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The Graham Plaster Podcast
by Graham Plaster
Exploring the origin stories, passions, and opportunities from innovators in our midst.
Episodes
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Tyler Sweatt, from Westpoint on 9/11 to the CEO of Second Front Systems
Before taking the tiller at Second Front, Tyler Sweatt, a former Army officer, was a founding team member at CalypsoAI, founded and sold technology consulting firm Future Tense, and led the emerging technology and security practice at Toffler Associates. Tyler loves the Acquired Podcast and...
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Jade and Jerry, on Creating a Digital Dashboard for Defense Innovation
Jade Baranski, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, Mobilize Having led multiple successful SBIR awards, Jade is passionate about connecting and growing the community of small businesses that make up our nation’s competitive advantage. They have personally created, purchased, and sold multiple companies in their...
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Rocky Herron, on Attacking PTSD with a Sword, and Fighting the Fentanyl Epidemic
Rocky Herron spent 31 years as a DEA Special Agent investigating drug trafficking at the local, national, and international levels. Upon retiring from DEA in 2021, he accepted a position as “Alcohol and Other Drug Ambassador” for the San Diego County Office of Education and supports the Enrique…
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Guidel Olivas, on Surviving Human Trafficking and Joining the Fight to End It
Born in the 80s with both parents serving under the equivalent of the Mexican CIA (Direccion Federal de Seguridad - DFS) and Policia Judicial Federal (Federal Judicial Police), Guidel was thrust into a traumatic and challenging path from an early age. Abducted as a child, Guidel was trafficked…
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Art Trevethan, Serial Entrepreneur, on a Mission to Pull Everyone Together
Art Trevethan, with a 30-year career as an entrepreneurial pioneer, has significantly influenced the startup and innovation landscape, particularly in his role within the U.S. Army's Army Futures Command and as Entrepreneur in Residence at the Army Applications Laboratory. His work has bridged…
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Erin O’Loughlin, Former CIA Operations Officer, Identifying Risk on the Dark Web
Erin has worked inside the financial crimes and compliance industry in a variety of roles as the Senior Manager for the Cyber Intelligence Unit at Western Union, identifying risk on the TOR network (dark web markets). Before that spent five years with Bank of America serving as a fraud…
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Gabe Mounce, on US Space Force, Hyperspace, and Technology Commercialization
Gabe Mounce directs the Space Force Accelerator Program for the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) in New Mexico. In this capacity, he oversees startup accelerators in Albuquerque (Hyperspace Accelerator) and Colorado Springs (Catalyst Accelerator) focused on connecting the entrepreneurial startup...
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Merritt Baer, on AWS, Cybersecurity, and Entrepreneurship
Merritt is Field CISO at Lacework, a cloud security unicorn. She served for over 5 years at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the Office of the CISO, serving as Deputy CISO to AWS. She has deep operational and strategic security experience in all three branches of government. She has a strong...
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Dan McCoy, on Innovation for TSA and Balancing Security with Privacy
Dan McCoy is the Head of Business Development for BMNT, an innovation consultancy and early-stage technology incubator that helps solve some of the hardest problems facing governments and partners. Prior to joining BMNT, Dan served as the Chief Innovation Officer for the Transportation Security...
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Justin Nassiri, on How to Improve Your LinkedIn Engagement
Justin is the CEO and Founder of Executive Presence, providing a fully managed LinkedIn presence for CEOs & top executives. He is also a Podcast Founder and Host of ‘Beyond the Uniform’- the #1 iTunes rated podcast for military career transition advice with over 400 episodes and running.…
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Joy Shanaberger and Megan Lacy, on Competitive Sports, Entrepreneurship, and Leadership
Joy is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Boone Group, a firm driving advancement and adoption of superior technologies within the national security, energy, and infrastructure markets. Prior to founding Boone, Joy worked in a variety of roles spanning federal and local governments...
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Joe Billingsley, on Founding the Military Cyber Professionals Association
Joe Billingsley serves as the Director of Strategic Engagement at the National Defense University (NDU) College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC), where he focuses on forging and sustaining relationships with a diverse array of critical stakeholders to support the organization's educational...
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Sarah Adams, from CIA Targeting Officer to Senior Advisor to the U.S. House of Representatives; Author of "Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy"
Sarah Adams is an award-winning targeting officer and global threat advisor with extensive domestic and international experience. She is the Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Ukraine NGO Coordination Network (UNCN). UNCN is an umbrella organization using a "Team of Teams" concept to bring...
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Camille Tuutti, on Becoming a Digital Nomad, and Telling Great Stories
Camille Tuutti’s journalism career in Washington, D.C., may have begun in earnest in 2008, but she has always been a storyteller. Growing up in Sweden, Camille had one dream and one dream only: to be a journalist. At age 5, Camille told her mom about her career plans — a goal she remained...
