October 19, 2016
NEILL SCIARRONE, SENIOR DIRECTOR, STRATEGY AND PLANNING, BAE SYSTEMS
Neill Sciarrone, Senior Director of Strategy and Planning at BAE Systems, discusses how the defense industry can adapt to better collaborate with, and generate value from, startups.
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October 12, 2016
JACKIE SPACE, PARTNER, BMNT PARTNERS
Jackie Space, Partner at BMNT Partners, explores DOD’s current focus on Silicon Valley and national security startups and offers advice to entrepreneurs in the domain.
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October 5, 2016
NILOO RAZI HOWE, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, RSA
Niloo Razi Howe, Chief Strategy Officer at RSA, explores the potential and challenges for national security startups from her varied experiences as a management consultant, venture capitalist, startup executive and tech company strategist.
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September 28, 2016
JIM PERKINS, DIRECTOR, DEFENSE ENTREPRENEURS FORUM
Jim Perkins, an active duty Army officer and the Director of the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum, discusses DEF, the ways in which it supports defense entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs and the challenges of pushing for change in the DOD.
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September 21, 2016
BEN RILEY, FORMER PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR THE RAPID FIELDING DIRECTORATE
Ben Riley, former Principal Deputy Secretary of Defense for the Rapid Fielding Directorate, describes his experiences funding and working with startups from inside the Pentagon and offers advice for startups seeking to work with the Department of Defense.
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September 14, 2016
ERIN SIMPSON, FORMER CEO
CAERUS ASSOCIATES
Dr. Erin Simpson, former CEO of analytics firm Caerus Associates, describes management techniques for defense startups, differences between services and product businesses and bootstrapping a national security startup.
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September 7, 2016
STEVE NORDLUND, VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGY
BOEING DEFENSE, SPACE AND SECURITY
Steve Nordlund, Vice President, Strategy for Boeing Defense, Space and Security, tells the story of Insitu, the startup responsible for the ScanEagle drone, it’s collaboration with and eventual acquisition by Boeing.
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August 31, 2016
TED SCHLEIN, GENERAL PARTNER
KLEINER, PERKINS, CAULFIELD & BYERS
Ted Schlein, Partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, talks cybersecurity, his experience collaborating with the DoD, and differences in valuations between national security and commercial startups.
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August 24, 2016
NATE FICK, CEO
ENDGAME
Nate Fick, CEO of cybersecurity company Endgame and former CEO at CNAS, discusses the cybersecurity market, running a venture backed startup, and ways in which the DoD provide value to startups.
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August 17, 2016
RAJ SHAH, MANAGING PARTNER
DEFENSE INNOVATION UNIT EXPERIMENTAL (DIUx)
Raj Shah, managing partner at Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), explains why the DoD is focused on partnering with startups, challenges for collaboration, and how the DIUx will achieve its mission.
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