Dr. Jeff Kleck

Dr. Jeff Kleck is the Director of the Cyber & Telecommunications Portfolio at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).

Jeff is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and an advisor to the Silicon Valley’s Tech Venture community. He is an established Silicon Valley technology and software entrepreneur and has built several ventures from concept to market leader, in which he has served as Founder, CEO, and Chairman. Jeff has taken his ventures public on the NASDAQ and unified them into far-reaching commercial corporations. In addition to his commercial ventures, Jeff served as a visiting scientist at two U.S. National Laboratories and as faculty at two leading Universities.

Jeff holds a PhD in Biomedical Physics from UCLA (former faculty); an MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University (current faculty); and, an MS and a BS in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University.