Greater Melbourne Area
TLDR: Former laser scanning field archaeologist and multmodal emerging tech engineer turned venture capital and AI innovation lead for the CIA's venture capital group and multiple Fortune 500s. Full Description: Rare interdisciplinary tech business leader (MBA x engineer x tech anthropologist) with 15+ years spanning frontier technology investing and tech development for national security, Fortune 500 innovation, cultural heritage organizations, and research organizations--with high profile experience building along the full tech supply chain (from mineral extraction to hardware and software for multiple verticals and consumer end points) and looking across the past and present technology to positively impact stakeholder & civilizational trajectories of innovation funding and technology development. Specializes in identifying asymmetric opportunities, detecting non-obvious signals, and translating across technical, strategic, cultural, and institutional domains. Focused on civilization-scale intersections of technology, society, and security—with especial interest in future institutions, multimodal data & physical AI & sensor systems for mass digitization, 3D and multispectral spatial and geospatial systems, game engines, data economies, and knowledge infrastructures (eg archives and activity based intelligence and surveillance systems and new media) aka the 'future of history' things I used build as an archaeologist-engineer trying to make space and time machine readable before I was recruited into national security, venture capital, and high industry. ;)
Frontier technology and strategic advisory vehicle overseeing a global portfolio of select special projects and developing a future fund re: to long-horizon systems, emerging technology, and long-term planning for civilization-scale opportunities.
Forensic research practice and tech development operating at the intersection of archival systems, historical intelligence, provenance, heritage technologies, and future knowledge infrastructures.
New models for innovation, investment, business intelligence, and cross-industry partnerships.
Translated frontier technology signals into strategic investment and enterprise opportunities.
Investment thesis strategy, tech scouting, due diligence, and cross-sector investment and program development for U.S. and allied national security ecosystems. Directed initiatives spanning enterprise AI, spatial computing and geospatial systems, gaming technologies, data economies, ubiquitous surveillance layers, and other areas of emerging technologies—translating early innovation into investment, policy, and institutional adoption mechanisms for US intelligence agencies and defense communities.
Technical lead for enterprise AI and emerging spatial technology initiatives, conducting tech scouting, investment diligence, and authoring strategic tech adoption pilot programs across US intelligence agencies.
DHS Industry Analytical Exchange Program technical advisor on critical infrastructure, critical minerals, and emerging technology risks informing public–private resilience and national security initiatives.