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
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
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
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation Panel Co-Chair
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation 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
Bethan Saunders - Deterrence vs. Escalation 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
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair
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.
Sama Kubba - Conference Operations
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair
Mark Betzel - Automation Panel Co-Chair
Sama is a junior at Harvard studying international relations for her Bachelor's and concurrent Master's Degrees. She has worked at the US Dept of State and for a US Senator on immigration.