Stephen Rodriguez

Stephen Rodriguez is a Partner at SineWave Ventures and founder of One Defense. He is also a Term Member at the Council on Foreign Relations and President of the Foreign Policy Initiative’s Leadership Council.

Titans, Trailblazers, and Translators: Forging a Unified Defense Industrial Paradigm

July 22, 2025
Austin Gray and Stephen Rodriguez
Titans, Trailblazers, and Translators: Forging a Unified Defense Industrial Paradigm

The Future of Software-Defined Warfare

June 16, 2025
Ryan Evans, Whitney McNamara, and Stephen Rodriguez
The Future of Software-Defined Warfare

In Brief: How Long Until Defense Tech Limited Partners See Returns?

January 8, 2025
Lauren Bedula, Jeff Crusey, and Stephen Rodriguez
In Brief: How Long Until Defense Tech Limited Partners See Returns?

In Brief: The Rise of “Non-Traditional” Defense Companies

October 16, 2024
Jacqueline Tame, Shyam Sankar, Justin Johnson, Doug Berenson, Stephen Rodriguez, and Matt Byington
In Brief: The Rise of “Non-Traditional” Defense Companies

Rewind and Reconnoiter: Defense Industrial Innovation with Stephen Rodriguez

February 15, 2024
Stephen Rodriguez
Rewind and Reconnoiter: Defense Industrial Innovation with Stephen Rodriguez

The U.S. Military’s Investment Ecosystem is Missing in Action

February 24, 2020
Stephen Rodriguez
The U.S. Military’s Investment Ecosystem is Missing in Action

Eisenhower Meets Trump: A New Defense Industrial Base Strategy

August 1, 2017
Stephen Rodriguez
Eisenhower Meets Trump: A New Defense Industrial Base Strategy

Good to Great: Innovation in the Industrial Base

May 12, 2017
Stephen Rodriguez
Good to Great: Innovation in the Industrial Base

First World Problems: Defense Acquisition and the Competition for Ideas

June 10, 2016
Stephen Rodriguez and Don Mathis
First World Problems: Defense Acquisition and the Competition for Ideas

One Defense: Bridging the Pentagon and Silicon Valley

November 12, 2015
Stephen Rodriguez and Gregg Sypeck
One Defense: Bridging the Pentagon and Silicon Valley

Five New Rules for Defense Innovation

September 21, 2015
Stephen Rodriguez and Sam Zega
Five New Rules for Defense Innovation

Hacking the Defense Industry

September 10, 2015
Stephen Rodriguez, Paul Scharre, Sam Zega, and Ryan Evans
Hacking the Defense Industry

The Promise and Peril of Mac Thornberry’s Defense Acquisition Reform

March 27, 2015
Fred Ferreira, Adam Jay Harrison, Emil Maine, John G. McGinn, and Stephen Rodriguez
The Promise and Peril of Mac Thornberry’s Defense Acquisition Reform

Sick Defense: How to Foster an Affordable, Innovative Defense Industrial Base

March 19, 2015
Ryan Brukardt, Eric Chewning, Lorraine Hammer, John G. McGinn, and Stephen Rodriguez
Sick Defense: How to Foster an Affordable, Innovative Defense Industrial Base

The Imperative of Defense Reform: Serious Challenges for a Serious SecDef

February 10, 2015
John G. McGinn, Stephen Rodriguez, and Peter Lichtenbaum
The Imperative of Defense Reform: Serious Challenges for a Serious SecDef