How AI is Transforming Defense: From the Factory Floor to the Frontlines

Shannon Clark (C’03) will join Alberto Rossi, director of the AI, Analytics, and the Future of Work Initiative and professor of finance, to discuss the intersection of AI, tech, and defense.

Shannon Clark is head of defense growth at Palantir Technologies where she leads innovation, strategy, and growth with Palantir’s defense clients. During her decade-long tenure at Palantir, she has led multiple facets of the business and product, including Palantir’s AI work.

Prior to joining Palantir, Clark was a director for counterterrorism policy on the White House National Security Staff where she planned, directed, and coordinated the development of counterterrorism strategies. Clark also was previously the special assistant to the vice chairman of the join chiefs of staff where she leveraged her expertise as an intelligence officer to provide analytic support to the vice chairman. She began her career as a counterterrorism analyst with the Department of Defense.

Shannon holds a B.S. from Georgetown University and an M.P.A. from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.