Bryce Luken is the Co-Founder & COO at Thrust AI, a technology company focused on fielding emerging technologies in the aviation industry. Bryce still proudly serves in the Air Force Reserves at the Pentagon for Research & Engineering bridging the technology industry to national security needs. Prior to his commercial career, Bryce was an Air Force acquisition officer for $4.2B in space systems. Commercially, Bryce has over a decade of founder and executive leadership experience in venture and private equity backed technology companies raising over $40M in capital. Bryce has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the U.S. Air Force Academy, a Master of Science in Information Technology from Florida Insitute of Technology, and an MBA in Finance from UCLA Anderson.

Master of Business Administration, Finance & Entrepreneurship, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Anderson School of Management, Los Angelese, California (2014)

Master of Science, Information Technology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida (2012)

Bachelor of Science, Management, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado (2008)