Operations. Strategy. National Security.
Decisive advantage is built not on a superior product, but on superior processes. The organization is the product.
I build the operational engine that unifies operations strategy, financial rigor, and high-stakes compliance (ITAR, export controls) to deliver and sustain that advantage.
My focus is on hard operational problems in the American defense-industrial base.
Operations: My approach to resilience was forged in the infantry. I learned the physical reality of logistics and gained intimacy with a culture where high-level plans break down in the mud. I codified this field experience through operations science and strategic finance, applying the quantitative mechanics of scale. Today, I span the full lifecycle, from supply chain strategy to post-deployment sustainment for long-term customer success. I deliver decisive advantage by connecting boardroom unit economics with the friction of execution.
Geopolitics: My competence is built on living within societies, not just observing them. My perspective was grounded during the 2011 Arab Spring, where I worked frontline security at a refugee center and assessed the human reality behind the headlines. Later, as a Diplomatic Attaché in Beijing, I bypassed the "Embassy bubble" to cultivate sources across every social layer, revealing distinct internal narratives often invisible to formal channels. I leverage primary sources to connect high-level strategy with ground truth.
Current: VP Operations & ITAR Empowered Official (EO) at Thor Dynamics.
Formerly: operations & strategic finance at Rivian, data science company co-founder, venture capital (robotics). Prior service: diplomatic attaché, infantry.
Education: MIT Sloan MBA (Operations Science); MSc (LSE); BBA (Univ. St. Gallen). During BBA study abroad at Tsinghua University (Beijing), I completed technical engineering coursework in Mandarin and analyzed the CCP's state economic doctrine.
Languages: Native/full professional proficiency in English, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin.
Other: Clarinetist, certified personal trainer, and former amateur boxer.
If you're working on hard operational problems in national security, I'd like to hear from you.