Dana Linnet

Dana Linnet is a global business executive, investor, and national security expert specializing in defense, diplomacy, and advanced technologies. She joined TRG in June 2022. Dana brings senior U.S. government service – including as a former contracting officer, along with real-world P&L leadership experience to deliver tangible growth outcomes for our clients.

Dana’s functional expertise includes domestic and international acquisition, capture, BD and sales; licensing, Technology Security and Foreign Disclosure; AI and cyber governance; space systems, autonomous systems; technology integration, and Integrated Air and Missile Defense systems. In government, Dana and her team oversaw $1BN in Foreign and Military assistance and approved billions in defense exports. In the private sector, she and her teams closed billions in defense sales in ships, rotary wing, fighter aircraft, mission systems, missile defense, cyber solutions, energy, space systems, and land systems, along with AI deployment.

Dana holds a MA degree in Political Science from the University of Copenhagen Denmark and a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is an active Board Member and member of multiple professional organizations and networks. She speaks numerous languages.