David is the CEO and co-founder of Proteus Space Inc., his third VC-funded startup as a C-level employee. David served with distinction in duty assignments around the world as a US Marine and honorably retired with 20 years of service. David’s career highlights include VP of Federal markets at Stanford Research Institute (SRI International), where he was responsible for $400 million in “DARPA hard” solutions across quantum, AI, robotics, cyber, space and other advanced technologies, and as SVP & GM for Global Solutions with Kymeta, a Bill Gates Series C/D portfolio company providing satellite connectivity solutions. David summited Kilimanjaro for charity and completed a solo 100-kilometer race in one day as a sponsored athlete for the Semper Fi Foundation. He is also an acknowledged contributor to the critically acclaimed tech futures novel, “Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War”.