George M. Dougherty

An active duty and reserve officer in the U.S. Air Force, George M. Dougherty has served as a senior leader in defense laboratories, military service headquarters in the Pentagon, and in the office of the Secretary of Defense. He coauthored the Air Force’s science and technology strategy. In addition, he is a business strategist who helps leading science and technology-driven companies to navigate disruptive change. Colonel Dougherty has written numerous articles for defense journals and given invited lectures on disruptive innovation and future combat doctrine. He holds three engineering degrees, including a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Cornell University. He lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, DC, with his wife, a biomedical scientist.