James Rands joined Janes in 2018 after a career as an infantry officer in the British Army. He served in Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan. He has served on attachment with the USMC and the Netherlands Airborne Brigade. For much of his career he worked in intelligence. James joined Janes as the C4ISR manager but recently moved to country intelligence where he is the senior military capabilities analyst. James holds a bachelor degree in War Studies from King’s College London and masters in Philosophy from the Open University. He continues to serve as a reservist.

Dylan Lee Lehrke is the Head of OrBats, Inventories, Installations, and Imagery at Janes. Prior to taking his current position he was Janes’ Senior NATO Analyst. Dylan served in the U.S. Army Infantry from 1996 to 1999, deploying to Kuwait and Bosnia. He holds a PhD in peace studies from the Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College in Dublin, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies. He previously worked as a fellow with the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration and as the Chief of Staff for the Project on National Security Reform’s Case Studies Working Group.