Arkansas Startup x Defense Happy Hour
Join Treble One and the Northwest Arkansas startup community for a founder-focused happy hour on how startups can better understand and access the federal marketplace.
This event is for founders, operators, investors, and ecosystem leaders interested in dual-use technology, government contracting, national security innovation, and pilot partnerships.
Whether you are actively pursuing prototype partners, customers or just trying to understand if the market applies to your company, this is a practical place to start.
Treble One Works with companies navigating the federal and defense landscape.
Hosted by Treble One
Brian Bullerman
Owner
Brian is the Managing Partner of Treble One and has over 16 years of experience in government business development, including significant experience in SBIR technology transition, Commercialization Readiness Program, Rapid Innovation Fund, and Broad Agency Announcements. Areas of experience include Propulsion, Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, Coatings, Energy Storage, Thermal Management, Composites, Modeling and Simulation, and Testing.
Prior to joining Treble One, Brian served as an active-duty Air Force officer. As a program manager for military satellite and aircraft propulsion systems, Brian was responsible for planning, budgeting, and executing both new production and technology upgrades. Brian holds a BS in Economics from the United States Air Force Academy and an MBA from California State University.
Lt Col (ret) Joshua "BK" Burger
Vice President for Strategy & Growth
Josh has over 20 years' experience in government engineering and program management, including Major Defense Acquisition Programs in ISR, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and Executive Airlift; Rapid acquisition in the intelligence community; Science and Technology leadership in Lasers Effects and Combustion Research; and Headquarters Air Force as a Program Element Monitor and Executive Officer. Areas of experience include Propulsion, Lasers, Unmanned Systems, Enterprise Information Technology, Defensive Cyber, Commercial Derivative Aircraft, High Speed Transport, Hypersonics, Modular Open Systems Architectures, Multi-Attribute Decision Analysis, Systems Engineering, PPBE, USAF Organizational Equities, Operational Warfare Planning, Small Business Innovative Research and Congressional/Executive Communications.
Prior to joining Treble One, BK served as an active duty Air Force officer. His 20 year career culminated in a tour as the Air Vehicle Program Manager for VC-25B (The Next Air Force One) and the Director of the Vector Initiative. Josh holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Wright State University, an MS in Systems Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, and MA in National Defense and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He is a graduate of the Maritime Advanced Warfighters School and is a thought leader in the USAF innovation ecosystem.