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Draper Appoints Brandi Vann As Chief Strategy Officer

PRIVATEMar 02, 20264 months ago

Position

Chief Strategy Officer

Company

Draper

Brandi Vann
CambridgeNon ProfitGovernment

Description

Brandi Vann has been appointed as Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Draper, effective March 7. She will oversee the company’s annual strategy and business planning process and manage business intelligence functions.

Company Information

Company

Draper

Location

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

About

As a nonprofit engineering innovation company, Draper serves our nation’s interests and security needs; advances technologies at the intersection of government, academia, and industry; cultivates the next generation of innovators; and solves the most complex challenges. Multidisciplinary teams drawn from a broad and deep talent pool of 1,200 engineers and scientists collaborate to develop first-of-a-kind solutions. Our unbiased approach enables us to focus on our customers’ needs and to deliver new capabilities to them.

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