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VetsinTech "VIT: Focused on the 3E's for veterans - Education, Entrepreneurship, Employment!"

Join us for the next VetsInTech Virtual Employer Meetup on Thursday, September 24, focused on "Vets in Space".The event ...
09/04/2026

Join us for the next VetsInTech Virtual Employer Meetup on Thursday, September 24, focused on "Vets in Space".

The event will feature hiring teams, recruiters, and leaders from VAST, True Anomaly, Blue Origin, X-Bow Systems, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, NVIDIA, Castellion, Amazon Leo, New Space Nexus, and others.

📅 September 24, 2026
🕓 2:00–3:30 PM PT
💻 Virtual

Panelists:
- Rachel Broglie, Amazon Leo
- Christine Pak, Vast
- Alex Hullermann, Blue Origin

This meetup features a “Vets in Space” panel discussion and breakout sessions with participating companies.

Register today:
https://lnkd.in/gfNeht24

Join us Friday, November 13, 2026, at the Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco for our 13th Annual Vets 2.0 Gala - an...
09/03/2026

Join us Friday, November 13, 2026, at the Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco for our 13th Annual Vets 2.0 Gala - an evening of cocktails, dinner, awards, and a live auction.

VetsinTech scholarships give veterans and military spouses the training, credentials, and network to step into the tech and space ecosystems - and the community to keep climbing once they're in.

Your ticket funds those scholarships. You'll spend the evening with tech executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders, alongside the veterans and military spouses your support is connecting to their next mission.

Get your tickets:
👉 http://zip2.it/galatickets

🎟️ Tickets are now available for the inaugural VetsinTech NatSec + Space Innovation Summit (NSSIS), taking place October...
09/03/2026

🎟️ Tickets are now available for the inaugural VetsinTech NatSec + Space Innovation Summit (NSSIS), taking place October 8–9 in San Francisco.

NSSIS will bring together leaders from national security, defense technology, space, venture capital, government, and the veteran community for two days of career connections, conversations, and collaboration.

The impressive speaker lineup includes: Frank Kendall III, Maynard Holliday, Doug Beck, Raj Shah, Francis deSouza, Ernie Bio, Ian Kalin, Libby Schaaf, Sean Randolph, Christopher Pimentel, Mike McNerney, and Katherine Webster, with many more speakers still to be announced.

📅 October 8: Careers in Defense Tech & Space, connecting veteran and military spouse talent with companies and government organizations that are hiring.

📅 October 9: The Innovation Summit, bringing together defense and space founders, investors, government innovation leaders, and industry executives to discuss technology priorities, capital, procurement, and partnerships.

Additional sponsorship opportunities are also available for organizations that want to participate in the inaugural summit alongside our current sponsors: Holland & Knight LLP, Arkenstone Defense, and Blue Origin.

🎟️ Register and get your tickets today: https://vetsintech.co/nssis/

More speakers and programming announcements are coming soon.

VetsinTech is bringing together leaders from national security, defense technology, space, venture capital, government, ...
09/01/2026

VetsinTech is bringing together leaders from national security, defense technology, space, venture capital, government, and the veteran community for the NatSec + Space Innovation Summit (NSSIS), October 8–9 in San Francisco, CA. We're excited to share the speakers joining us.

Keynotes:
Frank Kendall III - Former Secretary, U.S. Air Force
Doug Beck - Former Director, Defense Innovation Unit
Maynard Holliday - Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies

Featured speakers:
Francis deSouza - CEO, Scale AI
Raj Shah - Managing Partner, Shield Capital
Ernie Bio - Managing Director, Forgepoint Capital
Ryan Micheletti - Cofounder & GP, The Veteran Fund
Ian Kalin - CEO & Co-Founder, TurbineOne
Vinnie Liu - CEO, Bishop Fox
Peter Dixon - CEO, Arkenstone Defense
Mike McNerney - Chief Compliance Officer, Arkenstone Defense
Chris Pimentel - Mayor, City of El Segundo
Jennifer Daskal - Partner, Venable LLP
Libby Schaaf - President & CEO, Bay Area Council
Sean Randolph - Senior Director, Bay Area Council Economic Institute
Katherine Webster - Founder & CEO, VetsinTech

More speakers to be announced.

Invite-only, 250–300 seats. Request yours:

Join us Thursday, September 24 for our upcoming VetsinTech Virtual Employer Meetup, spotlighting "Vets in Space".You'll ...
08/31/2026

Join us Thursday, September 24 for our upcoming VetsinTech Virtual Employer Meetup, spotlighting "Vets in Space".

