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Building the Base Episode 33: Whitney McNamara & Pete Modigliani
The podcast features Lauren Bedula, Hondo Geurts, Whitney McNamara and Pete Modigliani discussing national security, the future of innovation in Natsec and how the private industry can support the growth…
Episode 21: Jeremy Hitchcock
In Episode 21 of “5 Questions with the CEO,” General Joe Votel talks with the wildly successful start-up genius, Jeremy Hitchcock, BENS member, and co-founder and Partner at New North…
Building the Base Episode 32: Mike Brown
The podcast features Lauren Bedula, Hondo Geurts, and Michael Brown discussing national security and public/private partnerships. Mike Brown, a former CEO and director of DIU, shares his experience in the…
Episode 20: Adam Leslie
Tune in to Episode 20 as General Votel talks with BENS member Adam Leslie about being a UH-1 helicopter gunship pilot and intel officer in the Australian Army, and his…
Building the Base Episode 31: Biz Peabody, Chief of Staff at Shield AI, Cameron McCord, Co-Founder and CEO at Nominal, and Akhil Iyer, Vice President at Shield Capital
In this podcast, Lauren and Hondo engage in a conversation with three guests, Cameron McCord, Biz Peabody, and Akhil Iyer, discussing topics related to national security and public/private partnerships. The…
Building the Base Episode 30: Jason Rathje
In this podcast, Jason Rathje, the new director of the DoD Office of Strategic Capital, discusses the importance of public-private partnerships in the context of national security. He shares his…
Episode 19: Latham Saddler
In Episode 19 of “5 Questions with the CEO,” General Joe Votel talks with BENS member Latham Saddler about the ethos that guides Special Operators and their collective realization that…
Building the Base Episode 29: Billy Thalheimer
In this episode, Hondo, Lauren, and Billy discuss the intersection of national security and public/private cooperation. They delve into the development of a full-scale sea glider prototype that can carry…
