Brian had been working as a program manager for a defense contractor, but had reached the zenith of what he could accomplish in that position. He wanted to shift all of his energies toward business development, especially the strategic positioning of companies to win new work. An opportunity arose with L3Harris that involved autonomous vehicles, which was an area of innovation that intrigued and excited him. Brian was hired on to assist in capturing a program of record for the U.S. Navy, and saw immediately that the project was a stretch for L3Harris’s internal capabilities. Since he was a brand new employee, and since it was a must-win strategically critical program, he knew needed reinforcements.