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Center Associate Director

Eric Volmar

Dr. Eric Volmar is the Associate Director of the Stanford Gordian Knot Center. In this role, he guides the Center’s strategic direction, shapes policy and research on national security innovation, and develops the next generation of builders. Previously, Eric was the Chief Strategy Officer at the Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) within the Office of the Secretary of Defense with a mission to attract and scale private capital for national security. He also served as the Chief of Research at AFWERX, the commercial innovation unit for the Department of the Air Force. Eric is a Term Member with the Council on Foreign Relations and was a Rising Leader at the Aspen Strategy Group, a Fellow with the Strategic Management Society, and a researcher at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation.

Eric received a PhD at Stanford in Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. He specializes in how mission-driven organizations form strategy, organize, and compete.

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