Matt Devost
CEO & Co-Founder at OODA LLC
Washington DC-Baltimore Area
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Snowstorm
Total Funding: $3M
Blackwire Labs
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Vectara
Total Funding: $83M
Hack Factory
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Ramagine
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Turion Space
Total Funding: $6M
BreachRx
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Hubble
Total Funding: $21M
Fuzzbuzz
Total Funding: $3M
Ligandal
Total Funding: $4.6M
Wickr
Total Funding: $41M
SCYTHE
Total Funding: $13M
Scythe
Total Funding: $73M
Bluelava
Total Funding: $8M
Four18 Intelligence
Total Funding: $490K
Blue Lava
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Elevate Security
Total Funding: $20M
418 Intelligence
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Great Leap Brewing
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Work Experience
2019
CEO & Co-Founder
2019
OODA helps our clients identify, manage, and respond to global risks and uncertainties while exploring emerging opportunities and developing robust and adaptive strategies for the future. We are a global strategic advisory firm with deep DNA in global security, technology, and intelligence issues.
2024
Board of Trustees
2024
The University of Vermont Board of Trustees has full legal responsibility and authority for the University of Vermont, including the management and control of property and affairs; the setting and approval of policies, budgets and strategic planning; and the appointment of the President.
Theme Developer
2020
ARK Invest is a leading investment firm focused on disruptive innovation that is changing the way the world works. ARK is formed to capitalize on the opportunities for added value and returns created by companies benefiting from technological change. As theme developer Matt offers meaningful insights, experience, and knowledge in ARK’s disruptive innovation themes and challenges, debates, and further validates ARK’s original research during weekly brainstorming sessions.
2008
Managing Director
2008
DEV Group is a Washington D.C.-based holding company. The company operates uniquely at the intersection of technology, security, and investing to accelerate disruptive innovation, help organizations manage dynamic environments, and unlock opportunity.
2022
Founder
2022
We are a start-up studio, growth lab, and brainstorming community in the DC metro region. We build companies based on new ideas and engage in rapid technology prototyping to enable disruptive solutions for a variety of complex problems and opportunities. Established companies or new ideas looking for that extra boost can participate in our growth labs for meaningful mentoring, growth and strategy advisory, and networking support. We provide capital, office space, and access to experts depending on your specific needs. Like Andy Warhol's famous Factory, we bring together the hackers, thinkers, strategists, disruptors, leaders, technologists, and creators for unique events on a variety of issues.
2023
Member Board of Directors
2023
Rainf4ll is designed to help consumers and users of high end goods validate the authenticity of a product from manufacturers.
2021
Board Member
2021
MissionLink.Next is a non-profit trade association and exclusive network that includes decision makers, government leaders, top founders and CEOs from across the US who are using and building the most cutting-edge mission-critical capabilities. Our members are companies with capabilities that national security seeks as their key priorities: cyber, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, autonomy, microelectronics, quantum science, space, UAS/drones, 5G, virtual reality, internet of things and emerging technologies. MissionLink.Next companies are addressing the next generation of threats in national security, healthcare, financial services, e-commerce, social media, life sciences, automotive and transportation, logistics, supply chain, manufacturing and critical infrastructure.
2011
Black Hat Review Board
2011
Matt joined the Black Hat Review Board upon its creation in 2011. The board is comprised of cybersecurity experts and advises Black Hat on its strategic direction, assisting in reviewing and programming conference content, and providing extended reach into the research community.
2020
Advisory Board
2020
With over 25 years of experience specializing in cybersecurity, risk management, counterterrorism, critical infrastructure protection and intelligence issues, Mr. Devost supports CrossCountry’s go-to-market strategy, practice development and select direct client engagement in the cybersecurity sphere. The firm currently provides executive advisory, strategy and transformation, privacy and data protection, cloud security, and cyber risk management services in focus areas such as threat intelligence, insider threat, and cyber attack simulations.
2023
Advisory Board
2023
BLACKPANDA is Asia’s premier cyber security firm hyper-focused on delivering world-class incident response and digital forensics services to the region.