Despite high-profile exits, most Defense Business, Innovation Boards intact
Ahead of Trump's Monday inauguration, several high-profile members of the Defense Business Board and Defense Innovation Board voluntarily stepped aside.
Ahead of Trump's Monday inauguration, several high-profile members of the Defense Business Board and Defense Innovation Board voluntarily stepped aside.
"If we don't do something, there's an awful lot of dangers, everything that we've built in the last 250 years can be thrown away,” Michael Bloomberg said.
“One of the things that was already useful ... was an understanding that in order to get private capital deployed, you need clarity and some understanding about what the DoD will look like as a customer," said board member and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor and presidential candidate, will lead the panel of tech and business experts tasked with advising Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.