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Career profile

Courtney Barno

Operator and Builder | Scaled Venture-Backed Defense and Dual Use Tech | COO-Level Leader Delivering Clarity, Execution, and Growth

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Career path.

  1. Anthropic

    Public Sector GTM

    Mar 2026 - Present
  2. Barno Group LLC

    Founder & Principal

    Oct 2025 - Jan 2026
  3. Joint Special Operations Command

    Senior Advisor to the Chief Technology Officer

    Mar 2025 - Sep 2025
  4. Chief

    Member

    Aug 2024 - Aug 2025
  5. Defense Unicorns

    Chief Operating Officer

    Mar 2022 - Nov 2024
  6. Defense Unicorns

    Director, Strategy and Operations

    Jun 2021 - May 2022
  7. National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

    Director of Research & Analysis

    Mar 2020 - May 2021
  8. Booz Allen Hamilton

    Associate/ Lead Technologist

    Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
  9. Aeyon

    Defense Innovation Board Senior Consultant - Software Modernization

    May 2018 - Oct 2019
  10. U.S. Department of State

    Special Assistant to the Director

    Aug 2016 - May 2018
  11. Veteran Solutions, Incorporated

    Security Program Analyst-U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Office of Overseas

    Feb 2014 - Aug 2016
  12. U.S. Department of State

    Security Program Officer (Intern)

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
  13. National Strategies, LLC

    Research Associate, Homeland Security & Public Safety Practice

    Jan 2013 - May 2013
  14. University of Connecticut Information Security

    Security Analyst

    Jan 2012 - Dec 2013