TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE TEAM:
Austin Gray - Conference Co-Chair, Innovation Panel Chair
Andrew Gibbs - Conference Co-Chair, Industrial Competition Panel Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Nicholas Hanson - Conference Co-Chair, Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair
Austin Gray is an MBA-MPA at MIT and HKS. Prior to grad school, Austin served as an intelligence officer in the US Navy.
Nicholas Hanson - Conference Co-Chair, Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair
Andrew Gibbs - Conference Co-Chair, Industrial Competition Panel Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Nicholas Hanson - Conference Co-Chair, Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair
Nicholas Hanson is an MBA / MPP joint degree student at HBS and HKS. Prior to graduate school, Nicholas served for 8 years as a ground intelligence officer in the US Marine Corps.
Damien Lewke - Conference Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair, Cyber Panel Chair
Andrew Gibbs - Conference Co-Chair, Industrial Competition Panel Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Andrew Gibbs - Conference Co-Chair, Industrial Competition Panel Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Damien is a second-year MS/MS student at MIT. Prior to MIT, Damien was a nuclear weapons systems engineer at Northrop Grumman, Global Solutions Architect at CrowdStrike, and major account sales engineer for Palo Alto Networks Australia.
Andrew Gibbs - Conference Co-Chair, Industrial Competition Panel Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Andrew Gibbs - Conference Co-Chair, Industrial Competition Panel Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Andrew Gibbs - Conference Co-Chair, Industrial Competition Panel Co-Chair, Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Andrew Gibbs is a second-year MBA at HBS. Prior to HBS, Andrew served as an artillery officer in the US Army.
Liz Lippie Rimmer - Energy Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair, Cyber Security Panel Co-Chair
Liz Lippie Rimmer - Energy Panel Co-Chair
Liz Lippie Rimmer is a first-year MBA student at HBS. Prior to attending HBS, Liz served for 8 years in the US Navy as a surface warfare officer and later as operational analyst at U.S. Fleet Forces.
Artem Sorokin - Automation Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair, Cyber Security Panel Co-Chair
Liz Lippie Rimmer - Energy Panel Co-Chair
Artem Sorokin is a Ukrainian MBA student at MIT. Prior to MIT, Artem worked as a software engineer and architect. Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Artem has been volunteering on defense tech & cybersecurity projects for the Ukrainian Army.
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair, Cyber Security Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair, Cyber Security Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair, Cyber Security Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders is a second-year MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School. Before HKS, Bethan was an associate at Morgan Stanley.
Theo Squires - Allied Partners Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair, Cyber Security Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair, Cyber Security Panel Co-Chair
Theo Squires is a first-year MBA student at MIT Sloan. Prior to attending MIT, Theo served as an intelligence officer in the Royal Australian Navy
Quent Dickmann - Allied Partner's Panel Co-Chair
Ben Buchheim-Jurisson - Space Panel Co-Chair
Quent Dickmann - Allied Partner's Panel Co-Chair
Quent Dickmann is a first-year MBA student at HBS. Prior to attending HBS, Quent served 8 years in the US Navy as a submarine officer in the Indo-Pacific and as an Analyst for the Telemus Group in McLean, VA.
Dansil Green - Space Panel Co-Chair
Ben Buchheim-Jurisson - Space Panel Co-Chair
Quent Dickmann - Allied Partner's Panel Co-Chair
Dansil Green is a first-year MS student in the Technology and Policy Program at MIT. Prior to MIT, Dansil was a civilian aerospace engineer with the US Space Force.
Ben Buchheim-Jurisson - Space Panel Co-Chair
Ben Buchheim-Jurisson - Space Panel Co-Chair
Ben Buchheim-Jurisson - Space Panel Co-Chair
Ben is a second year JD/MBA student at Harvard. Prior to Havard, Ben served for 5 years in the US Air Force as an intelligence officer and later worked at Meta.
Bohdan Volyanyuk - Cyber Panel Co-Chair
Ben Buchheim-Jurisson - Space Panel Co-Chair
Ben Buchheim-Jurisson - Space Panel Co-Chair
Bohdan Volyanyuk is a first-year MBA student at MIT Sloan. Prior to attending Sloan, Bohdan served in the US Army as an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division
Casilda Angulo Obieta - Innovation Showcase Co-Chair
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair, Web Content Manager
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair, Web Content Manager
Casilda is a second-year MBA at MIT. Prior to Forgepoint, Casilda worked as an investment banker for UBS in London and Madrid. She mainly focused on the Telecom, Media, and Technology industries and worked on several transactions in the cybersecurity space. She also worked at Seaya Ventures, a Spanish VC firm that invests in Spain and Latin America.
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair, Web Content Manager
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair, Web Content Manager
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair, Web Content Manager
Mark Betzel is a first-year MBA student at HBS. Prior to HBS, Mark served 11 years in the Marines as a UH-1Y pilot, operational test pilot, and test director with VMX-1.