Mikhail Grinberg

Mikhail Grinberg, Associate Principal, consults corporate, financial, and start-up clients in the aerospace & defense industry across multiple functional areas to include corporate strategy and planning, mergers and acquisitions, competitive / market analysis. Mikhail helps lead the company’s emerging technologies practice and has a particular interest in helping companies develop investment strategies for new technology areas. His work has spanned many defense industrial sectors such as unmanned aerial and underwater systems, cyber, laser satellite weapons and communications, robotics, ISR, space, IT, and government services to name a few.

Prior to joining Renaissance, Mikhail worked at Deloitte, as well as IHS Jane’s where he supported the DoD and Intelligence Community in roles that varied from intelligence analysis to supply chain optimization. Mikhail has also done extensive research and writing on defense procurement reform and innovation.

Mikhail is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the National Defense University, where he is helping the Department of Defense develop a strategy for commercializing government innovations. Mikhail is an Editor and on the Board of Directors of The Strategy Bridge, a national security focused journal. He is also a mentor to the Georgetown Hacking 4 Defense Spring 2017 course. Previously he has served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Defense Entrepreneurs Forum, a non-profit focused on preparing leaders for future national security challenges.

Mikhail holds a Master’s in International Security and Terrorism from the University of Nottingham, UK and a Bachelor’s in Political Science and History from the University of Massachusetts.