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Liz Young McNally

Deputy Director, Commercial Operations, DIU. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Liz Young McNally is Deputy Director, Commercial Operations at the Defense Innovation Unit. A West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, and former U.S. Army officer, she previously served as co-CEO of Schmidt Futures and as a partner at McKinsey & Company.

What they said3 Shows1

Everything Liz Young McNally said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Assertion Partly supported

McNally: Secretary Hegseth mandated commercial procurement models for all DoD software

“Secretary Hegseth just, ah, you know, in the last few weeks authored a memo saying that we're going to use that approach for all software acquisition.”

Liz Young McNally May 6, 2025 ▶ 8:27 Modernizing Warfare and Beyond

a16z Assertion Partly supported

McNally: 40% of DIU Contract Winners Are First-Time DoD Vendors

“40% of the companies that, that win our solutions every year are first time to DoD, right?”

Liz Young McNally May 6, 2025 ▶ 8:19 Modernizing Warfare and Beyond

a16z Assertion Not checkable as stated

McNally: DoD operates on two-year cycles while technology moves in days

“The department works on two-year cycles, right? Technology works on the cycles of days, weeks, you know, maybe months, but probably more, more days and weeks, and how do we bridge that gap?”

Liz Young McNally May 6, 2025 ▶ 11:12 Modernizing Warfare and Beyond

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Liz's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Deputy Director, Commercial Operations, DIU	1	3	0% 0/2	full record on the a16z Podcast →