Team Profiles
Bernice Kissinger – Bernice Glenn leads Ballard Partners' military and national security practice across the Indo-Pacific, with decades of experience advising senior defense organizations including NSWC Crane, MARFORPAC, Army Futures Command, and ACC Orlando. A Princeton-educated East Asia specialist, she has supported Japan's first government-led Defense Accelerator and secured co-production funding for drones, munitions, and strategic vehicles across Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan. Her development of Accelerated Tabletop Exercises, Sprints, and Reverse Industry Days has saved government partners over a year in acquisition cycle time and increased qualified solicitation responses by 700%. Bernice brings rare fluency in both the policy and operational dimensions of U.S.-Allied defense collaboration.
Jeremy Knopp – An experienced technology leader with a career spanning government, industry, and academia in the research and development of dual-use technologies. He has built international science and technology partnerships across the Asia-Pacific region, with deep expertise in materials, advanced manufacturing, nanotechnology, and quantum systems. His foundational work in Non-Destructive Evaluation — specifically the statistical reliability of inspections for engines and airframes — informs his rigorous approach to technology readiness and systems lifecycle. Jeremy brings a proven ability to identify emerging technology potential and advance it across the full Technology Readiness Spectrum.
Timothy Bunning – A 2026 inductee of the National Academy of Engineering and recently retired Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), where he served as primary science and engineering advisor to the AFRL Commander and corporate-level technical interface for a $3.5 billion annual S&T enterprise spanning nine technology directorates, the 711th Human Performance Wing, and a workforce of nearly 6,000. As AFRL's senior technology ambassador, Tim led engagement across academia, industry, other DoD services, federal agencies, and international partners, and was the senior executive responsible for standing up AFRL's new Strategic Partnering Directorate (AFRL/SP) in 2023. Earlier, as Chief Scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, he set strategic direction for a 900-person, $400 million enterprise covering metals, ceramics, semiconductors, photonics, polymers, biomaterials, and advanced manufacturing; and as Air Force Principal and Lead of the OSD Materials & Manufacturing Processes Community of Interest, he aligned $800 million of DoD resources across eight technical teams. A globally recognized expert in photonic and electro-optical materials, Tim has authored more than 325 refereed papers, holds 18 patents, and is an elected Fellow of eight professional societies including AFRL, the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Optical Society of America. He earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in chemical and materials engineering from the University of Connecticut, was awarded the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2025. Tim brings to Kissinger Advisors unmatched depth in federal S&T strategy, dual-use materials and advanced manufacturing, and the international scientific partnerships that underpin allied technology co-development.
Bernice Kissinger – Bernice Glenn leads Kissinger Advisors military and national security practice across the Indo-Pacific, with decades of experience advising senior defense organizations including NSWC Crane, MARFORPAC, Army Futures Command, and ACC Orlando. A Princeton-educated East Asia specialist, she has supported Japan's first government-led Defense Accelerator and secured co-production funding for drones, munitions, and strategic vehicles across Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan. Her development of Accelerated Tabletop Exercises, Sprints, and Reverse Industry Days has saved government partners over a year in acquisition cycle time and increased qualified solicitation responses by 700%. Bernice brings rare fluency in both the policy and operational dimensions of U.S.-Allied defense collaboration.
Jeremy Knopp – An experienced technology leader with a career spanning government, industry, and academia in the research and development of dual-use technologies. He has built international science and technology partnerships across the Asia-Pacific region, with deep expertise in materials, advanced manufacturing, nanotechnology, and quantum systems. His foundational work in Non-Destructive Evaluation — specifically the statistical reliability of inspections for engines and airframes — informs his rigorous approach to technology readiness and systems lifecycle. Jeremy brings a proven ability to identify emerging technology potential and advance it across the full Technology Readiness Spectrum.
Timothy Bunning – A 2026 inductee of the National Academy of Engineering and recently retired Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), where he served as primary science and engineering advisor to the AFRL Commander and corporate-level technical interface for a $3.5 billion annual S&T enterprise spanning nine technology directorates, the 711th Human Performance Wing, and a workforce of nearly 6,000. As AFRL's senior technology ambassador, Tim led engagement across academia, industry, other DoD services, federal agencies, and international partners, and was the senior executive responsible for standing up AFRL's new Strategic Partnering Directorate (AFRL/SP) in 2023. Earlier, as Chief Scientist of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, he set strategic direction for a 900-person, $400 million enterprise covering metals, ceramics, semiconductors, photonics, polymers, biomaterials, and advanced manufacturing; and as Air Force Principal and Lead of the OSD Materials & Manufacturing Processes Community of Interest, he aligned $800 million of DoD resources across eight technical teams. A globally recognized expert in photonic and electro-optical materials, Tim has authored more than 325 refereed papers, holds 18 patents, and is an elected Fellow of eight professional societies including AFRL, the American Chemical Society, the American Physical Society, the Materials Research Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Optical Society of America. He earned a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in chemical and materials engineering from the University of Connecticut, was awarded the Air Force Decoration for Exceptional Civilian Service in 2025. Tim brings to Kissinger Advisors unmatched depth in federal S&T strategy, dual-use materials and advanced manufacturing, and the international scientific partnerships that underpin allied technology co-development.
