Development Consultant Legal Officer

Graham Plaster

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Senior Technology and Business Executive with GM and P&L expertise, deeply networked across all 17 intelligence agencies, OSD and defense departments. Highly recognized in the DC area for hosting business opportunity meetups, emerging technology discussion panels, connecting startups, venture capital and systems integrators across the national security space. Recent Consulting and Advisory Experience

General Partner, Expeditionary Ventures

o Launched $100mil venture fund for defense industry technology companies (Currently in due diligence with LPs)

Startup Mentor

o Advised Primer AI, Kodex, Colvin Run, Accrete AI, Calypso AI, Halo Privacy, Equinox Communications, SCOLA, and other technology companies in business development and strategy for growth

Senior Business Development Consultant, Cherokee Federal o Built $1bil pipeline in GovWin and Salesforce and provided a tailored outreach plan to build new business lines in the U.S. Intelligence Community

Growth and Partnerships Advisor, MBO Partners

o Designed and launched new business line for rapidly growing, future-of-work platform company; Spearheaded B2B and B2C efforts to scale for company acquisition

Managing Director, Intelligence Community Associations Network (ICAN) o Informal gathering of national security nonprofit board members from AFCEA, INSA, BENS, NDIA, NMIF, AFIO, FAOA and over 40 other national security trade groups

LCDR, US Navy Reserves

o Supporting assignments with Naval Forces in Europe, Navy Staff at the Pentagon (N81 and N8), ONR and NavalX

Adviser on defense and intelligence innovation initiatives and professional groups o Defense Entrepreneurs

Forum

o FEDTECH

o Founder’s Institute

o Mach37

o Eastern Foundry

o Innovative Solutions

Consortium

o National Security

Innovation Network

o Federal Innovation

Network

o MD5

o Hacking for Defense

o Defense Innovation

Unit

o Young Professionals in

Foreign Policy

o AFWERX

o SOFWERX

o One Defense

o Defense and Intelligence

Innovation Ecosystem

o NavalX

Previous Experience

Vice President, National Security and Intelligence TDX International, an Alaska Native Corporation

April 2019 – December 2021

Drove new revenue growth through channel partners within the U.S. Marshal Service, US. Army Night Visions Lab, DARPA, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, State of Virginia, the World Bank, DHS, DEA, and DIA

Successfully led company to 8(a) accreditation, TS FCL, multiple technical contracts within first year of business, leveraging channel partners

Launched a new web platform to crowdsource a visualization of the defense innovation ecosystem, currently in beta with the Army Night Visions Lab and in consideration for funding by multiple agencies for whole of government adoption

Founder / CEO

The Intelligence Community, Inc.

April 2013 – April 2019

Founder and Director of Business Development for The Intelligence Community Inc. moderating a nextgen trade association of over 100,000 National Security professionals online.

Won cloud computing consulting contract within Department of State at US Embassy Mexico City

Won highly competitive SBIR on a team with AWS at National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, demonstrating the crowdsourcing of open-source intelligence

Won software development and systems integration contract to provide open-source intelligence to a private airline

Won cyber staffing contract with state of Kentucky

Launched a crowdfunded peer-to-peer marketplace for defense and intelligence services anticipating changes for the future of work

Established strong relationships and held senior level networking events touching all 17 Intelligence agencies with a demonstrated track record of driving emerging/disruptive technologies including cloud technology, utility pricing models, open source software, virtualization and software as a service.

Provided deal flow to VC firms and angel investors in the defense and intelligence space, referring best in breed technologies to the appropriate government office for next phase development supporting the warfighter

Senior Policy Adviser

Office of the Secretary of Defense

September 2013 – April 2019

6+ years embedded within the senior staff of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, providing tech scouting and policy council for training and equipping the warfighter

Represented the Pentagon at SXSW conference to scout for VR and AR technology solutions for training

Understood and translated technical capabilities to government clients in order to marry best in breed solutions to real client requirements

United Nations Liaison

Pentagon

June 2010 – January 2013

Diplomatic liaison between the United Nations, USAID, State Department and Department of Defense

Arranged talks between Embassy, DOD, UN and civilian agencies to coordinate force protection programs in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Kenya

Engaged directly with state and local leaders, partners to drive collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities Assistant Dean of Students

U.S. Naval War College

February 2007 – October 2009

Adapting to a severe shortfall in space and facilities during renovation, worked with software engineers to spearhead new technology and build tailored solutions for VIP visits to the Naval War College, including the President of the United States, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other distinguished speakers.

Built an internal wiki to replace student handbook, leveraging existing and dormant technologies to drive collaboration with project stakeholders across the campus Surface Warfare Officer

US Navy

2003– 2007

Deployed aboard the USS Reuben James in support of Counter Narcotics Operations and Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom; Electrical Officer, Antisubmarine Warfare Officer, Legal Officer

Served as Program Manager of agile multi-year buildout, commissioning and launch of multiple Navy warships

Additional Accomplishments and Responsibilities

Editor in Chief, Foreign Area Officer Association Journal of International Affairs (2013 – Present) Manages a peer reviewed journal for practitioners in the fields of intelligence, security cooperation, foreign military sales, stability operations, peacekeeping, diplomacy and geopolitical advisory

Board Member for the Cold War Museum and on the Editorial Board for the Journal of Mediterranean and Balkan Intelligence

Books

In the Shadow of Greatness, Tom Brokaw

calls it a "must read for all Americans"

Included on the Chief of Naval

Operations Reading List and LA Times

Bestseller List

Culture Shock, (in progress) – an anthology

of true stories by the military’s diplomatic

corps for leadership in culturally complex

environments

Lectures and Panels

"Identifying Opportunities in National

Security for VR and AR Technologies"

ARVRA Conference, 2018, 2019, 2020

“Defense Innovation Panel” Defense

Entrepreneurs Forum, 2016

“Defense and Intelligence Innovator’s

Workshop” Crystal City, 2016

“Overview of the Defense Innovation

Ecosystem”, Arlington, VA 2016

“Social Media and Intelligence Panel”,

NMIA, Washington DC, 2015

"Putting Community Back in the

Intelligence Community" GOVSEC, 2014

“Implications of the De Facto Intelligence

Community" Panasonic Federal Security

Symposium, 2013

“Beyond Intelligence: Wisdom in the

Information Age" GOV 2.0 LA 2013

“The Arab Spring and Social Media” US

Naval Academy Center for Middle

Eastern Studies, 2011

Education

BS English, US Naval Academy, 2002

MA Humanities, Salve Regina University, 2010 (with a focus on Iranian digital culture)

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