Championing Disruptive Technology and Its Value to the Department of Defense (DoD)
Retired three-star general VeraLinn “Dash” Jamieson, former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Cyber Effects Operations for the United States Air Force sat down with BENS hosts Hondo Geurts and Lauren Bedula to discuss her experiences as a career Air Force officer, and the pressing national security issues facing the country’s ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) efforts.
Deputy Defense Secretary Announces New Defense Business Board Members
BENS Member Greg Bowman, Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Corporate Development at Siemens Government Technologies is Appointed to the Defense Business Board.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
August 18 | Southeast BENS Southeast hosts a luncheon and live stream discussion with BENS member Don Harkleroad. Don will update us on the discussion points that were covered at the 2022 Davos World Economic Forum.
August 19 | Texas BENS Texas hosts a Houston luncheon discussion with General John W. “Jay” Raymond, Chief of Space Operations, United States Space Force.
August 25 | Chicago BENS Chicago hosts a Thursday, August 25th dinner discussion with U.S. Air Force guests, Mr. Timothy Sakulich, USAF Research Lab Executive Director, and Brigadier General (Dr.) John Andrus, USAF, 711 Human Performance Wing Commander. The conversation will highlight U.S. force modernization through warfighting technologies in air, space and cyberspace.
September 21 | Washington, DC BENS DC Discussion with James D. Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (VETS), Workforce Development.
September 22 | Southeast Vice Admiral Mary Jackson, USN (Ret.) will join BENS SE for lunch and discussion followed by a Q&A on “The Navy’s Shore Enterprise, Leadership, and Risk.”
September 29 | Dallas BENS Texas Dallas luncheon discussion with Major General Andrew Gebara, USAF, Commander, Eighth Air Force, and Commander, Joint-Global Strike Operations Center, Barksdale Air Force Base.
Multiple Dates, Locations BENS Texas luncheon discussions on China and the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party with Col Heino Klinck, USA (Ret.), Senior Associate, CSIS, and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia.
In episode one of Building the Base, hosts Lauren Bedula and Hondo Geurts chat with Balan Ayyar, retired US Air Force General Officer and now CEO of Percipient AI, a…
BENS hosted a panel for the State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) to discuss communication and cooperation between the private sector and federal law enforcement. In attendance were law…
BENS NY Member Bob Sappio, CEO of SeaCube Containers LLC
September 17, 2023
BENS NY Member Bob Sappio, CEO of SeaCube Containers LLC, will be honored with the 2023 Connie Award from the Containerization & Intermodal Institute. The Connie Award, founded by CII…