You'll connect with recruiters, hiring teams, and industry leaders from VAST, True Anomaly, Blue Origin, X-Bow Systems, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, NVIDIA, Castellion, Amazon Leo, New Space Nexus, and more.

📅 September 24, 2026
🕓 2:00–3:30 PM PT
💻 Virtual

This meetup features a “Vets in Space” panel discussion and breakout sessions with participating companies.

Register today:
https://events.ringcentral.com/events/vetsintech-employer-meetup-vets-in-space

VetsinTech is bringing together leaders from national security, defense technology, space, venture capital, government, ...
08/29/2026

VetsinTech is bringing together leaders from national security, defense technology, space, venture capital, government, and the veteran community for the NatSec + Space Innovation Summit (NSSIS), October 8–9 in San Francisco, CA.

The impressive speaker lineup includes: Frank Kendall III, Maynard Holliday, Doug Beck, Raj Shah, Francis deSouza, Ernie Bio, Ian Kalin, Libby Schaaf, Sean Randolph, Chris Pimentel, Mike McNerney, and Katherine Webster - with many more speakers still to be announced.

📅 October 8: Careers in Defense Tech & Space, connecting veteran and military spouse talent with companies and government organizations that are hiring.

📅 October 9: The Innovation Summit, bringing together defense and space founders, investors, government innovation leaders, and industry executives to talk technology priorities, capital, procurement, and partnerships.

We’re also opening additional sponsorship opportunities for organizations that want to be part of the inaugural summit alongside our current sponsors Holland & Knight, Arkenstone Defense, Scale AI, and Blue Origin.

Learn more, register and get your tickets today, or explore sponsorship opportunities:
https://vetsintech.co/nssis/

More speakers and programming announcements coming soon.

You're invited to the 2026 VetsinTech Gala on Friday, November 13, in San Francisco.This special evening brings together...
08/27/2026

You're invited to the 2026 VetsinTech Gala on Friday, November 13, in San Francisco.

This special evening brings together veterans, military spouses, employers, entrepreneurs, and technology leaders to support education, employment, and entrepreneurship programs for those who have served.

Attend as an individual, bring your colleagues, or host a corporate table—every ticket helps create meaningful pathways into technology careers.

Scan the QR code or visit the Gala website to reserve your seat. Please share this invitation with someone who should be in the room, or visit: https://zip2.it/sfgalatix

This past Thursday, VetsinTech hosted our annual VetsinTech Startup Pitch Contest sponsored by J.P. Morgan at the Andree...
08/26/2026

This past Thursday, VetsinTech hosted our annual VetsinTech Startup Pitch Contest sponsored by J.P. Morgan at the Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) offices in San Francisco, bringing together veteran and military spouses entrepreneurs, investors, and members of the technology community.

Congratulations to this year’s winners:
🥇 Hardshell - Andrew Schoka, Co-Founder & CEO
🥈 Bandelier Technologies - Joshua Heebner, Co-founder & Head of Growth
🥉 Hyperios Technologies - Ben McCrossan, Founder & CEO

A big thank you to our judges for sharing their time, experience, and feedback with our founders:
- Ernie Bio - Forgepoint Capital
- Tim Hsia - Context VC
- Steve Kiser - Veteran Ventures Capital

And thank you to J.P. Morgan for continuing to support VetsinTech's entrepreneurship programs and our annual pitch competition, and to Andreessen Horowitz for generously hosting us in San Francisco.

At VetsinTech, our mission is centered on the 3E’s: Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship. Through our programs like our annual pitch contest, we work to connect veteran and military spouse founders with capital, mentorship, resources, and a community that can help them build and grow.

Congratulations to all of the founders who participated, and thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this year's event a success.

You're invited to the 2026 VetsinTech Gala on Friday, November 13, in San Francisco.This special evening brings together...
08/25/2026

You're invited to the 2026 VetsinTech Gala on Friday, November 13, in San Francisco.

This special evening brings together veterans, military spouses, employers, entrepreneurs, and technology leaders to support education, employment, and entrepreneurship programs for those who have served.

All proceeds from the Gala will go toward funding educational scholarships for veterans and military spouses.

Scan the QR code or visit the Gala website to reserve your seat. Please share, comment, or repost: https://zip2.it/sfgalatix

Join us Friday, November 13, 2026, at the Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco for our Annual Vets 2.0 Gala - an even...
08/24/2026

Join us Friday, November 13, 2026, at the Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco for our Annual Vets 2.0 Gala - an evening of cocktails, dinner, awards, and a live auction.

You'll be in a room with tech executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and civic leaders - alongside the veterans and military spouses your support helps launch into tech careers. Every ticket directly funds Education, Employment, and Entrepreneurship programs.

Register today (50% OFF):
👉 http://zip2.it/galatickets

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