
Past Speaker — IT Arena 2025
Kollen Post
Defense Industry Reporter, The Kyiv Independent
Bio
Kollen Post is the defense industry reporter at The Kyiv Independent, where he covers weapons production, defense technology, intelligence, and cybersecurity. Originally from western Michigan, he speaks Ukrainian. His work has appeared in Radio Free Europe, Fortune, Breaking Defense, the Cipher Brief, the Foreign Policy Research Institute, FT’s Sifted, and Science Magazine.