Adam Comfort has seventeen years in the national security space, including time on Capitol Hill, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and managing dozens of contracts across DoD and the Intelligence Community. Prior to joining ARLIS, he was Vice President of DoD Cyber Solutions at Parsons, and has held various management and growth roles at EverWatch, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems and Detica. His work has centered on helping to stand up new government organizations, from the Department of Homeland Security to the Joint IED Defeat Organization to US Cyber Command.
During his time in industry, Adam has overseen technology development portfolios in cyber, C5ISR, and AI, including several major DoD programs of record. He has also served as a policy advisor to senior leaders at CISA, ODNI, and OSD.