Robert Work

Robert O.
Work is currently Chairman at Poplicus, Inc. since 2020, Chairman at Hensoldt, Inc. since 2008, Vice Chairman at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Director at Blacklynx, Inc. since 2018, Director at System High Corp., Independent Director at RTX Corp.
since 2020, Director at SparkCognition Government Systems, Inc., Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., Member at The International Institute for Strategic Studies, Advisor at Enlightenment Capital LLC, and Principal at WestExec Advisors LLC.
Former positions include Chief Executive Officer at the Center for a New American Security from 2013 to 2014, Independent Director at Raytheon Co. from 2017 to 2020, Director at Avathon, Inc., Director at U.S.
Naval Institute, Director at Ian, Evan & Alexander Corp., Director at EverWatch Corp., Secretary of the US Department of the Navy from 2009 to 2013, and Vice President-Strategic Studies at the Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments from 2006 to 2009.
Education includes graduate degrees from the University of Southern California, The Johns Hopkins University, and Naval Postgraduate School, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign.