Lt. Gen. Paul R. Fast is the Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia, and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. As Chief of Air Force Reserve, he serves as principal adviser on reserve matters to the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force Chief of Staff.
He defends and manages the execution of an over 7.4-billion-dollar budget leveraging the experience of nearly 70,000 Citizen Airmen and civilians.
As Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, he has full responsibility for organizing, training and equipping all Air Force Reserve units around the world
Maj. Gen. Bryony A. Terrell is the Deputy Director, Air National Guard at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. In this capacity she assists the Director in formulating, developing, and coordinating all policies, plans, and programs affecting 108,400 Air National Guard Airmen and civilians across 90 wings and 180 installations in 159 communities throughout the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.
Dr. Will Roper is the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. As the Air Force’s Service Acquisition Executive, Dr. Roper is responsible for and oversees Air Force research, development and acquisition activities totaling an annual budget in excess of $60 billion for more than 550 acquisition programs. In this position, Dr. Roper serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force for research and development, test, production and modernization efforts within the Air Force.
Raj Shah is the Managing Partner of Shield Capital, a venture capital firm focused on technologies at the nexus of the commercial and defense markets. He is also the chairman of Resilience, a start-up powering new approaches to cyber insurance.
Previously, Raj ran the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUx), reporting to the Secretary of Defense. Raj led DIUx in its efforts to strengthen U.S. armed forces by bridging technology startups and the military.
He is the co-author of the book, Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Future of War. Raj continues to serve as a F-16 pilot in the CA Air National Guard.
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