I work specifically on problems the government can't buy its way out of. Although I may utilize a vendor or product in pursuit of a solution, my primary skillset is building, not buying. If you are looking for a government acquisitions expert or a buyer (and there are many), it is not me. Second, I am currently focused on problems learning and adapting from government owned data, so we can adapt to adversaries and competitors faster than they adapt to us. I previously organized a hackathon series to focus on this problem called BRAVO. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/2922994/bravo-0-hackathon-proves-air-force-can-develop-weapons-capabilities-in-under-on/While in the Army, I trained through an injury and as a consequence honorably discharged. It took a lot of effort and time, but I then digitally transformed myself as a software developer. I learned about empathy, and aspired to be disagreeable giver and a change agent at DoD. Today, I serve at the SES/General Officer level. My areas of interest include instrumenting human and machine process, telemetry, and polymorphic applications at DoD. Current: Past: Chief Digital Transformation Officer @ Air Force and Space ForceDevelopment and Engineering Director and Cofounder/Colead of Gamechanger @ OSD Comptroller Advana, OSD CMO, and JAICSoftware @ Microsoft Azure and WindowsAide De Camp @ Berico TechnologiesNotable Facts: Developed a prototype of a sex trafficking disruption toolset at a Microsoft Hackathon now known as Freedom Signal (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/09/opinion/ai-joins-the-campaign-against-sex-trafficking.html)(https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-chatbot-trolls-shoppers-for-online-sex/)