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Adam Rentschler, on starting over again after failure, fostering a creative culture, and being a problem solver
Adam is a serial entrepreneur who has spent his 26-year career running, fund-raising for, investing in, coaching and mentoring startup companies. He has raised money from a wide variety of sources including strategic venture capital, venture debt, friends and family, and a U.S. government...
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Joshua Kaplowitz, from garbage collector to the Naval Academy, and launching a tech startup
Josh has been working with friends to launch a new social platform for audio. See a demo or signup here: https://laceapp.xyz
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Adam Hesch, on emotional resilience, the entrepreneurial journey, and the value of veterans in startups
Adam Hesch is a US Navy veteran with a passion for the intersection between veterans and technology. In March of 2015 he joined UPLIFT Aeronautics as the social media manager and head of the digital fundraising team, where he led the effort that raised over $35,000 via the IndieGoGo crowdfunding...
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Ben Kohlmann, on launching the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum, and becoming the CEO of Farcast Inc
Ben’s mission is to promote widespread and sustainable human flourishing by empowering talented individuals to drive innovation within large organizations. While on active duty with the U.S. Navy as an F/A-18 Super Hornet pilot, Ben founded the Chief of Naval Operations Rapid Innovation Cell.…
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Jason Criss Howk, on how to help Afghanistan, be a bridge for cultural dialogue, and be a life-long learner
Jason Criss Howk has spent over 30 years in the national security arena in defense, diplomacy, and intelligence roles. He educates, writes, and speaks about Afghanistan, Interfaith issues, Islam, and other foreign policy and national security topics. He holds a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern…
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Kevin Landtroop, on founding the Texas Defense Innovation Forum, scaling Capital Factory, and defining the defense innovation ecosystem
Kevin Landtroop is a leader and entrepreneur with 20+ years of National Security experience. Having founded, designed, and executed programs connecting startups, DoDX, VC, academic research, and defense industry, including the Center for Defense Innovation at Capital Factory and the Texas Defense...
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Dr. Frank DiGiovanni aka "D9", on how to recruit hackers, taking Mike Rowe on a tour of the Pentagon, and the future of education
Dr. Frank DiGiovanni aka "D9", has 41 years of government service and 26 years as a U.S. Air Force officer holding aviation ratings as a B-52H navigator and F-15A and A-37B pilot. He retired from the Air Force at the rank of colonel. Dr. DiGiovanni also held several command, director, and staff...
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Jesse Anglen, on Graduating from High School at 14 (and a half), Launching a Real Estate Company, and then Going Big on Blockchain
Jesse Anglen is an Idaho native who owned a real estate company for a number of years before deciding to bet big on Ethereum in 2015. He’s worked side-by-side with some of the biggest names and brands in the industry, and now currently heads Rapid Innovation; the now largest and fastest growing...
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James Farwell, on Cyber Policy, Information Operations, and His New Opera
James Farwell is a National security expert, attorney, Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), expert in cyber policy, strategy and cybersecurity; information warfare. He advises the U.S. Department of Defense and companies on cyber, information warfare, and strategic communication....
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Barbara Estes, on being a Working Mom for a Decade, then Unemployed, then achieving her dream of working for the Air Force
Barbara Estes is an All-Source Intelligence Analyst for the United States Air Force, National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Mrs. Estes served as the Chairman of the Weapons and Space Intelligence Committee (WSSIC), Electronic Warfare Systems...
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Chris Lay, on Drug Enhanced Language Learning and Leaping the National Security Valley of Death
Christopher (Chris) Lay is the Co-Founder and CEO of LEONID, a leading financial services provider to US national security, defense, and space entrepreneurs. His team has seen first-hand how a lack of resources can deny many people the chance to fully use their talents- which is why LEONID…
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Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos, on Hypersonic Jewelry and the Iraq War
Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos is a Science and Emerging Technology advisor at the U.S. Joint Special Operations University, and previously served as Innovation Advisor for the USSOCOM J5 Donovan Group, where she analyzed strategic trends relevant to Special Operations in the context of emerging...
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Pete Newell, on the Origins of Hacking for Defense
Pete Newell is a nationally recognized innovation expert whose work is transforming how the government and other large organizations compete and drive growth. He is the CEO of BMNT, an internationally recognized innovation consultancy and early-stage tech accelerator that helps solve some of the...
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Steve Blank, on developing "Innovation Doctrine", rethinking "failure", and a lot more!
Steve Blank is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford and co-founder of the Gordian Knot Center for National Security Innovation. He has been described as the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship. Credited with launching the Lean Startup movement and the curriculums for the National Science Foundation...
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Tom Suder, on pivoting from sports journalism to technology transformation
Tom Suder is Founder and President of the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC). Tom is a two-time winner of a Federal 100 Award, a prestigious honor that recognizes government and industry leaders who played pivotal roles in Federal IT and made a made a difference in the way...
