DIU chooses ex-Presidential Innovation Fellow to fill director role

FedScoop: The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU, previously DIUx), the Pentagon’s Silicon Valley outreach arm, has chosen a new director.

Michael Brown, who has been working with DIU as a Presidential Innovation Fellow for most of the past two years, will assume the role that Raj Shah left in February. Brown will take over from Capt. Sean Heritage, who has been filling in as managing partner on an interim basis — Heritage will become the team’s Navy lead. Brown’s first day is Sept. 24.

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