From
Lab to
Battlefield.
The DoD doesn't have an innovation problem. It has a translation problem. GEOINT, unmanned systems, electronic warfare, emerging RTD&E — the technology exists. Getting it to the warfighter, on schedule and at scale, requires someone who speaks both languages fluently. That's what PFS does.
We translate defense innovation
into warfighter capability.
GEOINT. Unmanned systems. Electronic warfare. Emerging RTD&E. The technology exists. PFS moves it from prototype to fielded capability — translating operational requirements into engineering specifications and navigating the acquisition pathways (DIU, OTAs, SBIR/STTR) where promising programs usually die.
We sit at the intersection of university research ecosystems, defense industrial demand, and operational reality — holding the warfighter requirement in one hand and the engineering spec in the other. Strategy, integration, and the team facilitation that lets capability actually scale. That's the core PFS competency.
That work exposed a deeper structural problem: the industrial base building these systems is unmapped, unscored, and undercapitalized at exactly the nodes that determine whether a program delivers on time. Nobody knows which supplier is three months from missing a critical milestone — or where a single targeted investment would unlock the most schedule recovery.
Core Service Areas
The human layer of the PFS mission. Advisory, innovation, and technology transition services that move emerging capabilities from R&D to operational deployment.
The Forge Platform Suite
Proprietary platforms developed by PFS. Access restricted to vetted industry partners, academic institutions, and DoD stakeholders.
A live, connected graph of the defense industrial ecosystem across the Virginia–Maine Corridor — continuously scoring suppliers and surfacing risk signals unavailable in any government database.
Translates industrial fragility into an investable portfolio — structured for DoD, state agencies, and private capital co-investment. Capital deployment intelligence for the defense industrial base.
U.S. Army veteran with 12 years of active-duty service across Field Artillery and PSYOP / Special Operations. M.S. Project Management from Northeastern; dual engineering degrees from Michigan Tech. Has managed $24M+ in defense R&D at Northeastern's Kostas Research Institute, taught and coached innovation leaders at the Tufts University IDEA Lab, and supports systems integration for JPEO-CBRND through Sherpa 6.
- Kostas Research Institute (KRI)
- Tufts University IDEA Lab
- Sherpa 6
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