Speakers

Young J. Bang is currently an Operating Executive with The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm with $453 Billion of assets under management.  He is focused on the Aerospace, Defense and Technology sectors. 

Previously, Young was appointed as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics & Technology) on 8 March 2022. As the Principal Deputy, Mr. Bang advised the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics & Technology and Army leadership on all matters relating to Army acquisitions, research & development, procurement, modernization and digital transformation.

Prior to joining ASA(ALT), Young served at the C Suite or EVP level at multiple large and mid-size companies leading P&L, building business and growth and product development across services and product companies. He has broad experience in M&A on both buy and sell side and has used his knowledge of addressable markets to guide the growth in existing, adjacent and new markets/capabilities. His extensive experience spans commercial and federal consulting covering technology, healthcare, telecom and strategy. From a technology perspective, he has deep expertise in Cutting Edge Technology like Quantum, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber, Extended Reality (XR) and Digital Transformation (Modern Software Development, Big Data, Cloud) to drive growth across multiple markets from Army, Navy, Air Force, Joint, Intelligence, Health (Federal and Commercial), DHS, DoJ, DoT and DoS. Mr. Bang has worked in product development in hardware and software, cyber, data and AI as well as startups during the dotcom period. Prior to that Mr. Bang served in the Army in various leadership positions across Ft Bragg, Korea and Aberdeen Proving Grounds.