Asad Akram
National Security & Geoeconomics | Critical Materials | Investments & Strategy
- Role
- Innovation Officer (Defense Ventures Scout and Partnerships) at 75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Asad Akram
Managing Director and Global Co-Head for Critical Minerals, Materials, and Metals at the Office of Strategic Capital leading ~$100 billion of capital deployment for national security. Prior Head of Strategy for the Office of Strategic Capital leading our strategy design, org buildout, and research & analytics to support US investments in geostrategic competition. Before the OSC, I was a strategy/mgmt consultant with experience in PE transaction diligence (commercial & operational), value creation, and performance improvement for clients in the chemicals, natural resources, materials, energy, and defense sectors. Before that, I started out at a venture-capital backed materials science/climatetech startup as an early engineer. Also a venture/technology scout at the Army Reserve Innovation Command (and Army Futures Command) focusing on materials, energy, and cyber startups.
Experience
Innovation Officer (Defense Ventures Scout and Partnerships)
75th U.S. Army Reserve Innovation Command
May 2019 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Defense Ventures Scout at Army Reserve Innovation - serve as a venture scout for the Army Modernization Enterprise and lead partnership development with DoD venture organizations, VCs, and startup partners.Portfolio Alignment: Materials, Energy, Cyber. Currently focused on supporting Army Applications Lab (AAL) and various Army SBIR programs (e.g, xTechSearch and Army Applied SBIR).
Education
Harvard Kennedy School
Master of Public Administration - MPA, Defense Innovation, Venture Capital
Rice Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, Entrepreneurship
2017 — 2019
Lafayette College
Bachelor of Science with Honors, cum laude, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2009 — 2013
Jacobs University Bremen
Exchange Program - Engineering
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