Cameron McCord
Partner
Cameron is the CEO and Co-founder of Nominal, a software company that builds tools and data infrastructure for complex hardware development and testing.
Prior to Nominal, Cameron was the Head of Defense at Saildrone, a maritime data company and commercial provider of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), where he led a team across product, business development, government relations, and strategy, and rapidly scaled commercial efforts with defense and IC customers. He was also a Venture Associate at Lux Capital where he focused on the intersections of emerging technology, venture capital, and national security.
Cameron works alongside an incredible team at Lux to source groundbreaking future technology with the goal of building a better future while turning science fiction into science fact. He works with portfolio companies to architect go-to- market strategies for national security business and is routinely sought out to advise Congress as well as other federal agencies on commercial technology and venture capital.
Prior to Lux, Cameron was a product manager and growth lead at Anduril Industries where he led a team of software engineers and helped develop Anduril’s computer-vision enabled autonomous cUAS capability (counter unmanned aerial systems). He helped to design Anduril’s initial strategy campaign for autonomous maritime systems with the Navy.
Before Anduril, Cameron served as a Congressional Liaison for the Navy, where he worked with the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and the subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats, and Capabilities (IETC). He helped contribute to the 2020 Future of Defense Task Force report and worked with Members of Congress, professional staff, and senior DoD officials to identify and promote emerging technology applications. Cameron served in the US Navy as a fast attack submarine officer and completed a Priority One deployment to the North Atlantic and European Command area of responsibility with 450+ days underwater.
He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an SB and SM in Physics and Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
