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AUKUS Defense Investor NetworkAUKUS DIN is the network of leading private capital investors who share a commitment to investing in ‘dual use’ companies: ones that are developing technologies with defense and national security relevance. The AUKUS pillar two goal is to develop interoperable advanced military capabilities in areas including: cyber, AI, quantum, undersea capabilities, hypersonics, counter-hypersonics, EW, and information sharing – areas where private sector investment can accelerate government investment in developing solutions to critical security challenges.

Arlington , Virginia, Us

NavalX serves the Navy and Marine Corps as an innovation and agility cell, supporting and connecting initiatives across the Department of Defense.

Quiet Patriotism.FOCOM is the manifestation of the mission to enable U.S. family-offices to support national security critical companies, where we are committed to making strategic, dual-use investments using the concept of quiet patriotism. Our team deploys agile and patient capital to build out a successful portfolio of national security-critical companies by using our extensive network to provide extreme visibility and transparency into the immediate and long-term needs of the U.S. defense and intelligence communities.

Palo Alto, California, Us

Working alongside U.S. DOD and the Intelligence Community to create ecosystems of innovators and investors to engage in national security-focused problem solving on all levels. (Silicon Valley, New York, LA, SD, Boston, Chicago, Austin/Dallas).Defense Investor Network (DIN): Active community of investors who focus on technologies and teams with national security relevance. H4D: Hacking for Defense™ is a university-sponsored class, started at Stanford University, that allows students to develop a deep understanding of the problems and needs of government sponsors in the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. In a short time, students rapidly iterate prototypes and produce solutions to military sponsors' needs.H4X Labs: Growth and transition incubator for teams and early stage companies created as a result of H4D classes at 30+ universities globally (US, UK, AUS, etc.)Launch Alaska: Energy Innovation using Alaska as a test bed - funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). Follow-on effort to the creation of Elemental Excelerator (EEx) in Hawai'i. BMNT Partners provides a platform where innovators can work together at the intersection between business, government, academia and society. Our platform brings to bear deep, mutually supporting networks of innovators, researchers, defense and national security officials to identify and solve complex problems for military, intelligence community, and commercial clients. www.bmnt.com

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Elemental Excelerator helps startups change the world, one community at a time. Each year, we find 12-15 companies that best fit our mission and fund each company up to $1 million to improve systems that impact people’s lives: energy, water, agriculture, and transportation.To date, we have awarded over $90 million to more than 150 companies and leveraged more than $2B in private capital. What makes us unique? We co-fund, co-design, and co-develop projects and strategies that improve infrastructure and sustainably enhance communities. Our program is funded by a diverse coalition of utility partners, corporate partners, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Department of Energy, state government, and philanthropic organizations. We are a non-profit created in collaboration with Emerson Collective, the investment and philanthropic platform founded by Laurene Powell Jobs.www.elementalexcelerator.com

Corporate Development and ecosystem consulting for the military, intelligence, energy, and tech spaces. Expertise in corporate development, relationship development and management, traditional and non-traditional funding strategy.

Honolulu, Hi, Us

Working to commercialize cutting edge technologies developed in coordination with the U.S. Department of Defense.

Alameda, California, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Stanford, Ca, Us

• Federal appropriations and budget expert• All facets of state government relations• Political contacts and relationships• Coalition representative in state and federal orgs• Intellectual property working group member for state funded IP policy study

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Handled federal authorization and appropriations in a post-9/11 era, NY's accountability of the $20 billion to rebuild post-9/11.• Worked to establish the Department of Homeland Security from a funding standpoint.• Authored legislation to increase the funding for High Threat Urban Areas, Ryan White HIV/AIDS fund and the Department of Justice’s COPS hiring program. • Handled the Senate Budget Resolution and Budget Reconciliation processes

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

•Mentoring, tutoring, and social responsibility teaching activities to suppliment the curriculum at the newly established Thurgood Marshall Academy in Anacostia, Washington, DC. Instilling a sense of social responsibilty and personal excellence in students in Southeast Washington, DC.

Head of Research for the lobbying arm of a prominent Washington, DC law firm. Lobbied on behalf of major airlines, telecommunications, healthcare, and internet clients (American Airlines, Verizon, SBC, CTIA, Orbitz, AOL Time Warner).

Bs, Mathematics / Political Science

Government / Political Strategy