AFWERX and SpaceWERX Overview

Name: AFWERX and SpaceWERX Overview
Start: 2021-09-28T12:55:00-05:00
End: 2021-09-28T13:35:00-05:00
Location: Devvie, 1st Floor & Virtual

Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 12:55 PM - 1:35 PM CDT

Lt Col Rock McMillan

SpaceWERX, Director

Lt Col Walter "Rock" McMillan is the Director of SpaceWERX.

Lt Col McMillan entered the Air Force in 2003 through the University of Southern California ROTC program. He has served in a variety of program management and staff positions within Air Force Materiel Command, Pacific Air Forces, Air Force Space Command, and Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. He served as a Program Element Monitor for Military Satellite Communications programs and as Congressional Liaison Officer, House Division, Office of Legislative Liaison.

Philip Hahn

AFWERX, AFWERX Deputy

Mr. Phil Hahn is the Deputy Director of AFWERX and serves as an Officer in the USAF Reserves, where he currently serves as a squadron commander. Phil has been influential in the development of some of our country’s most sensitive technologies in support of national defense. Before AFWERX, Phil has held positions as an associate for several private investment firms and innovation at a Fortune 50 Company.

Established in 2017 by the Secretary of the Air Force, AFWERX connects innovators across government, industry, and academia to accelerate commercial technologies that can solve military problems. By harnessing the ingenuity of internal talent and creating novel programs to help small businesses, AFWERX is spearheading a new normal for military-civilian partnerships.

Join Col. Nathan Diller and Lt. Col. Rock McMillan to learn more about AFWERX and SpaceWERX, its Space Force affiliated arm, as well what these new approaches mean for the nation’s economy, for its defense, and for you.