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OUR STORY
A PERSONAL MISSION
Following a serious illness later linked to environmental factors, Lisa Orcutt experienced firsthand how unseen environmental threats can directly affect human health. That experience and her recovery became the catalyst for creating XanO Consulting. What began as a personal reckoning evolved into a mission: to identify and mitigate environmental hazards before they harm people and communities.

Lisa Orcutt
Lisa Orcutt is the Founder and Owner of XanO Consulting. After decades of success in senior leadership roles, Lisa reached a defining moment that reshaped her professional focus. Following a serious illness later linked to environmental factors, Lisa experienced firsthand how unseen environmental threats can directly affect human health. That experience and her recovery became the catalyst for creating XanO Consulting. Prior to founding XanO, she led large organizations, managed risk in high-consequence environments, and built systems designed to protect people, operations, and infrastructure. Today, Lisa leads XanO with a clear purpose: to apply innovative, science-based detection methods, particularly canine detection technologies, to environmental and public health challenges that are often overlooked until damage is already done.


Paul Orcutt
Paul Orcutt is a founding member of Global K9 Protection, and has turned to XanO as a passion project after retirement. He served ten years of active duty as a United States Marine, participating in the First Gulf War and the Somalia conflict. Following his military service, Paul worked a contract canine handler/trainer for the clandestine canine program. In this role, Paul operated, trained, and certified canine teams for deployment in hostile environments. His work involved the detection and neutralization of numerous explosive devices and IEDs, directly saving hundreds of lives. Paul has also conducted canine scent studies for various government agencies.