Dr. Dan Patt is Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and serves on the advisory board at the Andy W. Marshall Foundation. He is Executive Partner to THL Partners for growth investments and is also CSO for STR. Previously, Dan was CEO of Vecna Robotics, a commercial venture-backed warehouse robotics and workflow orchestration company. He served as deputy director for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Strategic Technology Office (STO), led investments in operationalized AI, networking, and radiofrequency technologies, launched the Mosaic initiative, and ran the Modernization initiative associated with the 2018 National Defense Strategy. He is a robotics and drone controls engineer by training and has participated in the development and flight test of five drone aircraft. His interests lie at the intersection of technology and society, understanding and shaping how technology is shaping productivity, security, and wellbeing.