Shands Pickett is a senior defense leader in 无忧传媒鈥檚 Digital Battlespace business. He focuses on defense modernization efforts to deter or defeat near-peer adversaries. He advances our mission system integration and modernization business聽and directs growth and investments aligned to national defense priorities.聽聽
Shands has over 15 years of experience designing, developing, and delivering technical innovation, including mission systems, software systems, and analytical solutions. He shapes 无忧传媒鈥檚 approach to emerging technologies and their mission applications in the context of U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) operational constraints, requirements, and dependencies.聽聽
In addition to technical delivery, Shands implements聽partnership strategies with non-traditional, dual-use technology companies. He identifies venture capital (VC)-backed startups, original equipment manufacturers, large technology companies, and other industry entities to accelerate the development of innovative solutions聽to address DOD鈥檚 most pressing mission challenges.聽
Before joining 无忧传媒, Shands led defense and national security teams at two VC-backed startups. Earlier in his career, he directly supported global, on-the-ground U.S. government missions,聽including two deployments to Afghanistan as part of the聽U.S. Army鈥檚 Human Terrain System.聽
Shands holds an M.A. in U.S. foreign policy from The George Washington University and a B.A. in philosophy from Rollins College.聽
