We Are HyphenPoint™ Advisory
Whether you’re seeking a strategic alliance with the right partner or a special skillset or tool, call us today. Together we’ll create and refine your plan for success.
We didn’t get there alone. And neither will you.
Meet HyphenPoint Founder Abbas Dahouk
"The experiences of my key engagements from Washington DC to the Middle East have enabled me to hone my ability to describe, analyze, comprehend and assess a range of phenomena, factors, and forces that most Americans are seldom if ever exposed to."Abbas Dahouk
Colonel (Ret.) Abbas Dahouk was a Vice President of Middle East Programs at Advanced Technology Systems Company in McLean, VA and served in the U.S. Army for 33 years as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne division along with multiple staff officer assignments during war and peace throughout Europe and the Middle East. He also served as Senior Military Advisor at the U.S. Department of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Defense and Army Attaché to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia representing three consecutive Securities of Defense: Chuck Hagel, Ash Carter and Jim Mattis; and as Associate Professor of Arabic and Persian-Farsi at the US Military Academy of West Point.
Abbas was born and raised in Baakline, Lebanon. Upon completion of high school, he joined the Popular Liberation Army (aka Druze militia) and completed his unconventional military training in the former Soviet Union. Frustrated from the cruelty of the Civil War in his native country of Lebanon, he left to the United States seeking higher education. However, he enlisted in the U.S. Army as an Airborne Cavalry Scout and then commissioned as an Artillery Officer in 1990 thru the Officer Candidate School (OCS) of Fort Benning, GA where upon completion of his military career, he was inducted into the OCS Hall of Fame Class of 2019.
Abbas holds two Bachelor degrees from the University of Arizona – a BS in Mathematics and a BA in Near Eastern Studies. He also holds a BA in Military Science from the Sultanate of Oman Joint Command and Staff College and two Masters of Art - a MA in Strategic Studies from the Army War College, and a MA in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He is a member of the Board of Directors at the National Council on U.S. Arab Relations, a member of the Advisory Board at the Arab-American Business and Professional Association, and a founding member of the Princeton Veterans Alumni Association.
Abbas’ awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit Medal, National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation, King Salam of Saudi Arabia Military Appreciation Medal-First Class, Global War on Terrorism Medal –Expeditionary and Service, South West Asia Medal (2 BS), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia), Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait), Multinational Forces and Observers Medal, German Sportsman Badge, Master Parachutist Badge and the Ranger Tab.
How we work.
New challenges, technologies, and competitors disrupt business’ vision and ongoing operations. To remain viable and profitable, C-suite executives need to keep pace with—or ideally get ahead of—the changing political and economic environments, domestically and internationally. If you are seeking a strategic alliance with the right partner or a special skill set or tool to promote your marketing efforts, call us. Together we will create and refine your plan for success.
The HyphenPoint Drivers are integrated approaches to reach the client’s desired endstate:
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Understand legal and regulatory requirements to empower national security needs.
Validate Requirements
Gather, share, and evaluate information on capabilities to match mutual requirements.
Create Strategic Value
Develop business networks and build trust.
Leverage Regional Talent
HyphenPoint has a knowledge-sharing network in the Middle East and North Africa that leverages the talent of regional senior government, military and business leaders across all sectors.
Promote Localization
We emphasize the needs of local coalitions of business, government, and civil society with solutions that are suited to the client’s national interests whether through private or government sector innovations. Not all solutions suit all scenarios—building partner-nation capacity must address local needs first whatever the security or prosperity goals.