Majo Ge e al (Ret.) Rod ey D. Lewis, Ph.D.
OAKLAND, Calif., July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — O qa U.S. today a ou ced the appoi tme t of Majo Ge e al (Ret.) Rod ey D. Lewis, Ph.D., to its Boa d of Di ecto s. A atio ally ecog ized leade i defe se, st ategy, a d eme gi g tech ologies, Ge e al Lewis b i gs mo e tha 30 yea s’ expe ie ce i se io milita y leade ship, global ope atio s, a d atio al secu ity i ovatio .
At O qa U.S., Ge e al Lewis’s k owledge a d i sight will help the busi ess st e gthe its bo ds with the Depa tme t of Defe se a d d ive comme cial adva ceme t. As the Fou de & CEO of The Ge e als G oup, LLC, a i tellectual ecosystem that collabo ates with top gove me t officials, comme cial, academic, a d o p ofit leade s, Ge e al Lewis b i gs a u ique u de sta di g of how to tackle ou apidly evolvi g tech ological la dscape a d the efo e e able mo e i fo med decisio -maki g ac oss c itical secto s.
Th oughout his disti guished Ai Fo ce ca ee , Ge e al Lewis held seve al se io oles shapi g U.S. atio al secu ity. As Deputy Di ecto fo Fo ce P otectio J8, Joi t Chiefs of Staff, the Pe tago , he alig ed global fo ce p otectio fo 2,275,000 se vice membe s a d helped alig eleme ts of the Depa tme t of Defe se’s $675 billio a ual budget with missio a d st ategy. He also se ved as Di ecto fo St ategy, Postu e, a d Assessme ts fo the Ai Fo ce, guidi g global st ategic alig me t fo 697,000 milita y a d civilia pe so el.
Ge e al Lewis’s ope atio al leade ship also i cluded se vi g as a Ai Fo ce base comma de , whe e he ove saw thousa ds of se vice membe s a d ma aged mo e tha $2 billio i i f ast uctu e. Ea lie i his ca ee , he se ved as a White House Fellow, wo ki g with gove me t, o p ofit, a d p ivate‑secto leade s to secu e mo e tha 250,000 job commitme ts a d c eate educatio a d well ess oppo tu ities fo milita y families.
“Rod Lewis b i gs u pa alleled atio al secu ity i sight a d a deep u de sta di g of the tech ology la dscape. His expe ie ce will be i valuable as O qa U.S. co ti ues to expa d its capabilities i suppo t of U.S. defe se a d comme cial i ovatio ,” said O qa U.S. CEO Cha les Phillips.
“I am ho o ed to joi the Boa d of Di ecto s of O qa U.S. at a defi i g mome t fo defe se i ovatio . Th oughout my milita y ca ee , I lea ed that ou atio ’s wa fighte s dese ve tech ologies that a e ot o ly i ovative, but t usted, esilie t, a d missio – eady. O qa U.S. is committed to delive i g capabilities that help ou se vice membe s mai tai a decisive adva tage i a i c easi gly complex secu ity e vi o me t. I look fo wa d to wo ki g with the Boa d a d leade ship team to st e gthe Ame ica’s defe se i dust ial base, accele ate i ovatio , a d, most impo ta tly, suppo t the me a d wome who defe d ou atio .” — Majo Ge e al (Ret.) Rod ey D. Lewis, Ph.D.
Ge e al Lewis cu e tly se ves o the boa ds of the White House Fellows Fou datio a d Associatio a d the Ce te fo I te atio al P ivate E te p ise.
He holds a Ph.D. i Educatio , Health & Behavio Studies f om the U ive sity of No th Dakota, two Maste of Scie ce deg ees f om the Ai Fo ce I stitute of Tech ology a d the U ive sity of Southe Califo ia, a d a Bachelo of Scie ce deg ee f om the U.S. Ai Fo ce Academy. His executive educatio i cludes p og ams at No thweste U ive sity’s Kellogg School of Ma ageme t, Geo getow U ive sity’s Gove me t Affai s I stitute, the Aspe I stitute, a d Ha va d Busi ess School’s Adva ced Ma ageme t P og am.
O qa U.S. is a tech ology i ovato focused o adva ci g U.S. leade ship i defe se, ae ospace, obotics, a d ext‑ge e atio commu icatio systems. Fo mo e i fo matio , visit us at www.o qa.us.
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