New USAF chief scientist brings Silicon Valley mindset to 'accelerate change or lose' imperative

By Courtney Albon / May 12, 2021 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force's new chief scientist brings a Silicon Valley background to the service's science and technology portfolio, and she told Inside Defense in a recent interview she plans to use her expertise in product management and acquisition to help the service accelerate change. Victoria Coleman comes to the Pentagon after a four-month stint as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency director and a more-than-35-year career in academia and as an industry executive at companies like Atlas AI, Technicolor,...

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