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13 US Army alumni started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Scott Saunders

Founder and CEO
Left
US Army
Judge Advocate General's Corps
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Judge Advocate General's Corps at US Army1993-1994 · left Jan 1994
  • Founder and CEO at Happy Money2009-2021
  • Executive and Investor, Walz Group (acquired by LenderLive) at LenderLive2005-2012
  • SBIC Investments at U.S. Small Business Administration2002-2004
  • Associate at Oxford Finance LLC1999-2001
  • Worker at Hard Work Pays Off1986-1999
  • Air Force Brat at United States Air Force1976-1999
Education
  • Columbia UniversityMBA
  • University of OxfordStudy Abroad
  • George Mason UniversityBS

Jeffrey Miao

Co-Founder
Left
US Army
Air & Ground Movement Coordinator, Provincial Reconstruction Team
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Air & Ground Movement Coordinator, Provincial Reconstruction Team at US Army2009-2010 · left May 2010
  • Motion Graphic Designer at Google2020-2026
  • Motion Graphic Designer at Looker2019-2020
  • Senior Animator at Allison Worldwide2017-2019
  • Co-Founder / Head of Design at Nytch, Inc.2014-2019
  • Technical Director at Nimble Collective2016-2017
  • Technical Director at John McNeil Studio2011-2016
Education
  • NYUMS
  • UC San DiegoBA

Jonté Harrell

Co-Founder
Left
US Army
Captain, Signal Corps
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Captain, Signal Corps at US Army2002-2007 · left Jul 2007
  • Managing Director, Head of Equity Capital Markets at Drexel Hamilton2020-2021
  • Global Head of FP&A, Prime Now at Amazon2018-2020
  • Director, Corporate Treasury at Wells Fargo2017-2018
  • Head of Collateral Trading, Asia-Pacific & Ireland at Credit Suisse2008-2016
Education
  • Columbia UniversityMBA
  • United States Military Academy at West PointBS
  • Charlotte Latin School

Marc Murphy

Founder
Left
US Army
Captain
Before that
Went stealthSep 2026
Work
  • Captain at US Army1993-1998 · left Sep 1998
  • Chief Executive Officer at Dopple2016-2020
  • Chief Executive Officer (Exit to NYSE: BAH in 2016) at SPARC, LLC2013-2016
  • Managing Director/Partner at Deloitte2009-2013
  • Managing Director at BearingPoint1998-2009
  • Manager at KPMG1998-2002
Education
  • Bucknell University
  • American UniversityMaster's
  • MIT

Brandon H.

Co-Founder & CEO
Left
US Army
Infantry Officer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Infantry Officer at US Army2019-2025 · left Feb 2025
  • Senior Data Analyst at Bank of America2025-2026
Education
  • United States Military Academy at West PointBS
  • Georgetown University McDonough School of BusinessMS
  • United States Military Academy Preparatory School

Dev Doshi

Founder
Left
U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command
Engineering Technician
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Engineering Technician at U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command2008-2008 · left Aug 2008
  • AI Agent Experience (AX) and Developer Experience (DX) Consultant at SudoScience2022-2026
  • Principal Engineer at Xolvio2024-2026
  • Senior Software Engineer at Stoked Seagull2024-2025
  • Co-Founder & Lead Developer at Optic2019-2022
  • Technical Lead at Flip Your Training2013-2019
  • Software Developer III at Cengage2017-2019
Education
  • Carnegie Mellon UniversityBS

Frank Sellhausen

Founder
Left
United States Army Reserve
Drill Sergeant & Operations Leader
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Drill Sergeant & Operations Leader at United States Army Reserve2011-2017 · left Aug 2017
  • Senior AI Product Manager - Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at Dell Technologies2021-2026
  • Texas A&M MBA Candidate at Mays Business School - Texas A&M University2019-2020
  • Data Protection Solutions Product Marketing at Dell Technologies2020-2020
  • Time Off - Family Caregiving at The Sellhausen Family2018-2019
  • Financial Institution Specialist (Operational Risk Management) at Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)2014-2018
  • Research Assistant at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee2014-2014
Education
  • Stanford University
  • College of Computing at Georgia TechMaster's
  • Texas A&M UniversityMBA

Vivek Vasani

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder
Left
US Army
Geospatial-Intelligence Analyst
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Geospatial-Intelligence Analyst at US Army2008-2011 · left Oct 2011
  • Senior Director of Engineering at Away2020-2026
  • Staff Software Engineer at Juul Labs2018-2019
  • Engineering Manager at Condé Nast2016-2018
  • Associate Director Of Technology at Resolute2012-2016
  • Intelligence Analyst at Central Intelligence Agency2012-2012
  • IT Technician at Pfizer2005-2008
Education
  • MITCertificate

Gabriel Schuler

Founder
Left
U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Postdoctoral Fellow
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Postdoctoral Fellow at U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory2023-2026 · left Jan 2026
  • Biotechnology Researcher at SURVICE Engineering2026-2026
  • Graduate Student at Cornell University2018-2022
  • Graduate Assistant at Mississippi State University2016-2018
  • Animal Research Technician at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2016-2016
  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant at Saint Francis University2015-2015
  • Student at KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)2015-2015
Education
  • Cornell UniversityPhD
  • Mississippi State UniversityMS
  • St. Francis UniversityBachelor's

Dave C.

Founder
LeftNot listed
Before thatNone listed
Went stealthJul 2026

Katherine Hathaway

Founder
Left
US Army
Tactics Officer - Instructor
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Tactics Officer - Instructor at US Army2012-2022 · left Apr 2022
  • Business Intelligence Analyst - Senior Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory2025-2026
  • Deployment Manager - Deployment Technology Operations and Reports Branch at FEMA2024-2025
  • Military Pathways - Operations Manager, On the Road (OTR), Amazon Logistics at Amazon2022-2023
Education
  • The Johns Hopkins UniversityMBA
  • Norwich UniversityBachelor's
  • Maryland Institute College of ArtMA

Dong Hyuk Woo

Co-Founder
Left
US Army
Computer operator
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Computer operator at US Army2002-2002 · left Oct 2002
  • Senior Vice President at Samsung Semiconductor2023-2026
  • Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google2014-2023
  • Architect at Intel2013-2014
  • Research Scientist at Intel Labs2010-2012
  • Graduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology2006-2010
  • Architecture Intern at NVIDIA2008-2008
Education
  • Georgia TechPhD
  • Georgia TechMS
  • Seoul National UniversityBS

Heiva K.

Co-founder & Head of Strategy
Left
United States Army Reserve
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Director of Strategic Initiatives at United States Army Reserve2023-2025 · left Oct 2025
  • Chief, Joint Contingency Cell / Strategic Planner at Joint Task Force-National Capital Region & U.S. Army Military District of Washington2021-2023
  • Student at National War College2020-2021
  • Military Faculty at Joint Forces Staff College, National Defense University2019-2020
  • Strategic Planner at US Army2017-2019
  • Strategic Planner at United States Army Reserve2014-2017
  • Student, Command and Staff College at United States Marine Corps2013-2014
Education
  • University of Southern CaliforniaBA
  • National War CollegeMS
  • The United States Army War College

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  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
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What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.