Brad Chedister

Brad Chedister is an executive innovation and technology leader specializing in national security, agile R&D and acquisition, international ecosystem building, and human potential. He is passionate about solving complex problems by connecting visionary organizations with innovative solution providers to achieve maximum impact for national security and society. Brad serves as Executive Advisor, Board Member, Founder, and Senior Innovation Advisor across U.S. Government, private sector, and academic organizations — bringing decades of experience building and leading large-scale collaborative R&D ecosystems at the highest levels of government and industry. Brad is a Senior Executive Advisor to several groups inside the Federal Government; and is the Founder and CEO of LANDWERX, a non-profit agricultural and National Security innovation platform; a Partner and the Chief Innovation Officer of the Liminal Collective — a worldwide human potential and leadership ecosystem; Co-Chairs the Warfighter Sustainment & Performance Working Group (NDIA); and holds advisory roles in numerous organizations. His career spans leadership roles in Industry, non-profits, world leading R&D Labs, and the federal government (SOCOM, etc.), where he architected some of the nation's most impactful innovation partnerships across the DoW and Intelligence Community. Deep Tech, Dual Use + Defense Tech, Florida Innovation, National Security, Sports Tech, Cybersecurity, AI, Entrepreneurship + Scaling, Space Tech