Biz Peabody

Partner

Biz is Chief of Staff to the President at Shield AI, where she works with all facets of the defense innovation ecosystem to further US policy goals and get critical technologies into the hands of the warfighter. In her time at Shield AI, Biz has also served on the Contracts and Business Development teams to help design, formulate, and execute contracts, programs, and future strategic efforts.

Prior to Shield AI, Biz was a Contract Negotiator at Raytheon Technologies and graduated from their Leadership Development Program. During her time at Raytheon, she negotiated contracts for Early Warning Radar programs and international border security technology portfolios, serving both the Integrated Defense Systems and Intelligence, Information and Services businesses.

She is a Certified Federal Contracts Manager, specializing in contract strategy and negotiation under the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and is particularly passionate about autonomy and artificial intelligence policy, bridging private and public sector talent for the national security community, and creating contracting strategy for small defense firms.

Biz graduated from the joint MBA/MPP program at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School, where she co-authored a master's thesis paper for the Department of Defense on CFIUS policy reform for the commercial space industry. She also holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California.