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Louis Tucker, Navy SEAL, CIA, Founder of the FINND
Louis B. Tucker is the CEO of Mission Sync, a national security sector consulting firm focusing on the intelligence and special operations communities. He serves on George Washington University’s Counterterrorism Task Force, on the advisory board of multiple technology companies and on the…
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Joy Shanaberger, from community college to the White House, (re)founding companies, and learning to box
Joy is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Boone Group—a firm driving advancement and adoption of superior technologies within the national security, energy, and infrastructure markets. A specialist in defense acquisition and cybersecurity, Joy is frequently sought after for her...
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Kristen Hajduk, "A Peek in Kristen's Mind"
Kristen R. Hajduk works with Federal Partnerships at Golden, where she leverages AI and NLP to build the world’s first self-constructing knowledge database. Previously, Kristen was the Director of Operations for National Security Innovation Network (NSIN). Kristen lead a nation-wide team that...
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Lauren Serrano, Aide-de-Camp to the Chief of Naval Operations
Major Lauren Serrano (formerly Reisinger) is currently serving as the Aide-De-Camp to the Chief of Naval Operations. Maj Serrano is from San Francisco, California. She commissioned in June 2009 through the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program and graduated from Drexel University with a...
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Ric Prado, NYT bestselling author of "Black Ops", on Escaping Communist Cuba and Russia to Lead in the CIA
Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central...
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CAPT Ben Van Buskirk, on Naval Innovation and Improvisational Music
CAPT Van Buskirk was born and raised in Menlo Park, CA. He attended the University of Arizona, receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance in 1998 and his commission in January, 1999. He attended naval flight training in Pensacola, Florida, graduating with distinction in September, 2000....
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Darren Moore, on the Seabees, the Belt and Road Initiative, Investing in Emerging Markets, and NFTs
Darren is the Cofounder of ACE - a Web3 social network designed for creators with crypto solutions woven deep into the fabric of the network.
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Jim Hunt, on three things he would tell any entrepreneur, and co-investing with In-Q-Tel
Jim Hunt began his career in Washington in the mid 70’s as a U.S. Government scientist. After eight years with the government, he founded “BDS, Incorporated” where he served as CEO for ten years. In 1991, BDS was merged with BTG, Incorporated and Jim assisted in the integration of the two...
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Gordon Sumner Ph.D., on puppies, veteran transition, and serving as DASD for two administrations
Gordon Sumner, PhD, is the President & CEO of Veterans Moving forward, a nonprofit providing service and emotional support dogs to veterans at no cost. He is also the founder of Gordon Sumner Consulting, a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and American Indian Small Business. A member…
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Karl Schlegel, on how King Kong saved the Empire State Building, NASCAR of the skies, and using A.I. to raise capital
Karl is Co-Founder of NeedCapial.AI. He also led a media company from launch to the Inc. 500 as Chairman in 2015. While holding positions within venture capital and family offices, Karl has advised projects across a multi-billion-dollar portfolio.
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James Pitcher, grew up the oldest of 9 in a 3 bedroom house, and achieved his dream of becoming a contracting officer ... what's next?
TSgt James Pitcher (USAF) is a Contracting officer, formerly assigned to the 21st Contracting Squadron, supporting the newly established U.S. Space Force, Peterson-Schriever Garrison, Colorado. He was selected for the Defense Ventures Fellow program and supported Harpoon Ventures, a venture…
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Joy Schoffler, on Life in a Commune, Real Estate Investing, Emerging Technology and National Security Venture Investing
Joy Schoffler, Principal of Distinctive Edge Partners, is an award-winning global communications and investor relations strategist, with decades of experience building, scaling and protecting global public and private brands. Clients she has worked with have raised billions in capital, went from...
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Dr. David Bray, on why Garlic won't cure COVID, lighting fingernails on fire, and leading people to become problem solvers
Dr. David A. Bray is a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s GeoTech Center. He has served in a variety of leadership roles in turbulent environments, including bioterrorism preparedness and response from 2000-2005, time on the ground in Afghanistan in 2009, serving as the non-partisan...
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Lito Villanueva, on Preventing Veteran Suicide, Deploying to Afghanistan, and the Entrepreneurial Journey
Lito Villanueva is a first-generation Filipino-American immigrant, prior-USAF enlisted communications engineer, turned tech-entrepreneur. He has worked on intercontinental network engineering projects for clandestine joint special operations with the "DOD's Finest Communicators." Lito started his...
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Welcome all you back-of-the-napkin ninjas, you elevator pitch artists, build a jet while you fly it, school of hard knocks Heroes, Dreamers and Doers; join us in the foxhole, in the arena of life. This is the Graham Plaster Podcast, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders; and the...
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