Brigadier General (Ret.) Scott Stapp (Chief Executive Officer & President) — DEFCON AI

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Scott Stapp

Brigadier General (ret) Scott Stapp is the Chief Executive Officer and President at DEFCON AI. Prior to that, he was DEFCON’s President and Chief Technology Officer. Gen. Stapp joined DEFCON AI after more than nine years at Northrop Grumman, where he previously served as the corporate Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer. While at Northrop Grumman, Gen. Stapp also held roles that included corporate lead and Vice President of Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) and National Security Space, Vice President of Space Resiliency and Rapid Prototyping, and Vice President of Applied Research and Technology Development. Before joining Northrop Grumman, Gen. Stapp worked in the Department of Defense, serving in a variety of positions including Director of Special Programs within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, leading governance, acquisition oversight, and protection of DoD Special Access Programs. He also served as the Director of Requirements for the Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A 30-year veteran of the Air Force, Gen. Stapp is a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Department of the Air Force Science and Technology Roundtable; an advisory council member of the Space Force Association; a senior advisor for CSIS; and an advisory board member of the Hume Center for National Security and Technology at Virginia Tech.

Gen. Stapp holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Wyoming, a master’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of New Mexico, and a master's degree in National Resource Strategy and Policy from the National Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

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Grant Verstandig (Executive Chairman)

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