“Who needs a way to do what because why” is Vel’s secret sauce for tackling any problem. An extreme extravert, our Silicon Valley transplant relishes every opportunity to extract productive creativity from literally everyone using a strategic combination of logic and empathy. If Vel had her way, all work would be outside and involve at least one moderately embarrassing quest. And also pets.

Jojo managed a myriad of Department of Defense security programs. He spent two decades as AF Security Forces, which took him to places in Africa, Arctic, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Greg develops engagement strategy for mapping private sector and Academic partner technology into appropriate acquisition instruments for transition from concept and early stage prototypes to the Air Force end user. He develops repeatable business practices for technology transition.

Kimberly enjoys the challenges that come with working in budget. Her budget background comes from working 6 years at NASA on two amazing projects and then jumping into the DOD world in 2018. She loves that every day brings new challenges and new learning experiences and hopes to apply them to the mission. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and being outdoors soaking up the sun!

Nathan’s Air Force career started as an Enlisted Cyber Systems Operations Airman in 2009. Seven years later he joined the dark side and now has the pleasure of serving and leading Airmen as a Cyber Operations Officer. Passionate about people, he desires to inspire and fosters the human network on and off duty with seeking out educational opportunities, hosting a meal as a home chef, and exploring the great outdoors.

Andres has 10 years of experience in the cyber policy and communications security fields.  His most challenging role has been enforcing communications security across the entire South Korean peninsula.  Andres likes to run and lift heavy things.

Daniel is a writer on the subject of culture and innovation and founder of Agitare, a community of practice for facilitators of discovery and design frameworks (such as design thinking, HCD, and more) across the DoD. His primary passion is promoting principles of facilitation, continuous discovery, and facilitated design practices to help DoD offices and organizations grow better culture, innovate, and navigate complexity.

Austin is a User Experience (UX) Designer with experience with both in-person and virtual facilitation who is driven by a desire to deeply understand and advocate for those who are most impacted by problems. In addition to UX and facilitation experience, Austin has a passion for writing and narrative which informs their approach to UX Design and facilitation. Additionally, Austin is the founder of the organization The Meadow Garden which is a community of writers for all of people in or adjacent to the military community.

Dylan has over 5 years of experience as a Knowledge Management Craftsman and CPI.  He specializes in the automation of systems to give time back to the user and increase system efficiency.  He was the second ever Innovation Cell Intern at Infinity Spark Innovation Lab at JBMDL in 2020.  Additionally, as a semi-finalist of the 2020 Phoenix Spark Tank Innovation Competition, Dylan was coined by Commander of the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC)

Following an Air Force career spent largely in the cyber and intelligence missions, Jeff now teaches cadets at the Air Force Academy in the law and policy of emerging technologies. Additionally, he supports Cyberworx projects as the law and policy subject matter expert. A rather slow amateur triathlete, in his off-time Jeff can be found running and cycling in the mountains around Colorado Springs.

Following a NASA career spent largely in research & software development, Trung now teaches cadets at the Air Force Academy in engineering research & software development. Additionally, he supports Cyberworx in subjects related to his expertise. As an amateur wine connoisseur, Trung can be found exploring and tasting wine made in Colorado while reviewing the bottling design so that he can help implement smart chips for product authentication.