DEFCON AI Announces General (Ret.) Thomas Bussiere as Strategic Advisor

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DEFCON AI today announced that General (Ret.) Thomas Bussiere, U.S. Air Force General and former Commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor. In this role, General Bussiere will work closely with DEFCON AI leadership, engineers, and customers to advance ongoing efforts across the company’s work with the Department of War focused on modernization, operational optimization, and improving decision advantage.

Over a distinguished 40-year career, General Bussiere led some of the nation’s most critical strategic organizations, overseeing global operations, advanced technology integration, enterprise transformation, force readiness, and multi-domain command and control. He held roles across flying, staff, and command assignments including Deputy Director for Nuclear, Homeland Defense, and Current Operations, Joint Staff and Inspector General, Headquarters, Air Force Global Strike Command Advanced Programs Division Headquarters, Air Combat Command. He additionally served as the Commander of multiple agencies, including the Eighth Air Force, Eleventh Air Force, Alaskan Command, Joint Functional Component of Global Strike and Task Force 204, U.S. Strategic Command.

As DEFCON AI accelerates the development of next-generation decision-support technologies, General Bussiere’s experience will help bridge the gap between emerging analytical capabilities and operational applications. His guidance will help ensure that the company continues to develop solutions that not only advance technology, but also provides practical, relevant, and impact for the evolving needs of the Department of War and joint force commanders.

"Decision advantage isn't a concept — it's a requirement. DEFCON AI is delivering exactly that, and I'm proud to be part of the team helping joint force commanders fight and lead,” said General Bussiere.

As Strategic Advisor, General Bussiere will support DEFCON AI’s growing portfolio of initiatives aimed at improving logistics, readiness, operational planning, and enterprise decision-making through advanced modeling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and optimization technologies.

“Working with General Bussiere back in our Pentagon days was a career highlight. His unique mix of exceptional capability, keen insight, mission drive, and good cheer allowed us to not only accomplish great things, but to have fun while we were doing it,” said Yisroel Brumer, DEFCON AI CEO. “I am very proud that he chose to join us and look forward to working together again.”

About DEFCON AI

DEFCON AI, an insights company born in defense transportation and logistics, delivers next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis toolsets tailored for resilient optimization of complex systems. Leveraging extensive expertise in artificial intelligence, mathematical optimization, data analytics, and world-class software engineering, our technology provides insights for better decisions in a complex and dynamically changing world. We empower clients to anticipate, assess, and mitigate the potential impacts of disrupted and non-disrupted networks, aligning outcomes with operational goals. Visit us at defconai.com and follow us on LinkedIn.