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Matt Devost

Founder of OODA LLC

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    2019 - Current

    OODA helps our clients identify, manage, and respond to global risks and uncertainties while exploring emerging opportunities and developing robust and adaptive strategies for the future. We are a global strategic advisory firm with deep DNA in global security, technology, and intelligence issues.

  • Board of Trustees

    2024

    The University of Vermont Board of Trustees has full legal responsibility and authority for the University of Vermont, including the management and control of property and affairs; the setting and approval of policies, budgets and strategic planning; and the appointment of the President.

  • Theme Developer

    2020

    ARK Invest is a leading investment firm focused on disruptive innovation that is changing the way the world works. ARK is formed to capitalize on the opportunities for added value and returns created by companies benefiting from technological change. As theme developer Matt offers meaningful insights, experience, and knowledge in ARK’s disruptive innovation themes and challenges, debates, and further validates ARK’s original research during weekly brainstorming sessions.

  • Managing Director

    2008

    DEV Group is a Washington D.C.-based holding company. The company operates uniquely at the intersection of technology, security, and investing to accelerate disruptive innovation, help organizations manage dynamic environments, and unlock opportunity.

  • Founder

    2022

    We are a start-up studio, growth lab, and brainstorming community in the DC metro region. We build companies based on new ideas and engage in rapid technology prototyping to enable disruptive solutions for a variety of complex problems and opportunities. Established companies or new ideas looking for that extra boost can participate in our growth labs for meaningful mentoring, growth and strategy advisory, and networking support. We provide capital, office space, and access to experts depending on your specific needs. Like Andy Warhol's famous Factory, we bring together the hackers, thinkers, strategists, disruptors, leaders, technologists, and creators for unique events on a variety of issues.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

    Rainf4ll is designed to help consumers and users of high end goods validate the authenticity of a product from manufacturers.

  • Board Member

    2021

    MissionLink.Next is a non-profit trade association and exclusive network that includes decision makers, government leaders, top founders and CEOs from across the US who are using and building the most cutting-edge mission-critical capabilities. Our members are companies with capabilities that national security seeks as their key priorities: cyber, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, autonomy, microelectronics, quantum science, space, UAS/drones, 5G, virtual reality, internet of things and emerging technologies. MissionLink.Next companies are addressing the next generation of threats in national security, healthcare, financial services, e-commerce, social media, life sciences, automotive and transportation, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing and critical infrastructure.

  • Black Hat Review Board

    2011

    Matt joined the Black Hat Review Board upon its creation in 2011. The board is comprised of cybersecurity experts and advises Black Hat on its strategic direction, assisting in reviewing and programming conference content, and providing extended reach into the research community.

  • Advisory Board

    2020

    With over 25 years of experience specializing in cybersecurity, risk management, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection and intelligence issues, Mr. Devost supports CrossCountry’s go-to-market strategy, practice development and select direct client engagement in the cybersecurity sphere. The firm currently provides executive advisory, strategy and transformation, privacy and data protection, cloud security, and cyber risk management services in focus areas such as threat intelligence, insider threat, and cyber attack simulations.

  • Advisory Board

    2023

    BLACKPANDA is Asia’s premier cyber security firm hyper-focused on delivering world-class incident response and digital forensics services to the region.

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