Air Force Ken

Leadership · Career

Decision advantage,
at the highest stakes.

Two decades operating at the intersection of national security, deep tech, biotech, and AI. Roles where the wrong call costs lives or billions, and the right call changes the field.

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Reach

Where the work lands

The career compounds outward. From a USAF special operations core, through the Intelligence Community, into national science and policy boards, and now across biotech, AI, and private boardrooms.

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Trajectory

The Timeline

  1. 2026 to Present

    Solace LifeSciences · NuCalm

    Fractional Chief Technology Officer

    • Advising on scaling a neuroscience-based stress, recovery, and performance platform
    • Technology strategy, product architecture, growth, and AI adoption in marketing
  2. 2025 to 2026

    Integrated Precision Health

    Interim Chief Technology Officer

    • Led application teams for DARPA, HHS, and State of Maryland grants
    • Led five engineers to smooth, index, and query 1.3 billion health datapoints for national EHR analysis
  3. 2026

    Clinical Data Inc · Cor Concierge Wellness

    Interim Chief Technology Officer

    • Raised $350,000 in seed funding
    • Launched a peptide company in under 45 days as founding technology leader
  4. 2024 to 2025

    Transcend Company

    Chief Data & AI Officer

    • Led AI, data, and operational modernization for a human performance and regenerative medicine company with about $50M ARR
    • Deployed agentic systems to accelerate conversion, track metrics, close leads, analyze deal flow, and support upselling
    • Built cross-functional alignment across clinical, operations, and commercial teams during rapid growth
  5. 2023 to 2024

    Defense Intelligence Agency

    Deputy Chief, Future Capabilities & Innovation

    • Led DoD investment teams across NeedipeDIA, In-Q-Tel, and DIU, a multi-billion dollar apparatus
    • Led initial due diligence on more than 1,000 venture offerings, contributing to several hundred million dollars in government investment in private companies
    • 5x award recipient at USAF, DNI, and OSD levels
  6. 2022 to 2023

    Defense Intelligence Agency

    Deputy Chief, Space & Counterspace Analysis

    • Oversaw 35 senior analysts producing all-source intelligence for POTUS and SECDEF
    • Built the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Ukraine Common Operational and Intelligence Picture
    • Deployed the first AI to support combat operations in EUCOM, alert timeline 30 minutes to 3 seconds
    • 2022 NIPA Mission Integration Award (Individual): built the 12,000-component Intelbook relational database that accelerated Ukraine intelligence flow
    • 2022 INSA Joan A. Dempsey Mentorship Award nominee
  7. 2019 to 2022

    NRO User Engagement Office

    Chief, Air Force Service Team

    • Led the NRO Advanced-Engagement Tactical Automation Team (2019 to 2021)
    • Led a 22-month impact study: 34 million datapoints, 400,000 lines of code, IC tools serving up to 150,000 users
    • Contributed to more than $1.5B in permanent funding for previously temporary NRO tool budgets (2022)
    • Built a 13,000-relationship DoD visualization spanning 1,900 units, 350 bases, and 196 mission functions
    • Drove widespread adoption of geospatial visualization tools across the IC and combatant commands
  8. 2017 to 2019

    Air Force Global Strike Command

    Intelligence Lead

    • Targeting and decision-support intelligence for the bomber and ICBM enterprise
    • Authored guidelines for the B-21's flight deck Heads-Up Display
  9. 2013 to 2017

    US Central Command

    Intelligence Operations Staff

    • All-source intelligence operations supporting CENTCOM-wide targeting and campaign planning
    • Awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal
  10. 2010 to 2013

    United States Air Force

    Special Operations Mission Commander

    • USAF Special Operations, 134 enemy killed in action across operational tours
  11. 2006 to 2010

    89th Airlift Wing · Air Force One

    Intelligence Officer

    • Protected the President's aircraft and senior leaders on missions to 67 countries
    • Pioneered 3D fly-through flight planning with the Google Earth development team
    • 89th Airlift Wing Company Grade Officer of the Year, 2009
  12. 1999 to 2002

    Air Force Special Operations

    Aircraft Crew Chief

    • Flew aboard the MC-130E Combat Talon during a 2002 combat deployment
    • Awarded the Air Medal for heroism
    • Offered a commission in the combat zone; commissioned through ROTC in 2006

Concurrent Initiative · 2013 to 2023

Architect, Go-IC Data Fusion

Intelligence Community

  • Built the IC's most powerful and popular data fusion feed, 9,000 real-time decision feeds
  • Deployed to the White House Situation Room, GEN Lloyd Austin, and SECDEF leadership
  • Main impetus in the defeat of ISIS, drove widespread USG adoption of geospatial visualization tools

Strategic Advisory

Boards & Working Groups

Where Ken has shaped national strategy, capital, and capability.

