Defense Innovation Advisory Board
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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