adam jay harrison (born 1973) is an american defense industry entrepreneur, inventor, and advocate for military acquisition reform. he currently works as a startup founder and investor and is the john r. boyd national security innovation fellow at new york university, where he researches the efficacy of national innovation policies that capitalize on collaboration between the public and private sectors. in 2006 harrison founded mav6, a defense technology company recognized by inc. magazine in 2011, 2012, and 2013 as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in america. from 2016 to 2017 he served as the inaugural director of the md5 national security technology accelerator (now the national security innovation network), a human capital innovation program within the office of the secretary of defense and part of the defense innovation unit. and from 2018 to 2019 he was the command innovation officer of the us army futures command, where he designed and implemented the organization's efforts to collaborate with the civilian high-tech sector in the development of advanced, military-relevant capabilities.