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Chapter 2 — Myself as an Author
Talks about self-transformation, family upbringing and cultural identity
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Stephen Rodriguez
Founder of One Defense
Washington, District of Columbia
Overview
Stephen Rodriguez is the Founder of One Defense, a strategic planning and defense intelligence analysis company, with a focus on business development and foreign policy. His career highlights include serving as a Commission Director at the Atlantic Council and being a Life Member at the Council on Foreign Relations, showcasing his expertise in defense and foreign policy.
Work Experience
Founder
2011 - Current
A strategy advisory and machine intelligence firm
Operating Partner
2025
DCVC backs entrepreneurs using deep tech to solve problems and multiply the benefits of capitalism for everyone while reducing its cost.
Chairman - Defense Technology Board
2025
Booz Allen Hamilton is a consulting firm that specializes in analytics, technology, and engineering.
Raised $2,378,460,000.00.
Chairman
2024
BlueForge Alliance is an agile program integrator in a position to fulfill rising technology demands for national security.
Commission Director
2018
Renewing the Atlantic community for global challenges
Life Member
2013
Council on Foreign Relations operates as a non-partisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher.
Raised $2,312,565.00 from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Board Member
2024
Board Advisor + Investor
2022
Board Advisor
2020
Ursa Major provides a propulsion system for space launch, hypersonics, and national security.
Raised $284,329,970.00 from Department of Defense’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) and US Navy.
Board Advisor + Investor
2022
Developing Low-Cost, Modular Unmanned Systems. Designed For Warfighters. Future-Proofed For Tomorrow.
Raised $40,519,500.00 from Bravo Victor Venture Capital, Overmatch Ventures, Backswing Ventures, IronGate Capital Advisors, Decisive Point, Feld Ventures, Red Cat, Cubit Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures and Beyond Capital.