Zachery Tyson Brown is a national security futurist with The Aerospace Corporation, a federally-funded research and development center that supports the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and the civil and commercial space sectors. A seasoned intelligence officer, Zach has more than twenty years of experience solving complex problems at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of defense and national security. Zach is also a combat veteran with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan during the Global War on Terrorism. After leaving the military, Zach served as an analyst in the Intelligence Community focused on disruptive and emerging technologies, long-range forecasting, and alternate futures. Before joining Aerospace, Zach served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a Strategic Competition Officer, where he supported senior Department of Defense leaders at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Strategic Capabilities Office, and at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security where he supported various compartmented intelligence programs and led special project working groups.