Pacific Northwest Mission Acceleration Center

Great day at the Western Air Defense Sector, 225 ADS annual offsite meeting. With the support of Peter L. Hickman, John M. , and Rivanita Tudela I was able to facilitate Nikolai Gregory Galle’s Solve Next Deflection Point and Anchors and Rockets exercises to get the participants ready to develop an Alpha Innovation Hypothesis based on Jeff DeGraff, Robb Olsen and Kate Olsen’s innovation framework for the Commander’s tentative 2025 vision pertaining to mission, training, and developing people. Shout out to Christopher Pavel and the Pacific Northwest Mission Acceleration Center for being an awesome resource! This stuff works!!

Chris Groves was invited to join a panel at the Venture Black conference last weekend.??He enjoyed the opportunity to build the innovation ecosystem, share food for thought on how startups can use SBIR/STTR as a source of capital, and his perspective on how to layer SBIR/STTR non-dilutive funding and other dilutive funding sources.??Additionally, Chris was pleased to meet several innovative startups with defense tech application cases. Thank you to Evan Poncelet for inviting Chris to speak!

Are you at a point in your innovation process that you now need to get your product to market? Gain the knowledge you need from experts at our Business of Innovation in Defense (BiD) webinar on?Thursday, November 14?at 9:00am PT. Join us for engaging input from dual-use tech innovators and Mission Partners on key dual-use product and marketing considerations, with a focus on the importance of market differentiation and parallel GTM strategies for both commercial and DoD sectors. Our speakers will be: Dale Suzuki?– Program Director, Solarcore? Ryan Gray- Co-Founder and CEO, SGW Designworks; CEO, Portsmith Technologies Trevor Dillman?- Senior Development Advisor, SGW Designworks Collin Belanger?- CEO & Strategy Advisor, Sawtooth Advisors Barry Leffew?– Vice President, IQT (In-Q-Tel) Register Today! https://lnkd.in/gPQG7J2s For more information, please contact us at [email protected] #nwdefense #pnwinnovation #seattleinnovation #dualuse Denise Ryser Chris Groves Todd J. Woods Christopher Pavel Andrea Hegarty Jake Tozier Dradin Kreft Sam Zvirzdys

Today, we honor the men and women who have served in the United States armed forces. We thank you for your service to our country and for your dedication to protecting its citizens and the freedoms we hold dear. Happy Veterans Day from PNDC and PNW MAC!

Happy Birthday to the U.S. Marines, celebrating 249 years of dedication to protecting our nation. Thank you to those who have served and to?their families.

Last night, the members of PNDC came together to celebrate a year filled with new opportunities, events, and friends. Keith Swenson, from the Washington State Department of Commerce, welcomed guests to the state, and Denise Ryser gave opening remarks and a review of the year. Ben Sappington, Director of Aerospace and Defense at Moss Adams introduced the evening's Keynote Speaker, Michael Baker, Chairman & CEO of the Portman Square Group. PNDC's Board Chairman, Eric Yates, shared a look at what is to come in 2024 while also thanking our departing board members. We would like to congratulate our 2025 Award Recipients PARTNER OF THE YEAR Washington State Department of Commerce SUSTAINING MEMBER OF THE YEAR Dorsey & Whitney LLP MEMBER OF THE YEAR Trillium Engineering INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR Geist Robotics COMMITTEE MEMBER OF THE YEAR Tyler Lewis Grover, GrovTec Machining 2024 LES DE ASIS ANNUAL DEFENSE & SECURITY LEADERSHIP AWARD Eric Pool, Teledyne FLIR If you missed this year's Annual Dinner, we hope you will mark your calendars and join us next year! A huge thank you to our sponsors - Washington State Department of Commerce Moss Adams Boeing LocalFresh, Inc. HBG Consulting LLC Sigma Design Dylan Aerospace Northwest Aerospace News Magazine inTech Consulting, LLC.

Our team is putting the final touches on the PNDC Annual Dinner. Join us on November 7th for our biggest celebration of the year! ?Network with fellow members at the elegant happy hour. Enjoy an elegant dinner and awards ceremony recognizing the outstanding contributions of the PNDC and PNW MAC community, and get valuable insights from top-notch speakers. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with our region's top executives in defense and security. RSVP today for you and a guest! https://lnkd.in/gK7_sQJi Denise Ryser Chris Groves Christopher Pavel Andrea Hegarty Todd J. Woods Jake Tozier Dradin Kreft

Time is running out to RSVP for PNDC's premier event of the year. Join Us in three days for the Annual Dinner on November 7th! Network with fellow members at the elegant happy hour. Enjoy an elegant dinner and awards ceremony recognizing the outstanding contributions of the PNDC community, and get valuable insights from top-notch speakers. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with our region's top executives in defense and security. RSVP today for you and a guest! https://lnkd.in/gK7_sQJi #nwdefense #pnwinnovation Denise Ryser Chris Groves Christopher Pavel Dradin Kreft Sam Zvirzdys Andrea Hegarty Todd J. Woods Jake Tozier

We are excited to include?Mike Baker, Chairman and CEO of Portman Square Group, in our speaker lineup at the Pacific Northwest Defense Coalition (PNDC) Annual Dinner. Mr. Baker, who is also a host on Discovery Network and a national news contributor, will discuss his work with national security, counterterrorism, and world events and share his expertise on mitigating risks. Join us on November 7th in the beautiful Atrium Lounge at the Marriott Seattle Airport. Enjoy a networking happy hour, an elegant dinner, and an awards ceremony recognizing the outstanding contributions of the PNDC community. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with our region's top defense and security executives. RSVP today for you and a guest! https://lnkd.in/gK7_sQJi #nwdefense Denise Ryser Chris Groves Christopher Pavel Dradin Kreft Sam Zvirzdys Andrea Hegarty Todd J. Woods Jake Tozier

Register today for our upcoming Business of Innovation in Defense (BiD) 202 Webinar: Dual-Use Product and Marketing in Defense (Market Differentiation and Parallel GTM Strategies – Commercial & DoD) on November 14th at 9:00 am PT. ? Join us for engaging input from dual-use tech innovators and Mission Partners on key dual-use product and marketing considerations. The focus will be on the importance of market differentiation and parallel GTM strategies for both commercial and DoD sectors. We are excited to welcome Barry Leffew, Vice President at IQT (In-Q-Tel), who will be our speaker. Don’t wait to sign up; register today - https://lnkd.in/gPQG7J2s This event is in partnership with NavalX Northwest Tech Bridge. #nwdefense #pnwinnovation #dualuseproducts #seattleinnovation Denise Ryser Chris Groves Christopher Pavel Todd J. Woods Dradin Kreft Jake Tozier Andrea Hegarty Sam Zvirzdys