Īfter his first startup AET failed, Sinakhone became homeless and lived in his car and Korean spas while driving for Lyft for nine months from 2018 to 2019. He built this app with his two hands and on an Uber driver's salary. Sinakhone founded BodiGuard in 2021 in response to an onslaught of anti-Asian hate attacks. ![]()
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