Warrior GMR Foundation

Founding member and podcast host. The podcast has passed 2 million views and helped raise more than $150,000 for military members in gaming.

Defense Science Board

Recruited as Military SME on quantum sciences, hypersonics, long-range bombing, data fusion targeting, drone warfare, and biotechnology.

White House AI Futures Working Group

Air Force Lead among 67 members. Shaped the President's FY20 AI strategy.

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) AI Research and Development Working Group

Founding member. Architected and deployed the first presidential discretionary fund for AI and quantum-based AI.

USAF Scientific Advisory Board

Co-led the SECAF-directed 'Future Air Force Vanguard' study (B-21 pathway) and 'Data Fusion for Target Location in a Highly Contested Environment.'

SECDEF Venture Capital Fellow

Competitively selected, assigned to Harpoon, advising on military and IC applications of emerging tech.

NRO Advanced-Engagement Tactical Automation

Chief of the National Reconnaissance Office Advanced-Engagement Tactical Automation Team, 2019 to 2021.

MENSA ProdigyWorks 'Genius' Group

4x member, 4x Best Contributor for three Fortune 500 companies, 2022 to present.

Recognition

Awards & Decorations

Military decorations, campaign service, and professional honors.

Top Decorations

  • Defense Meritorious Service Medal
  • Meritorious Service Medal
  • Air Medal for heroism
  • Air & Space Commendation Medal (3 'V' devices, 3 OLC)
  • Army Commendation Medal
  • Air & Space Achievement Medal
  • Joint Meritorious Unit Award (5 OLC)
  • Meritorious Unit Award (2 OLC)
  • Air & Space Outstanding Unit Award (3 OLC)

Campaign & Service

  • AF Good Conduct Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal (1 Service Star)
  • Afghanistan Campaign Medal (1 Service Star)
  • Iraq Campaign Medal (2 Service Stars)
  • Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
  • Air & Space Overseas Service Ribbon (Short)
  • Air & Space Expeditionary Service Ribbon w/ Gold Border (1 OLC)
  • Air & Space Longevity Service Award (4 OLC)
  • Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon (Rifle)
  • Air & Space Training Ribbon
Ken Corigliano's USAF ribbon rack

Current ribbon rack

Professional Recognition

2022 NIPA Mission Integration Award (Individual)

2022 INSA Joan A. Dempsey Mentorship Award Nominee

Lt Col (ret), USAF Special Operations

Current TS/SCI clearance

Air Force Officer / Professional / Athlete of the Year

5x Awards at USAF, DNI & OSD Levels

100+ Patents, Trademarks & Copyrights

$1.5B+ in Mission Program Funding Secured

Published Works

Books, Strategy & Doctrine

  • 2021The State of BeingAuthor
  • 2020Machine on the Human: The Real Way AI Will Help Humans WinAuthor
  • 2020EU Commission White Paper on AI: A European Approach to Excellence and TrustContributor / Consulted Reviewer
  • 20192050: Superpowers, SuperproblemsAuthor, DNI Nominated
  • 2019USAF Quantum Information Sciences Strategy (Draft V9)Co-author & Editor
  • 2018USAF Hypersonic Weapon White PaperEditor & Contributor
  • 2018Guidelines for the B-21's Flight Deck Heads-Up DisplayAuthor
  • 2017USAF Quantum Information Sciences Working GroupCreator
  • 2017USAF 'Fight on JWICS' ProgramCreator

Foundation

Education

Master of Arts, International Relations

Webster University. Summa Cum Laude.

Dual BA, International Relations & Political Science

Saint Leo University. Magna Cum Laude.

MIT Executive Education

Business Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

Graduate Fellow, COAT

Collaborative Operations Advisory Team. Director of National Intelligence certified graduate.

Executive Leadership

The Walt Disney Company Leadership Course (2021), John C. Maxwell Leadership Development (2020), Franklin Covey Leadership (2019).