Brian Hibbeln

Mr Hibbeln is Executive technologist and innovator, with three decades across the Department of Defense and the US Intelligence Community. Today, he is a strategic advisor to policy institutes, technology associations and growth-minded technology firms that rely on his recommendations to guide and drive their future successes. He is currently a venture partner for SineWave Ventures, LLC, an early-stage venture capital firm dedicated to accelerating technologies across the Fortune 500 and public sector ecosystems; a senior fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, a U.S. based premier think tank for technology policy; a senior advisor for Blackstone Private Equity, the world's largest Private Equity and alternative asset manager. Brian is also a principal with Potomac Advocates, a Washington D.C. government relations and lobbying firm. As Chief Innovation Officer for NineTwelve, he was named vice chairman of the Hypersonic Ground Test Center (HGTC) at Purdue University. Brian co-founded the United States Technology Leadership Council, advancing U.S. technology leadership to benefit society. Prior to entering the private sector, Brian served over three decades in the U.S. Defense Department and Intelligence Community, championing novel uses of commercial systems, sensors and platforms.