JR Gibbens serves as the Office of Strategic Capitals Chief Investment Officer in the U.S. Department of Defense. OSC’s mission is to attract and scale private capital in support of national security. OSC’s current focus is on the development and implementation of new financial tools to increase public-private investment in our Nation’s enabling and frontier technologies.
Previously JR was Director, Private Capital Markets at Capstone Partners and co-founded and served as COO/CFO of Trumbull, a Forbes Top 25 Veteran Founded company and one of Entrepreneur’s 100 Brilliant Companies. JR spent 11 years on active duty where he flew F-16s and was handpicked for a selective unit responsible for the development and employment of advanced uncrewed systems. JR continues to serve in the Air National Guard.
JR has an MBA from Rice University and a Masters of Science in Operations Research from SMU as well as a Bachelors of Science from the United States Air Force Academy.