Brian Schrimpf

Brian Schimpf is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Anduril Industries where he drives the strategic direction and product roadmap of the defense technology company.

Prior to Anduril, Brian was an early hire at Palantir Technologies, where he built the Foundry product that is now deployed worldwide, and led the engineering and product organizations as Director of Engineering. He served numerous domestic and international government organizations across the intelligence, defense, and law enforcement sectors.

Previously, Brian was the Founder and Lead of Cornell University’s autonomous vehicle research program where his teams competed in the DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge. Based on this work, he published several technical papers on autonomous vehicles. Brian graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. He also serves as a senior advisor and board member for several government technology companies providing solutions to governments, and has previously served on federal advisory councils.