
Kaarlo J. Hietala, Jr.
Kaarlo J. Hietala is the founder and President of Liuos Thinking, Inc., a VA Certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Liuos Thinking is a company dedicated to providing solutions to challenges relating to Logistics, Homeland Security/Defense and Operations to the federal Government and Private Sector. Kaarlo provides executive-level strategic advisory services to Liuos Thinking clients. He drives the current mission agenda for the company and is the visionary behind its focus on Logistics, Homeland Security, and Operations.
Hietala is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the U.S. Army with 24 years of active military service and was a recipient of the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal. Throughout his career, he has served in various leadership positions with increasing levels of responsibility in a in a variety of Logistical, Homeland Security and Operational assignments. His key assignments included G3, Operations Officer for the 53rd Troop Command; Deputy Director of Logistics for the New York Army National Guard; Commander, 24th Weapons of Mass Destruction (Antiterrorism) Civil Support Team in Brooklyn, NY; 42nd Infantry Division Logistical Officer in Tikrit, Iraq; and Commander, 2nd Weapons of Mass Destruction (Antiterrorism) Civil Support Team in Scotia, NY. During his military career he served in numerous assignments within the United States, as well as overseas.
LIUOS THINKING CUSTOMERS & PAST PERFORMANCE
2015
2015
2017
2017
2019
LIUOS THINKING
Receives VA SDVOSB Certification

COUNTER TERRORISM OPERATIONS SUUPORT
Radiation Operations Instructor
NEW YORK NATIONAL GUARD
Warehouse Shipping /
Receiving Clerk
Syracuse, NY
FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD
Base Camp Support
Camp Blanding, FL
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Facility & Logistical Support
Homestead, FL




2019
2019
2020
2020
U.S ARMY RESERVE
Ground Maintenance Support
Saugerties, NY
U.S. AIR FORCE
Food Service
Hill AFB, UT
NEW YORK CITY OFFICE of CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
Disaster Portable Morgue Units
New York, NY



U.S. AIR FORCE
Food Service
Schriever AFB, CO
