Our Story
Turning our experience into your solution
Teton Diplomacy International was built on a simple premise: that U.S. Government programs abroad succeed when the strategic foundation is set correctly from the start, then transitioned cleanly to partner governments and international assistance partners. Every engagement we support has a defined beginning, middle, and end. We do not build dependencies. We build capacity, and then we step back.
About Us
Who We Are
Founded in 2018 by Sean Austin, TDI draws on a career supporting emergency management, counter-WMD, and counter-UAS programs across the Departments of State, War, Energy, and Homeland Security. We specialize in the hardest part of international engagement: designing programs that survive the handoff.
Today, TDI supports our customers globally our offices in Washington, DC and Flagstaff, Arizona.
What We Believe
Strategic foundation, not sustained presence.
The U.S. Government should set the global baseline, then transition sustained burden to partner nations and international assistance partners. Our engagements are designed around this principle from day one.
Interagency before partner-facing.
The hardest problems in international security are rarely technical. They are coordination problems. We align U.S. interagency equities before we walk into partner-nation conference rooms.
Doctrine first, equipment last.
Capability does not come from hardware. It comes from legal authorities, operational doctrine, and trained operators. We build in that order.
Sean Austin - Founder and President
Sean has supported emergency management and counter-WMD programs since 2010. Shifting to federal consulting in 2012, he has advised clients across the Departments of State, War, Energy, and Homeland Security, building a reputation for interagency coordination, international outreach, and program management. His counter-UAS portfolio has delivered capacity-building engagements across Latin America, MENA, Europe, and Africa, including multilateral workshops, bilateral working groups, and national-level legislative advisory work.