Michael
Schoengold Beatty

I've spent my career helping leaders and teams navigate hard problems at the seam between national security, diplomacy, and technology, then translating that complexity into decisions, momentum, and outcomes.

I'm currently a Business Operations Lead at Palantir Technologies, where I help deliver and scale software for the U.S. national security enterprise and the broader defense industrial base.

Before Palantir, I worked at the highest levels of the U.S. government: as Acting Chief of Staff in the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, as a Director at the White House National Security Council, and in several roles at the State Department, including on the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS.

I began closer to the ground, managing a USAID program in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, an experience that shaped how I think about strategy, incentives, and what implementation really requires.

I hold dual graduate degrees from Georgetown University (MSFS and MBA) and am a Council on Foreign Relations Term Member. Outside of work, I'm a student of history and technology, and a devoted husband and dad.