Crafting Supply Chain Continuity with Sustainment Post-Bridge Collapse, Cybersecurity, and Capital For Your Business

Joseph Kopser
2 min readMar 30, 2024

At Grayline, we are steadfast in our commitment to assembling teams that tackle the most challenging problems, particularly in moments of crisis.

Today’s newsletter highlights three significant developments within Grayline and our portfolio companies, demonstrating our proactive approach in addressing urgent industry needs.

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Baltimore Port Crisis: Sustainment’s Plan to Reduce Your Risk

Sustainment, led by CEO Bret Boyd, pledges free support to manufacturers facing disruptions from the Baltimore bridge collapse. This initiative quickly connects companies with new supply chains and suppliers, stabilizing the US industrial base.

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Architect of Army Cyber Command Transformation joins Pellonium Board

LTG(R) Ed Cardon, joins Pellonium’s Advisory Board with 36 years of service, transforming U.S. Army Cyber Command and other military units. He also directed Army business transformation, contributing to the creation of Army Futures Command. Learn more about his new role.

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Joseph Kopser hosts the Administrator of the US Small Business Administration

Joseph hosted SBA Administrator Guzman, who manages a $500 billion annual budget and aims to modernize the SBA. They talked about Grayline Portco’s Locoal and Sustainment’s journey in the SBIR world, highlighting our collaborations and the impact of SBIR/STTR programs nationwide.

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Strategy is built upon an anticipation of the environment in which we will operate in the future.

When strategy fails, it is usually not a result of a bad plan. Most often, the strategy fails because the assumptions about the environment in which that strategy will operate over the next 3–5 years are wrong.

Our observation is that most organizations spend very little of their time and resources (< 3%) on making correct assumptions about the future operating environment.

Grayline Group exists to help leaders to help fill this gap. Read more in our book Catalyst: Leadership and Strategy in a Rapidly Changing World.

Click here to find out ways Grayline can help your efforts.

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Joseph Kopser

President,

Grayline Group

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Joseph Kopser

Speaker, Author, Investor and Innovation Expert @TeamGrayline | @BunkerLabsATX | @USTomorrowUS | @CleanTX | Father of 3 daughters | www.josephkopser.com