Navy tech chief pushes to make working with military easier for startups

Justin Fanelli serves as the chief technology officer for the Department of the Navy. Over the past three and a half years, he has worked to make it easier for startup companies to do business with the Navy. During a recent interview, Fanelli explained how he is moving the organization away from what he described as your granddaddy's government. That old system featured a complicated spaghetti chart of entry points for new businesses. Instead, he wants a simple funnel shape where companies that show strong results are pulled smoothly into the Navy's technology pipeline.