Welcome Jay Harrison of Army Futures Command

Nov 15, 2018, 12:00 – 3:00 AM (UTC)

Austin

Capital Factory, 701 Brazos Street, Suite 150, Austin, 78701

We're excited to welcome Adam Jay Harrison, who is John R. Boyd National Security Innovation Fellow at New York University (NYU) and the Command Innovation Officer of the United States Army Futures Command. He recently served as the Director of the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and has previously founded and led multiple high-tech startups.

In-person event

About this event

We're excited to welcome Adam Jay Harrison to Startup Grind Austin this month!

Adam Jay Harrison is the John R. Boyd National Security Innovation Fellow at New York University (NYU) and the Command Innovation Officer of the United States Army Futures Command. He previously served as the Director of the MD5 National Security Technology Accelerator in the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Jay is a long-time national security innovation leader, having led (2003-2006) one of the first rapid acquisition organizations established by the Department of Defense in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Under his leadership, the U.S. Army Technical Operations Support Activity earned an unprecedented three consecutive Army Greatest Invention awards (2004-2006) for delivering life-saving solutions to the front lines of conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world.


Check out what happened

Speaker

  • Jay Harrison

    United States Army Futures Command

    Command Innovation Officer

When

When

Thursday, November 15, 2018
12:00 AM – 3:00 AM (UTC)

Agenda

12:00 AMFood and Networking
1:00 AMFireside Chat
2:00 AMNetworking

Host

  • Damon Clinkscales

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Director, Austin

Organizers

  • Mianya Ong

    Thinkment, Datasent

    Chapter Director

  • Paris Bland

    Digital Executive

    Head of Partnerships

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