90. How Two Marines Cracked the Defense Tech Industry (Reveal Technologies)

About this episode

Garrett Smith discusses how bottom-up product design in defense technology can improve outcomes and what business leaders can learn from this approach.

Most security decisions fail when the people doing the work don’t have the information they need. Garrett Smith, Founder and CEO of Reveal Technology and a Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel, explains how bottom-up product design changes defense outcomes—and what business leaders can learn about building technology people actually adopt. Listen to learn how compliance, procurement, and mission pressure shape what ships and what stalls. Garrett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wgarrettsmith/ Reveal Technology: https://www.revealtech.ai Jon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-mclachlan Sasha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliaksandr-sinkevich YSecurity: https://www.ysecurity.io 🔒 Sponsored by YSecurity Closing a big deal and getting hit with a vendor questionnaire, SOC 2 request, or pen test requirement? That's exactly what we handle. YSecurity embeds a team of security engineers with backgrounds from Apple, Uber, Microsoft, Robinhood, and Brex directly into your company. No full-time hire, no bloated retainer. You set a monthly cap and we handle everything. Book a free strategy call and we'll tell you exactly where you stand. 👉 Book your free call: 30 Min Meeting | YSecurity.io |…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jon McLachlan, Aliaksandr Sinkevich

Guest: Garrett Smith

Topics covered

• defense technology
• product design
• business leadership
• compliance
• procurement
• military experience

Keywords

• defense tech
• product design
• military
• business leaders
• technology adoption
• compliance
• procurement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reveal Technology, YSecurity

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