Lee is a William H. McRaven National Security Fellow with BVVC where he learns and advises on Portfolio Operations and School.House—the fund’s invite-only platform experience dedicated to National Security founders.
Before joining the Fund and contributing to School.House, Lee served as a U.S. Army Special Forces Chief Warrant, culminating his 21-year career as a Task Force Commander for Sensitive Activities in the European Theater. In this role, he led a 31-person distributed organization across four countries, delivering over-the-horizon support to strategic partners. He developed and launched a $5.4M strategic initiative that was ultimately briefed to and endorsed by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict (ASD/SOLIC). His leadership contributed to rewriting U.S. Army Special Forces doctrine, driving innovation at the intersection of strategy, technology, and unconventional warfare.
Across six combat deployments and 11 total to CENTCOM, AFRICOM, and EUCOM, Lee built a legacy of operational excellence, high-performance team leadership, and strategy-informed execution in the most complex mission environments. Over the final decade of his career, he held pivotal leadership roles and was consistently sought out as the sole representative for high-consequence strategic initiatives. These included serving as the U.S. military liaison to French counterterrorism operations in Africa, leading crisis response planning for 15 high-risk embassies across the continent, and overseeing sensitive human intelligence operations in both Africa and the Near East. In every assignment, Lee brought clarity to ambiguity and impact to complexity.
Now entering the venture capital world, Lee is focused on accelerating defense technology that provides the United States a strategic advantage in global competition. He is passionate about working with bold, patriotic founders solving hard national security problems. Driven by a deep commitment to legacy—both honoring a fallen teammate and forging a future lineage for his own family—he brings an unrelenting will to win, a bias for action, and a vision-centered approach to every endeavor. He believes technological dominance is the new high ground in national security, and is determined to ensure the U.S. leads the race.