Allocators and Warfighters: From the Cap Table to the Battlefield with Kevin Pavnica
About this episode
Kevin Pavnica discusses the lessons learned from military technology needs and how they apply to capital allocation.
A young lieutenant in Afghanistan once sat next to a 40-foot shipping container packed with robots nobody asked for — a warning about what happens when defense technology outruns the warfighter's actual needs. Kevin Pavnica now uses that lesson to help capital allocators avoid funding the next container of unused tech. Kevin Pavnica, partner at Blackrock Strategy and a U.S. Army veteran of the elite Asymmetric Warfare Group who still serves as a Major in the Indiana Army National Guard, joins...
People in this episode
Host: Joshua Wilson
Guest: Kevin Pavnica
Topics covered
- defense technology
- capital allocation
- military experience
- investment strategy
- technology needs
Keywords
- defense technology
- capital allocators
- investment
- military
- technology needs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Blackrock Strategy, Indiana Army National Guard, Asymmetric Warfare Group
Places: Afghanistan
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