Sam Havelock

Entrepreneur, Venture Developer, Investment Banker. Former Navy SEAL and Marine Corps Officer with Duke MBA, and C-Suite experience. Significant expertise in Technology Commercialization, Advanced Manufacturing, Venture Capital and Investment Banking.

Former Department of Defense Program Manager with 6 technology program portfolios valued in excess of $1Bn. Duke Health Sector Management credentials. Former Chief Executive Officer and Founder of a Medical Device Rapid Prototyping Advanced Manufacturing firm.

Principal architect and former Commanding Officer of Naval Special Warfare Special Reconnaissance TEAM 1 (SEAL Team Command); A post-9/11 counter-terrorism enterprise focused on operationalization of teams and emerging technologies to conduct advanced Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). Deployed over $500M developing training programs, technology assets and capabilities for the SEAL Team’s California based Flagship Intelligence Enterprise.

Developed units as varied as human & signal intelligence collection teams, multi-purpose canine teams, and an Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Squadron. Multiple assignments abroad as an operations Director leading organization as large as 4,000 persons in Western Europe, the Mediterranean, Balkans, and the Middle East. A leadership, start-up, operations, and team-building expert, excels at planning and coordinating resources and activities of distributed teams during dynamic market changes, ambiguity, and conditions of uncertainty. National Level Security Clearances: SCI/TK/G/B/H.