Rocio Bauer’s profile over at WashingtonExec is worth your time if you’re thinking about how technology leadership shows up in Army mission contexts. She’s spent her career translating operational need into capability—first as a soldier, now as a technologist—and that dual fluency is harder to find than people think.
When I map the market for senior technology roles supporting DoD, I’m looking for exactly that: leaders who’ve lived both sides and can speak credibly to warfighters and engineers alike. It’s not just about the clearance or the résumé. It’s about whether someone understands the stakes when a system doesn’t work downrange, and whether they can build the team that makes sure it does.