Evan Ream is a career intelligence professional and full-rank faculty member at the University of Maryland’s Applied Research Laboratory for Intelligence & Security (ARLIS). He served more than a dozen years in the U.S. Intelligence Community as an all-source analyst and analytic branch chief, directly advising senior leaders at the Pentagon, the National Security Council, and the White House. Most of his previous career was spent as a military analyst focused on warzones, and he has deployed overseas on multiple occasions to support U.S. military and other sensitive operations. Immediately prior to joining ARLIS, Evan was a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where conducted research on the industrial products sector for PwC’s business intelligence unit. Since joining ARLIS in 2023, his research has focused on emerging and disruptive technologies and protecting the U.S. innovation ecosystem.