FROM BATTLE TO BUSINESS


entrepreneurship to be an opportunity to do something new, unique and impor- tant with his many talents. Teamey holds two master’s degrees—an M.A. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies with a focus on energy and international finance, and an M.S. in materials science from Columbia University—in addition to a B.A. in environmental engineering from Dartmouth College.


While Teamey’s association with DARPA came about as serendipity—on the referral of a friend whom DARPA had contacted after reading about his work


in Te Wall Street Journal—that can’t be said of Teamey’s efforts in other start- ups he has been involved with in energy, finance, and chemical technology. Te common thread among these diverse endeavors is creative problem-solving—a skill that, as Teamey amply demonstrates, crisscrosses the boundary between uni- formed service in the reserve component and civilian work throughout a reservist’s career, regardless of the Soldier’s military specialty or civilian field.


“Te management and leadership skills are fungible regardless of whether you apply them in the military or a civilian


occupation,” Teamey said. “Te skills that you develop in the Army and the Army Reserve can be directly applied to leading and managing people in a civil- ian career.”


IDENTIFYING AN ENTRY TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP Teamey’s work for DARPA was the first of several challenges that he has tackled as a civilian.


He knew from his friend Nick Ayers, an Army armor officer who was still on active duty, that DARPA was looking for someone to work with its Informa- tion Processing Techniques Office, a precursor to the present-day Information Innovation Office. Teamey got in touch with the agency and began to work for Maeda’s team. “Collectively, we came up with the concept of TIGR,” he said.


“It was an interesting problem. At the time, everybody was still using paper as a means of recording patrol debriefs, or they’d use Word documents or something like that. But there was no efficient means of shar- ing information between units.”


DARPA developed TIGR, a Web-based software application that runs on the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network. TIGR’s graphical, map-referenced user interface allows for easy collection and searching of multimedia data such as voice recordings, digital photo and GPS tracks. Te system uses a state-of-the-art data distribution architecture to mini- mize load on the tactical network while allowing rapid exchange of digital imag- ery and other multimedia data.


SOMETHING FROM NOTHING


A Liquid Light Inc. employee puts together reactors. Liquid Light is just one of Teamey’s startups, founded with a vision to convert carbon dioxide—which is an abundant but essentially useless greenhouse gas—to useful materials. (Photo courtesy of LTC Kyle Teamey)


With TIGR, ground troops can col- lect information on key infrastructure, landmarks and terrain; create photo overlays; and add information on routes, tribal areas and the like to support their


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