Jeffrey R. Cares

Jeff is an author, entrepreneur and thought-leader in defense and corporate innovation. He consults at senior levels of the international defense industry and is a leading researcher in collective robotics, cyber defense and networked warfare. He has been the primary author of many of the US military’s transformational concepts and lectures internationally at senior service colleges on the future of combat. He is a pioneer in developing new methods of military and business war gaming and strategic planning. Harvard Business Review selected Jeff’s research to the Top 20 list of "Breakthrough Ideas for 2006," and he has been featured in such Information Age bellwethers as Wired and Fast Company.

A combat veteran of the first Gulf War, Jeff’s military career included multiple command tours, over a decade of service on four-star staffs, service in the Pentagon and all Fleet Headquarters, and joint and combined operations worldwide. He is a retired Navy Captain.