Founder and CEO focused on defense, technology, and national security. He founded Second Front Systems, a unicorn defense technology company accelerating the adoption of venture-backed SaaS across the Department of Defense and U.S. government. A former U.S. Marine Corps infantry and scout sniper officer, he led Marines in Afghanistan and served as an operations officer in 
Iraq, and later advised the U.S. State Department and 
the Pentagon.

Engineer-entrepreneur building and deploying technology for national security missions. She founded a Y Combinator–backed geospatial company serving the Department of Defense, acquired in 2024, and conducted doctoral research on innovation within U.S. Cyber Command. She has also taught Space as a Domain of Warfare at Stanford and developed innovation processes for U.S. special operations teams.

Brings more than two decades of experience across national security, defense innovation, and compliance. A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he continues to serve as a reservist with the Marine Innovation Unit, advising on emerging technology and modernization. He is also a co-founder of BMNT, where he helped launch Hacking for Defense.

Operational leader with more than two decades of experience building and scaling PEO and HCM platforms across payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance. She has overseen organizations supporting over 40,000 worksite employees across PEO and ASO models, driving growth, margin expansion, and measurable gains in productivity and retention. Her work spans large-scale operational transformations — standardizing multi-entity environments, integrating acquisitions, and automating core service functions — and includes achieving ISO 9001 certification within complex, high-compliance environments. She builds operations as infrastructure, designed to scale, enforce accountability, and support mission-critical workforces.

Cybersecurity leader with deep experience across defense technology, government compliance, and private equity. He built the security program and led DISA and FedRAMP authorizations at Second Front Systems, a public benefit company accelerating mission-critical SaaS delivery to the U.S. government, and previously served as Chief Security Officer at Xenon Partners, where he led cybersecurity and acquisition due diligence. A 22-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he commanded the First Reconnaissance Battalion and completed combat deployments to Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He is a 2022 Presidential Leadership Scholar and a Veteran Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and holds advanced degrees from the Naval War College and Brown University.

Michael McNerney is a technology entrepreneur and military veteran. He is currently a member of the executive team at Arkenstone Defense. Prior to this, he held senior positions at Resilience Cyber Insurance, Arbor Networks, and Efflux Systems. Mike has also served as a Cyber Policy Advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and as a diplomat at the U.S. State Department. Mike is an affiliate at the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation, the Chair & Co-founder of Institute for Security and Technology, and a Board Member of Vets-in-Tech. He graduated from the University of California, Davis, and earned his J.D. from American University, Washington College of Law.