John Robb
Military analyst and technology entrepreneur
John Robb is a military analyst, entrepreneur and former pilot who writes about war, politics and technology. He wrote Brave New War.
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Born 1962 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States
About John Robb
John Robb studied astronautical engineering at the US Air Force Academy and went on to fly as an Air Force pilot. He also served as a pilot in a tier one special operations unit that worked on counter-terrorism. In business, he worked as an Internet analyst at Forrester Research in the 1990s and co-founded the online brokerage and banking company Gomez, which sold for 295 million US dollars. He later served as chief operating officer and chief executive officer of UserLand Software. Robb wrote Brave New War, a book about the future of national security. He has advised US government bodies, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and gave testimony to the House Armed Services Committee in 2009. He writes the Global Guerrillas Report, which covers war, politics and technology.