Defense Innovation Advisory Board
Eric Schmidt and Ash Carter meet about Defense Innovation Board for the DoD
The Defense Innovation Board is an organization set up in 2016 to bring the technological innovation and best practice of Silicon Valley to the U.S. Military.[2] The board will have up to a dozen members drawn from who Eric Schmidt, the chair, will select in consultation with the US Secretary of Defense.[3]
Ash Carter, US Secretary of Defense, announced that the board, modeled on the Defense Business Board would facilitate the Pentagon becoming more innovative and adaptive.[2]
Joshua Marcuse is the inaugural and current Executive Director of the Defense Innovation Board.
Board members
- Eric Schmidt - Chairman
- Jeff Bezos
- Reid Hoffman
- William H. McRaven
- Walter Isaacson[4]
- Jennifer Pahlka
- Milo Medin
- Marne Levine
- Michael McQuade
- Adam Grant
- Richard M. Murray
- Cass Sunstein
- Danny Hillis
- Eric Lander
- Neil deGrasse Tyson[5]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/innovation/2016/03/03/carter-innovation-push-hits-seattle-cloud-focus-boeing-amazon-microsoft/81298100/
- 1 2 Shalal, Andrea. "Former Google CEO Schmidt to head new Pentagon innovation board". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ↑ Martin, Alexander J Martin. "Google overlord Eric Schmidt to run Pentagon advisory board". The Register. The Register. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ↑ http://federalnewsradio.com/defense/2016/06/ash-carter-brings-innovators-upgrade-dod/
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/07/26/increasingly-eclectic-pentagon-innovation-board-adds-neil-degrasse-tyson-jeff-bezos/
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