CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, ANDURIL INDUSTRIES
WHY: Former Senate Armed Services Committee staff director, tapped by fast-growing tech firm as part of goal to become a go-to defense contractor. Was Sen. John McCain’s principal adviser on national security and military issues.
RECENT: Published “The Kill Chain: Defending America in the Future of High- Tech Warfare” earlier this year. Book highlights China’s growing dominance in military technology.
OC LEADER BOARD, AUG. 24: “The entire model of American military power now finds itself in much the same position that Barnes & Noble or Blockbuster Video did amid the rise of Amazon, Apple, and Netflix, and this circumstance is forcing a similar choice: change or become obsolete.”
