I may have to update my assessment. Based on "I wanted my own company to do really cool stuff. But I kept running into the infamous valley of death. I am on my third company and trying to reach the other side." That description sounds like he was a one-time researcher at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory but then jumped to the private sector as an inventor/entrepreneur. Not an employee of large defense contractors I'd suggest. Rather, small companies doing prototype designs.
This guessing game is perhaps the most fun I've had on GAW. We have someone exceptional in our midst.
I may have to update my assessment. Based on "I wanted my own company to do really cool stuff. But I kept running into the infamous valley of death. I am on my third company and trying to reach the other side." That description sounds like he was a one-time researcher at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory but then jumped to the private sector as an inventor/entrepreneur. Not an employee of large defense contractors I'd suggest. Rather, small companies doing prototype designs.
This guessing game is perhaps the most fun I've had on GAW. We have someone exceptional in our midst.